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 26
... warfare obliged the settlers to gather in little groups , which served as 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 ...
... warfare obliged the settlers to gather in little groups , which served as 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 ...
Page 28
... warfare , saying that until the first murder occurred , in this spring , " few , if any " of them had ever gazed on the victim of scalping - knife and tomahawk . This is a curiously absurd statement . Many of the settlers were veteran ...
... warfare , saying that until the first murder occurred , in this spring , " few , if any " of them had ever gazed on the victim of scalping - knife and tomahawk . This is a curiously absurd statement . Many of the settlers were veteran ...
Page 34
... 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 have been 100 . in the night ...
... 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 have been 100 . in the night ...
Page 38
... warfare . The hunters , who were especially exposed to danger , were also the men who inflicted most loss on the Indians , and though many more of the set- tlers than of their foes were slain , yet the tables were often turned on the ...
... warfare . The hunters , who were especially exposed to danger , were also the men who inflicted most loss on the Indians , and though many more of the set- tlers than of their foes were slain , yet the tables were often turned on the ...
Page 40
... warfare that followed the attack on Freelands , the harassed and diminishing settlers had been so absorbed in the contest with the outside foe that they had done little toward keeping up their own internal government . When 1783 opened ...
... warfare that followed the attack on Freelands , the harassed and diminishing settlers had been so absorbed in the contest with the outside foe that they had done little toward keeping up their own internal government . When 1783 opened ...
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