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 1
... once more gone into the wilderness to build and even more typical frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . new Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He ...
... once more gone into the wilderness to build and even more typical frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . new Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He ...
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... once more drove him forth to wander in the forest . In the true border temper he determined to abandon the home he had made , and to seek out a new one hundreds of miles further in the heart of the hunting - grounds of the red warriors ...
... once more drove him forth to wander in the forest . In the true border temper he determined to abandon the home he had made , and to seek out a new one hundreds of miles further in the heart of the hunting - grounds of the red warriors ...
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... once , at the same time giving them some instructions about the river . The armed In- dians went down along the shore for some time as if to intercept them ; but at last they were seemingly left behind . In a short time another Indian ...
... once , at the same time giving them some instructions about the river . The armed In- dians went down along the shore for some time as if to intercept them ; but at last they were seemingly left behind . In a short time another Indian ...
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... once when the boats that drifted near shore were fired on by a roving war party , and five men wounded . They ran over the great Muscle Shoals in about three hours with- out accident , though the boats scraped on the bot- tom here and ...
... once when the boats that drifted near shore were fired on by a roving war party , and five men wounded . They ran over the great Muscle Shoals in about three hours with- out accident , though the boats scraped on the bot- tom here and ...
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... once call a new election , at which others might be chosen in their stead . The Triers had no salaries , but the Clerk of the Court was allowed some very small fees , just enough to pay for the pens , ink , and paper , all of them ...
... once call a new election , at which others might be chosen in their stead . The Triers had no salaries , but the Clerk of the Court was allowed some very small fees , just enough to pay for the pens , ink , and paper , all of them ...
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