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Already buffalo and elk were scarce in Missouri , and the party did not begin to
find them in any numbers until they reached the neighborhood of what is now
southern Nebraska . From there onwards the game was found in vast herds and
the ...
Already buffalo and elk were scarce in Missouri , and the party did not begin to
find them in any numbers until they reached the neighborhood of what is now
southern Nebraska . From there onwards the game was found in vast herds and
the ...
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Several times they were in much jeopardy when they reached the land of the
Dakotas and passed among the various ferocious tribes whom they knew , and
whom we yet know , as the Sioux . The French traders frequently came up river to
the ...
Several times they were in much jeopardy when they reached the land of the
Dakotas and passed among the various ferocious tribes whom they knew , and
whom we yet know , as the Sioux . The French traders frequently came up river to
the ...
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Fall had nearly come when they reached the headwaters of the Missouri . The
end of the holiday - time was at hand , for they had before them the labor of
crossing the great mountains so as to strike the headwaters of the Columbia .
Fall had nearly come when they reached the headwaters of the Missouri . The
end of the holiday - time was at hand , for they had before them the labor of
crossing the great mountains so as to strike the headwaters of the Columbia .
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They reached the rain - shrouded forests of the coast before cold weather set in ,
and there they passed the winter ; suffering somewhat from the weather , and
now and then from hunger , though the hunters generally killed plenty of elk , and
...
They reached the rain - shrouded forests of the coast before cold weather set in ,
and there they passed the winter ; suffering somewhat from the weather , and
now and then from hunger , though the hunters generally killed plenty of elk , and
...
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... to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality - comes the
life of mere vapid ease . Of all the miserable people that I know I should put high
in the top rank those who reach middle age having steadfastly striven only ...
... to a great deal , I have a right to say only second to it in criminality - comes the
life of mere vapid ease . Of all the miserable people that I know I should put high
in the top rank those who reach middle age having steadfastly striven only ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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