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 29
... Sevier . He had rather the qualities of Boone , with the differ- ence that he was less a wandering hunter and ex- plorer , and better fitted to be head of a settled com- munity . He was far - seeing , tranquil , resolute , un- shaken by ...
... Sevier . He had rather the qualities of Boone , with the differ- ence that he was less a wandering hunter and ex- plorer , and better fitted to be head of a settled com- munity . He was far - seeing , tranquil , resolute , un- shaken by ...
Page 50
... Sevier gave a base of operations , and furnished a model for similar communities to follow . Lord Dunmore's war made the actual settlement possible , for it cowed the northern Indians , and restrained them from seriously molesting ...
... Sevier gave a base of operations , and furnished a model for similar communities to follow . Lord Dunmore's war made the actual settlement possible , for it cowed the northern Indians , and restrained them from seriously molesting ...
Page 62
... Sevier , Robertson , and Boone only hast- ened , and did more perfectly , a work which would have been done by others had they themselves fallen by the wayside.10 Important though they are for 10 Sevier's place would certainly have been ...
... Sevier , Robertson , and Boone only hast- ened , and did more perfectly , a work which would have been done by others had they themselves fallen by the wayside.10 Important though they are for 10 Sevier's place would certainly have been ...
Page 66
... Sevier to Gardoqui , September 12 , 1788 ; and in the Robertson MS . the letter of Robertson to McGillivray , August 3 , 1788. It is necessary to allude to the feeling here ; but the separatist and disunion movements did not gather full ...
... Sevier to Gardoqui , September 12 , 1788 ; and in the Robertson MS . the letter of Robertson to McGillivray , August 3 , 1788. It is necessary to allude to the feeling here ; but the separatist and disunion movements did not gather full ...
Page 67
... Sevier and Robertson had only begun . The disappearance of the two former from active life was partly acci- dental and partly a resultant of the forces that as- similated Kentucky so much more rapidly than Ten- nessee to the conditions ...
... Sevier and Robertson had only begun . The disappearance of the two former from active life was partly acci- dental and partly a resultant of the forces that as- similated Kentucky so much more rapidly than Ten- nessee to the conditions ...
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