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 30
... possession of it or of any similar tract of land . He , at least , would not turn back , but would stay to the bitter end . His words and his steadfast bearing gave heart to the settlers , and they no longer thought of flight . As their ...
... possession of it or of any similar tract of land . He , at least , would not turn back , but would stay to the bitter end . His words and his steadfast bearing gave heart to the settlers , and they no longer thought of flight . As their ...
Page 34
... possession of one of the two remaining stations - Freeland's and Nashborough - and thus , at a stroke , drive the whites from the Cumberland district . This time Nashborough was the point aimed at . A large body of Cherokees approached ...
... possession of one of the two remaining stations - Freeland's and Nashborough - and thus , at a stroke , drive the whites from the Cumberland district . This time Nashborough was the point aimed at . A large body of Cherokees approached ...
Page 51
... possession of the debatable hunting - grounds laying between the Algonquins of the north and the Appalachian confederacies of the south . Then they began to encroach on the actual tribal territories . Every step was accom- panied by ...
... possession of the debatable hunting - grounds laying between the Algonquins of the north and the Appalachian confederacies of the south . Then they began to encroach on the actual tribal territories . Every step was accom- panied by ...
Page 53
... possessions of her predecessor , and , strange to say , had become almost equally hostile to the colonists of her own stock . As France had striven for half a century , so England now in her turn strove , to bar out the settlers of ...
... possessions of her predecessor , and , strange to say , had become almost equally hostile to the colonists of her own stock . As France had striven for half a century , so England now in her turn strove , to bar out the settlers of ...
Page 55
... possession of the land , scornfully heedless of the claims of the different colonies . The coun- try was de facto part of Canada ; the Americans tried to conquer it exactly as they tried to conquer the rest of Canada ; the only ...
... possession of the land , scornfully heedless of the claims of the different colonies . The coun- try was de facto part of Canada ; the Americans tried to conquer it exactly as they tried to conquer the rest of Canada ; the only ...
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