The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 - 317 pages |
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... Indians . There was everywhere a rude military organization , which included all the able - bodied men of the commu- nity . Every settlement had its colonels and captains ; but these officers , both in the training and in the authority ...
... Indians . There was everywhere a rude military organization , which included all the able - bodied men of the commu- nity . Every settlement had its colonels and captains ; but these officers , both in the training and in the authority ...
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... Indian - fighters , game - hunters , forest- fellers , and backwoods farmers who , generation after generation ... Indians . Occasionally some venturesome hunter or trapper pene- trated this immense wilderness , and returned with ...
... Indian - fighters , game - hunters , forest- fellers , and backwoods farmers who , generation after generation ... Indians . Occasionally some venturesome hunter or trapper pene- trated this immense wilderness , and returned with ...
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... Indian tribe , and was visited only by wandering war - parties and hunting - parties who came from among the savage ... Indians , they changed their resting place every night , and after making a fire would go off a mile or two to sleep ...
... Indian tribe , and was visited only by wandering war - parties and hunting - parties who came from among the savage ... Indians , they changed their resting place every night , and after making a fire would go off a mile or two to sleep ...
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... Indians , and driven back - two of Boone's own sons being slain . In 1775 , however , he made another attempt ; and this attempt was successful . The Indians attacked the newcomers ; but by this time the parties of would - be settlers ...
... Indians , and driven back - two of Boone's own sons being slain . In 1775 , however , he made another attempt ; and this attempt was successful . The Indians attacked the newcomers ; but by this time the parties of would - be settlers ...
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... Indian ; for one of the favorite devices of the Indians was to imitate the turkey call , and thus allure within range some inexperienced hunter . Besides this warfare , which went on in the midst of his usual vocations , Boone ...
... Indian ; for one of the favorite devices of the Indians was to imitate the turkey call , and thus allure within range some inexperienced hunter . Besides this warfare , which went on in the midst of his usual vocations , Boone ...
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