A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier: With a Statistical AppendixDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 Excerpt from A Journey Through Texas; Or a Saddle-Trip on the South-Western Frontier: With a Statistical Appendix At the same time, I do not desire to engage in it, as I hardly need assure you, in a spirit at all inconsistent with a desirable friendship. Rather, in explaining the significance which, in my own mind, attaches to my narrative of facts, relative to the question upon which we have the misfortune to be divided in judgment, I shall hope 'to lessen. Instead of aggravating, the causes of our difference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... Fire , 215 ; After the Battle ; Qui vive ! —A Narrow Escape , 220 ; Game , 223 ; " Heaps " of Bears , 224 . CHAPTER IV . A TRIP TO THE COAST . A Mule Spirt , 227 ; A Wet Norther in Camp , 228 ; A Black Life , 229 ; The Prettiest Town in ...
... fire - light work , probably corn - husking , on some neighboring plantation . The sound had all the rich and mellow ring of pure physical contentment , and did one good to hear it . Like the nightingale , the performers seemed to love ...
... fire - place , with a fine fire . The outer door was left constantly open to admit the light . On one side the fire , next the door , was a table ; a kind of dresser , with crockery , and a bureau stood on the other side , and there ...
... and given to the mother , with directions about administering them , which she promised to obey . " But the first and most important thing for you to do is to shut the door and make up the fire , 50 THROUGH TEXA S. A JOURNEY.
... fire , and put the child to bed and try to keep this wind off her . " " Lord ! sir , you can't keep her in bed - she's too wild . " Well , you must put some more clothes on her . Wrap her up , and try to keep her warm . The very best ...