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 34
... fighting in the Cumberland district during '80 , '81 , and '82 . Putnam supplies some details learned from Mrs. Robertson in her old age . The accounts are derived mainly from the statements of old settlers ; but the Robertsons seem ...
... fighting in the Cumberland district during '80 , '81 , and '82 . Putnam supplies some details learned from Mrs. Robertson in her old age . The accounts are derived mainly from the statements of old settlers ; but the Robertsons seem ...
Page 35
... fight , turning their horses loose . A smart interchange of shots followed , the whites having , if anything , rather the best of it , when the other and larger body of Indians rose from their hiding - place , in a clump of cedars , and ...
... fight , turning their horses loose . A smart interchange of shots followed , the whites having , if anything , rather the best of it , when the other and larger body of Indians rose from their hiding - place , in a clump of cedars , and ...
Page 51
... fighting with the Indians . The forest tribes were exceedingly formid- able opponents ; it is not too much to say that they formed a far more serious obstacle to the American advance than would have been offered by an equal number of ...
... fighting with the Indians . The forest tribes were exceedingly formid- able opponents ; it is not too much to say that they formed a far more serious obstacle to the American advance than would have been offered by an equal number of ...
Page 52
... fighting capacity of the red men . At the Kanawha the Americans outnumbered of the whites . Gross exaggeration of the Indian numbers and losses prevails even to this day . Mr. Edmund Kirke , for instance , usually makes the absolute or ...
... fighting capacity of the red men . At the Kanawha the Americans outnumbered of the whites . Gross exaggeration of the Indian numbers and losses prevails even to this day . Mr. Edmund Kirke , for instance , usually makes the absolute or ...
Page 64
... fighting men of the fort or forts in their respective districts . Thus each of the backwoods commonwealths , during its short - lived term of absolute freedom , reproduced as its governmental system that of the old colonial county ...
... fighting men of the fort or forts in their respective districts . Thus each of the backwoods commonwealths , during its short - lived term of absolute freedom , reproduced as its governmental system that of the old colonial county ...
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