Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... followed , then the struggle upward into the Rockies , the discovery of a route across the continental divide along the Wind River , and the pleasure of emerging on the headwaters of the westward - flowing Snake River . Traveling was no ...
... followed , then the struggle upward into the Rockies , the discovery of a route across the continental divide along the Wind River , and the pleasure of emerging on the headwaters of the westward - flowing Snake River . Traveling was no ...
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... followed the buffalo herds westward to the Great Plains . The Osage surrendered their claims to Missouri and the northern half of Arkansas in 1808 , while in 1817 the Quapaw Indians ceded the remainder of Arkansas together with a strip ...
... followed the buffalo herds westward to the Great Plains . The Osage surrendered their claims to Missouri and the northern half of Arkansas in 1808 , while in 1817 the Quapaw Indians ceded the remainder of Arkansas together with a strip ...
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... followed in the steps of Smith and the Patties , entering California by the clearly defined routes blazed by those pioneers . Meanwhile a regular intercourse was established between Santa Fe and southern California . The New Mexican ...
... followed in the steps of Smith and the Patties , entering California by the clearly defined routes blazed by those pioneers . Meanwhile a regular intercourse was established between Santa Fe and southern California . The New Mexican ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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