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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... 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 prosperous and suc- VOL . VII ...
... 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 prosperous and suc- VOL . VII ...
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... successfully run the gauntlet of the Chickamauga banditti , the flotilla was not again mo- lested by the Indians , save once when the boats that drifted near shore were fired on by a roving war party , and five men wounded . They ran ...
... successfully run the gauntlet of the Chickamauga banditti , the flotilla was not again mo- lested by the Indians , save once when the boats that drifted near shore were fired on by a roving war party , and five men wounded . They ran ...
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... successful , may be taken as a type of the rest . He was ultimately made a colonel , and shared in many expeditions ; but he always acted as his own scout , and never would let any of his men ride ahead or abreast of him , preferring to ...
... successful , may be taken as a type of the rest . He was ultimately made a colonel , and shared in many expeditions ; but he always acted as his own scout , and never would let any of his men ride ahead or abreast of him , preferring to ...
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... successful in his mission . The Cumberland settlements were included in a new county , called Davidson ; 10 and an Inferior Court of Pleas and Common Sessions , vested by the act with extraordinary powers , was established at Nashbor ...
... successful in his mission . The Cumberland settlements were included in a new county , called Davidson ; 10 and an Inferior Court of Pleas and Common Sessions , vested by the act with extraordinary powers , was established at Nashbor ...
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... of the Watauga settlements , rendered possible Rob- ertson's successful effort to plant a new community still further west , on the Cumberland . The backwoodsmen pressed in on the line of least resistance 50 The Winning of the West.
... of the Watauga settlements , rendered possible Rob- ertson's successful effort to plant a new community still further west , on the Cumberland . The backwoodsmen pressed in on the line of least resistance 50 The Winning of the West.
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