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 6
... reached the bend of the Cumberland without mishap , and fixed on the neigh- borhood of the Bluff , the ground near the French Lick , as that best suited for their purpose ; and they planted a field of corn on the site of the future ...
... reached the bend of the Cumberland without mishap , and fixed on the neigh- borhood of the Bluff , the ground near the French Lick , as that best suited for their purpose ; and they planted a field of corn on the site of the future ...
Page 9
... reached the Bluff about Christmas . The river was frozen solid , and they all crossed the ice in a body ; when in mid - stream the ice jarred , and — judging from the report — the jar or crack must have gone miles up and down the stream ...
... reached the Bluff about Christmas . The river was frozen solid , and they all crossed the ice in a body ; when in mid - stream the ice jarred , and — judging from the report — the jar or crack must have gone miles up and down the stream ...
Page 11
... reaching Natchez ; some of them made the long and perilous trip in safety , others were killed by the Chickamaugas or else foundered in the whirlpools , or on the shoals . The spring before Donelson started , a party of men , women and ...
... reaching Natchez ; some of them made the long and perilous trip in safety , others were killed by the Chickamaugas or else foundered in the whirlpools , or on the shoals . The spring before Donelson started , a party of men , women and ...
Page 14
... reached , where the warriors tried in vain to lure the whites ashore ; and as the boats were hugging the opposite bank , they were suddenly fired at by a party in ambush , and one man slain . Immediately after- ward a much more serious ...
... reached , where the warriors tried in vain to lure the whites ashore ; and as the boats were hugging the opposite bank , they were suddenly fired at by a party in ambush , and one man slain . Immediately after- ward a much more serious ...
Page 18
... reached the Ohio . Some of the boats then left for Natchez , and others for the Illinois country ; while the remainder turned . their prows up stream , to stem the rapid current— a task for which they were but ill - suited . The work ...
... reached the Ohio . Some of the boats then left for Natchez , and others for the Illinois country ; while the remainder turned . their prows up stream , to stem the rapid current— a task for which they were but ill - suited . The work ...
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