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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... Rivers as late as 1883 , except that the plainsmen generally made dug - outs in the sides of the buttes and used the ... river . He did not meet the new - comers ; but 2 The locality where Nashborough was built , was some- times spoken ...
... Rivers as late as 1883 , except that the plainsmen generally made dug - outs in the sides of the buttes and used the ... river . He did not meet the new - comers ; but 2 The locality where Nashborough was built , was some- times spoken ...
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... river , and plunging into the for- est , straightway fled to his kinsfolk on the banks of the Wabash . Spencer was soon left by his com- panions ; though one of them stayed with him a short time , helping him to plant a field of corn ...
... river , and plunging into the for- est , straightway fled to his kinsfolk on the banks of the Wabash . Spencer was soon left by his com- panions ; though one of them stayed with him a short time , helping him to plant a field of corn ...
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... River . Then he struck off southwest through the wilderness , lightening his labor by taking the broad , well - beaten buffalo trails whenever they led in his direction ; they were very distinct near the pools and springs , and ...
... River . Then he struck off southwest through the wilderness , lightening his labor by taking the broad , well - beaten buffalo trails whenever they led in his direction ; they were very distinct near the pools and springs , and ...
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... 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 ; but the ice only settled a little and ...
... 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 ; but the ice only settled a little and ...
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... river . In Robertson's company was a man named John Rains , who brought with him twenty - one horned cattle and seventeen horses ; the only cattle and horses which any of the immigrants succeeded in bringing to the Cumberland . But he ...
... river . In Robertson's company was a man named John Rains , who brought with him twenty - one horned cattle and seventeen horses ; the only cattle and horses which any of the immigrants succeeded in bringing to the Cumberland . But he ...
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