The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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Page 7
... Indians , to whom the unending stretches of choked woodland were an impene- trable cover behind which to move unseen , a shield in making assaults , and a strong tower of defense in repel- ling counter - attacks . In the conquest of the ...
... Indians , to whom the unending stretches of choked woodland were an impene- trable cover behind which to move unseen , a shield in making assaults , and a strong tower of defense in repel- ling counter - attacks . In the conquest of the ...
Page 8
... Indians , and even then not in the winter . At other times they all separated out to their own farms , universally ... Indian corn . The corn in es- pecial was the stand - by and invariable resource of the Western settler ; it was the ...
... Indians , and even then not in the winter . At other times they all separated out to their own farms , universally ... Indian corn . The corn in es- pecial was the stand - by and invariable resource of the Western settler ; it was the ...
Page 11
... cooper work was well done . Chaff beds were thrown on the floor of the loft , if the house - owner was well off . Each cabin had a hand - mill and a hominy block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , THE BACKGROUND 11.
... cooper work was well done . Chaff beds were thrown on the floor of the loft , if the house - owner was well off . Each cabin had a hand - mill and a hominy block ; the last was borrowed from the Indians , THE BACKGROUND 11.
Page 12
... Indians , and was only a large block of wood , with a hole burned in the top , as a mortar , where the pestle was worked . If there were any sugar maples accessible , they were tapped every year . The life of the backwoodsmen was one ...
... Indians , and was only a large block of wood , with a hole burned in the top , as a mortar , where the pestle was worked . If there were any sugar maples accessible , they were tapped every year . The life of the backwoodsmen was one ...
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... Indians ; without it they could not even have held their own , and the white advance would have been absolutely checked . Our frontiers were pushed westward by the warlike skill and adventurous personal prowess of the individual ...
... Indians ; without it they could not even have held their own , and the white advance would have been absolutely checked . Our frontiers were pushed westward by the warlike skill and adventurous personal prowess of the individual ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3 Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Theodore Roosevelt |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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