The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestP. F. Collier, 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 5
... killed game ; and with the new - comer came those who were to possess the land . Robertson left the Wa- tauga settlements soon after the spring opened , * " Southwestern Monthly , " Nashville , 1852 , Vol . II . Gen- eral Hall's ...
... killed game ; and with the new - comer came those who were to possess the land . Robertson left the Wa- tauga settlements soon after the spring opened , * " Southwestern Monthly , " Nashville , 1852 , Vol . II . Gen- eral Hall's ...
Page 11
... killed by the Chickamaugas or else foundered in the whirlpools , or on the shoals . The spring before Donelson started , a party of men , women and children , in forty canoes or pirogues , went down the Tennessee to settle in the newly ...
... killed by the Chickamaugas or else foundered in the whirlpools , or on the shoals . The spring before Donelson started , a party of men , women and children , in forty canoes or pirogues , went down the Tennessee to settle in the newly ...
Page 16
... killed in the water , and the other two captured , one of them being afterward burned at the stake , while the other , it is said , was ultimately released . Meanwhile Mrs. Jennings , as- sisted by the negro woman and Mrs. Peyton , actu ...
... killed in the water , and the other two captured , one of them being afterward burned at the stake , while the other , it is said , was ultimately released . Meanwhile Mrs. Jennings , as- sisted by the negro woman and Mrs. Peyton , actu ...
Page 17
... killed in the hurry and confusion ; but its mother , not eighteen hours from child - bed , in spite of the cold , wet , and exer- tion , kept in good health . Sailing by night as well as day , they caught up with the rest of the ...
... killed in the hurry and confusion ; but its mother , not eighteen hours from child - bed , in spite of the cold , wet , and exer- tion , kept in good health . Sailing by night as well as day , they caught up with the rest of the ...
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... killed some buffalo , and feasted on the lean meat , and the next day they shot a swan " which was very delicious , " as Donelson recorded . Their meal was exhausted and they could make no more bread ; but buffalo were plenty and they ...
... killed some buffalo , and feasted on the lean meat , and the next day they shot a swan " which was very delicious , " as Donelson recorded . Their meal was exhausted and they could make no more bread ; but buffalo were plenty and they ...
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