Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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Page 5
... passed , there were heats there that would infallibly kill them . " I thanked them for their good advice , " says ... Passing through Green Bay , from the mud of which , says our voyager , rise " mischievous vapors , that cause the most ...
... passed , there were heats there that would infallibly kill them . " I thanked them for their good advice , " says ... Passing through Green Bay , from the mud of which , says our voyager , rise " mischievous vapors , that cause the most ...
Page 7
... passed the rocks upon which were painted those monsters of whose existence they had heard on Lake Michigan , and soon found themselves at the mouth of the Pekitanoni , or Missouri of our day ; the character of which is well described ...
... passed the rocks upon which were painted those monsters of whose existence they had heard on Lake Michigan , and soon found themselves at the mouth of the Pekitanoni , or Missouri of our day ; the character of which is well described ...
Page 8
... passed with safety , except from the musquitoes , into the neighborhood of the " Akamscas , " or Arkansas . Here ... passing it to his neighbor . From this point Joliet and our writer determined to return to the North , as dangers ...
... passed with safety , except from the musquitoes , into the neighborhood of the " Akamscas , " or Arkansas . Here ... passing it to his neighbor . From this point Joliet and our writer determined to return to the North , as dangers ...
Page 9
... passing with his boatmen up Lake Michigan , he proposed to land at the mouth of a stream running from the pen- insula ... passed ; and he did not return , they called to mind that he had said something of his death being at hand , and ...
... passing with his boatmen up Lake Michigan , he proposed to land at the mouth of a stream running from the pen- insula ... passed ; and he did not return , they called to mind that he had said something of his death being at hand , and ...
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... passed in beating up the little distance between Kingston and Niagara . Having forced their brigantine as far towards the Falls as was possible , our travellers landed ; built some maga- zines with difficulty , for at times the ground ...
... passed in beating up the little distance between Kingston and Niagara . Having forced their brigantine as far towards the Falls as was possible , our travellers landed ; built some maga- zines with difficulty , for at times the ground ...
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