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 13
... town ; and that night , the wife of one Ephraim Peyton , who had himself gone with Robertson overland , was delivered of a child . She was in a boat whose owner was named Jonathan Jennings . The next morning they soon came to an Indian ...
... town ; and that night , the wife of one Ephraim Peyton , who had himself gone with Robertson overland , was delivered of a child . She was in a boat whose owner was named Jonathan Jennings . The next morning they soon came to an Indian ...
Page 19
... town . Other stations were scattered along both sides of the river ; some were stockades , others merely block - houses , with the yard and garden inclosed by stout palings . As with all similar border forts or stations , these were ...
... town . Other stations were scattered along both sides of the river ; some were stockades , others merely block - houses , with the yard and garden inclosed by stout palings . As with all similar border forts or stations , these were ...
Page 47
... town.11 During this year Robertson carried on some cor- respondence with the Spanish governor at New Orleans , Don Estevan Miro . This was the begin- ning of intercourse between the Western settlers and the Spanish officers , an ...
... town.11 During this year Robertson carried on some cor- respondence with the Spanish governor at New Orleans , Don Estevan Miro . This was the begin- ning of intercourse between the Western settlers and the Spanish officers , an ...
Page 87
... towns were growing up among the felled forest from which the game and the Indians had alike been driven . There was still plenty of room for the rude cabin and stump - dotted clearing of the ordinary frontier settler , the wood ...
... towns were growing up among the felled forest from which the game and the Indians had alike been driven . There was still plenty of room for the rude cabin and stump - dotted clearing of the ordinary frontier settler , the wood ...
Page 89
... town , he might do some- thing with the clipper ships that ran to Europe and China . If he lived elsewhere , his one chance of acquiring great wealth , and his best chance to ac- quire even moderate wealth without long and plod- ding ...
... town , he might do some- thing with the clipper ships that ran to Europe and China . If he lived elsewhere , his one chance of acquiring great wealth , and his best chance to ac- quire even moderate wealth without long and plod- ding ...
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