The Works of Washington Irving: AstoriaG. P. Putnam & Company, 1857 |
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American American Fur Company Arickaras arms arrived Astor Astoria band banks beaver Ben Jones Blackfeet boat British buffalo camp Canadian voyageurs canoes Captain Thorn chief clerks coast Columbia Comcomly companions comrades coureurs des bois course crew Crooks Crows dangerous distance embarked encamped enterprise establishment expedition feet fish Fur Company fur trade grizzly bear hills horses hundred Hunt hunters Indians interior Isaac Todd journey kind lakes land length Lisa lodges M'Dougal M'Kay M'Kenzie M'Lellan Mackinaw miles Missouri Montreal morning mouth natives neighborhood New-York night Northwest Company Pacific partners party passed peltries Pierre Delaunay Pierre Dorion plains prairies provisions rifle rocks Rocky Mountains sail Sandwich Islands savages ship shore Shoshonies Sioux skins Snake River soon spirit stream supply Tamaahmaah tion Tonquin trading post traffic trappers travellers trees tribes vessel village voyage wandering warriors wild wilderness wind winter
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