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 68
... army . The men of this stamp who now prepared to cast in their lot with the new communities formed an ex- ceptionally valuable class of immigrants ; they con- tributed the very qualities of which the raw settle- ments stood most in need ...
... army . The men of this stamp who now prepared to cast in their lot with the new communities formed an ex- ceptionally valuable class of immigrants ; they con- tributed the very qualities of which the raw settle- ments stood most in need ...
Page 105
... army ; and the re- tired officers of the Continental line were the best of all possible immigrants . A class of gentle - folks soon sprang up in the land , whose members were not so separated from other citizens as to be in any way ...
... army ; and the re- tired officers of the Continental line were the best of all possible immigrants . A class of gentle - folks soon sprang up in the land , whose members were not so separated from other citizens as to be in any way ...
Page 107
... army officer and the frontiersman are trained in fashions so diametrically opposite that , though the two men be brothers , they must yet necessarily , in all their thoughts and instincts and ways of looking at life , be as alien as if ...
... army officer and the frontiersman are trained in fashions so diametrically opposite that , though the two men be brothers , they must yet necessarily , in all their thoughts and instincts and ways of looking at life , be as alien as if ...
Page 114
... army , and several companies were sent to the upper Ohio to garrison two or three small forts which were built upon its banks . Commis- sioners ( one of whom was Clark himself ) were appointed to treat with both the Northern and ...
... army , and several companies were sent to the upper Ohio to garrison two or three small forts which were built upon its banks . Commis- sioners ( one of whom was Clark himself ) were appointed to treat with both the Northern and ...
Page 135
... most redoubtable of all foes when the war was waged in their own gloomy woodlands . At such a post those standing high in authority were partly civil officials , partly army officers . Of The Indian Wars , 1784-1787 135.
... most redoubtable of all foes when the war was waged in their own gloomy woodlands . At such a post those standing high in authority were partly civil officials , partly army officers . Of The Indian Wars , 1784-1787 135.
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