| United States. Congress. House - United States - 898 pages
...mountain in clouds. We %vatched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow-storm. Shortly afterwards \ve heard the roll of thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder-storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1845 - 814 pages
...heard the roll of thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had...brightly, and we saw a shining line of water directing its coarse towards another, a broader and larger sheet. We knew that these could be no other than the Sacramento... | |
| John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 286 pages
...heard the roll of thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had...watched its progress with excited feelings until nearly sunset,when the sky cleared off brightly, and we saw a shining line of water directing its course towards... | |
| John Charles Frémont - Astronomy - 1845 - 678 pages
...snow; which, in the afternoon, enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow-storm. Shortly afterwards we...thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder-storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1845 - 820 pages
...enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a enow storm. Shortly afterwards we heard the roll of thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm;... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1840 - 290 pages
...enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow storm. Shortly afterwards we heard the roll of thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunder storm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1846 - 402 pages
...snow; which, in the afternoon, enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snowstorm. Shortly afterwards we...thunder, and, looking towards the valley, found it all enveloped in a thunderstorm. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm... | |
| John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 326 pages
...enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow storm. Shortly afterwards we heard the roll of thunder, and,...looking towards the valley, found it enveloped in a thunder-stoim. For us, as connected with the idea of summer, it had a singular charm ; and we watched... | |
| A. J. Allen - Indians of North America - 1850 - 438 pages
...to the Pacific ocean. Latitude 38° 44' ; longitude 120° 28'. Thus the pass in the Sierra Nevada, which so -well deserves its name of Snowy mountain,...feelings until nearly sunset, when the sky cleared off hrightly, and we saw a shining line of water directing its course towards another, a broader and larger... | |
| John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River - 1858 - 678 pages
...— which, in the afternoon, enveloped the upper mountain in clouds. "We watched them anxiously, as now we dreaded a snow-storm. Shortly afterwards we heard the roll of thunder, 29 and, looking towards the valley, found it enveloped in a thunder-storm. For us, as connected with... | |
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