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 19
... natural object , such as the river , ford , or hill by which they were , or commemorated some deed , or the name of a man the frontiersmen held in honor ; and occasionally they afforded true instances of clan - settlement and clan ...
... natural object , such as the river , ford , or hill by which they were , or commemorated some deed , or the name of a man the frontiersmen held in honor ; and occasionally they afforded true instances of clan - settlement and clan ...
Page 26
... natural units . When the settlers first came to the country they found no Indians living in it , no signs of cultivation or cleared land , and nothing to show that for ages past it had been inhabited . It was a vast plain , cov- ered ...
... natural units . When the settlers first came to the country they found no Indians living in it , no signs of cultivation or cleared land , and nothing to show that for ages past it had been inhabited . It was a vast plain , cov- ered ...
Page 34
... nature of the harassing Indian warfare , and the kind of adventure then common . 2 How large it is impossible to say . One or two recent ac- counts make wild guesses , calling it 1,000 ; but this is sheer nonsense ; it is more likely to ...
... nature of the harassing Indian warfare , and the kind of adventure then common . 2 How large it is impossible to say . One or two recent ac- counts make wild guesses , calling it 1,000 ; but this is sheer nonsense ; it is more likely to ...
Page 46
... nature . The boundaries it arranged were not considered final until confirmed by the treaty of Hopewell a couple of years later . Robertson meanwhile was delegated by the unani- mous vote of the settlers to go to the Assembly of North ...
... nature . The boundaries it arranged were not considered final until confirmed by the treaty of Hopewell a couple of years later . Robertson meanwhile was delegated by the unani- mous vote of the settlers to go to the Assembly of North ...
Page 64
... natural units of representation . They were already thoroughly democratic , in instinct and prin- ciple , and as a matter of course they made the offices elective , and gave full play to the majority . In organizing the militia they ...
... natural units of representation . They were already thoroughly democratic , in instinct and prin- ciple , and as a matter of course they made the offices elective , and gave full play to the majority . In organizing the militia they ...
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