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 20
... tribes ; so that it is certain that no one tribe had any real title to them . True to their customs and traditions , and to their race - capacity for self - rule , the settlers determined forthwith to organize some kind of government un ...
... tribes ; so that it is certain that no one tribe had any real title to them . True to their customs and traditions , and to their race - capacity for self - rule , the settlers determined forthwith to organize some kind of government un ...
Page 27
... tribes began to harass the set- tlers . Unquestionably the savages felt jealous of the white hunters , who were killing and driving away the game , precisely as they all felt jealous of one another , and for the same reason . The Chicka ...
... tribes began to harass the set- tlers . Unquestionably the savages felt jealous of the white hunters , who were killing and driving away the game , precisely as they all felt jealous of one another , and for the same reason . The Chicka ...
Page 37
... tribes acted in rela- tion to the Cumberland settlements exactly as they had previously done toward those on the Kentucky and Watauga . They harassed the settlers from the outset ; but they did not wake up to the necessity for a ...
... tribes acted in rela- tion to the Cumberland settlements exactly as they had previously done toward those on the Kentucky and Watauga . They harassed the settlers from the outset ; but they did not wake up to the necessity for a ...
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... 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 the best European troops . Their vic ...
... 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 the best European troops . Their vic ...
Page 54
... tribes and the Cherokees , the border ravaged , and the settlements stopped or forced back as during what the colonists called Braddock's War , there is every reason to believe that the Alleghanies would have become our west- ern ...
... tribes and the Cherokees , the border ravaged , and the settlements stopped or forced back as during what the colonists called Braddock's War , there is every reason to believe that the Alleghanies would have become our west- ern ...
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