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 15
... bands of Creeks , and Cherokees . When stricken by the disease , the savages first went into the sweat - houses , and when heated to madness , plunged into the cool streams , and so perished in multitudes . When the boats entered the ...
... bands of Creeks , and Cherokees . When stricken by the disease , the savages first went into the sweat - houses , and when heated to madness , plunged into the cool streams , and so perished in multitudes . When the boats entered the ...
Page 28
... bands , and recovered some plunder ; and once or twice small marauding parties were met and scattered , with some loss , by the hunters . But , on the whole , very little could be done at first to parry or revenge the strokes of the ...
... bands , and recovered some plunder ; and once or twice small marauding parties were met and scattered , with some loss , by the hunters . But , on the whole , very little could be done at first to parry or revenge the strokes of the ...
Page 33
... band was lurking near by , and was on the point of making an effort to carry Freeland's Sta- tion by an attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled ...
... band was lurking near by , and was on the point of making an effort to carry Freeland's Sta- tion by an attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled ...
Page 34
... bands of Indians joined the war party , and they continued to hover about the stations , daily inflicting loss and damage on the settlers . They burned down the cabins and fences , drove off the stock and killed the hunters , the women ...
... bands of Indians joined the war party , and they continued to hover about the stations , daily inflicting loss and damage on the settlers . They burned down the cabins and fences , drove off the stock and killed the hunters , the women ...
Page 37
... they sat down back to back , or , if there were several , in a ring , facing outward , like a covey of quail . The Indians were especially fond of steal- ing the horses ; the whites pursued them in bands The War in the Northwest 37.
... they sat down back to back , or , if there were several , in a ring , facing outward , like a covey of quail . The Indians were especially fond of steal- ing the horses ; the whites pursued them in bands The War in the Northwest 37.
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