Three Months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863 |
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... clothing is then , as a matter of course , thrown in at the window , to enable them to descend . Mr Behnsen and Mr Maloney told me they had seen this happen several times ; and Mr Oetling declared that he himself , with three ladies ...
... clothing is then , as a matter of course , thrown in at the window , to enable them to descend . Mr Behnsen and Mr Maloney told me they had seen this happen several times ; and Mr Oetling declared that he himself , with three ladies ...
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... clothes , and carried pistols con- cealed in case of accidents . We all drove together from Brownsville to the Con- sulate , and entered the ball - room en masse . The outside of the municipal hall was lit up with some splendour , and ...
... clothes , and carried pistols con- cealed in case of accidents . We all drove together from Brownsville to the Con- sulate , and entered the ball - room en masse . The outside of the municipal hall was lit up with some splendour , and ...
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... clothing . They are armed with carbines and six- shooters . I saw some men come in from a scouting expedition against the Indians , 300 miles off . They told me they were usually in the habit of scalping an Indian when they caught him ...
... clothing . They are armed with carbines and six- shooters . I saw some men come in from a scouting expedition against the Indians , 300 miles off . They told me they were usually in the habit of scalping an Indian when they caught him ...
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... clothes saturated with the heavy dew ; also that , notwithstanding our exertions , the hogs had devoured the greatest part of our pet kid , our only fresh meat . After feeding our mules upon the Indian corn we had brought with us , and ...
... clothes saturated with the heavy dew ; also that , notwithstanding our exertions , the hogs had devoured the greatest part of our pet kid , our only fresh meat . After feeding our mules upon the Indian corn we had brought with us , and ...
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... clothes and our food after the rain of last night , we started again at 2.30 P.M. We now entered a boundless and most fertile prairie , upon which , as far as the eye could reach , cattle were feeding . Bulls and cows , horses and mares ...
... clothes and our food after the rain of last night , we started again at 2.30 P.M. We now entered a boundless and most fertile prairie , upon which , as far as the eye could reach , cattle were feeding . Bulls and cows , horses and mares ...
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