The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1896 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 1
... attack . He had been particularly successful in his dealings with the Indians , and by his missions to them had managed to keep the peace unbroken on more than one occasion when a war would have been disas- trous to the whites . He was ...
... attack . He had been particularly successful in his dealings with the Indians , and by his missions to them had managed to keep the peace unbroken on more than one occasion when a war would have been disas- trous to the whites . He was ...
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... attack . Not only had the Indians begun their ravages , but turbu- lent and disorderly whites were also causing trouble . Robertson , who had been so largely instrumental in founding the Watauga settlement , and giving it laws ...
... attack . Not only had the Indians begun their ravages , but turbu- lent and disorderly whites were also causing trouble . Robertson , who had been so largely instrumental in founding the Watauga settlement , and giving it laws ...
Page 27
... attacks was doubt- less simply the desire for scalps and plunder . They gathered from different quarters to assail the col- onists , just as the wild beasts gathered to prey on the tame herds . The Indians began to commit murders , kill ...
... attacks was doubt- less simply the desire for scalps and plunder . They gathered from different quarters to assail the col- onists , just as the wild beasts gathered to prey on the tame herds . The Indians began to commit murders , kill ...
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... attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled wood- growth , slipped silently across the open space , and crouched under the heavy timber pickets of ...
... attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled wood- growth , slipped silently across the open space , and crouched under the heavy timber pickets of ...
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... comrades . After the failure of this attempt the Indians did not , for some years , make any formidable attack on any of the larger stations . Though the most dan- gerous of all foes on their own ground , their 36 The Winning of the West.
... comrades . After the failure of this attempt the Indians did not , for some years , make any formidable attack on any of the larger stations . Though the most dan- gerous of all foes on their own ground , their 36 The Winning of the West.
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