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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... usually , about 1,000 inhabitants , but this summer had been entirely de- populated by the yellow fever . Of 300 who remained , 120 , we were told , died . Most of the runaway citizens had returned , when we passed , though the last ...
... usually a plantation . The road could hardly be called a road . It was only a way where people had passed along before . Each man had taken such a path as suited him , turning aside to avoid , on high ground , the sand , on low ground ...
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... usually been selected from the field hands , must be detached to follow the fortunes of the seller . When , on the other hand , the land is sold simply , the whole body of slaves move away , leaving frequently wives and children on ...