A Journey Through Texas: Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern FrontierDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana xvii
... Indians which seems to us absurd , so , among you , has the power of commanding the service of slaves . Consequently you are willing to pay a price for it which , to one not educated as you have been , seems absurdly high . Nor are you ...
... Indians which seems to us absurd , so , among you , has the power of commanding the service of slaves . Consequently you are willing to pay a price for it which , to one not educated as you have been , seems absurdly high . Nor are you ...
Strana xxxii
... Indian Camp , 288 ; A Ride with the Noble Savage , 290 ; Indian Depredations , 294 ; Indians in Texas , 295 ; Their Condition and Treatment , 296 ; The Best Policy , 297 ; Frontier De- fenses , 298 ; Texas Rangers - A Sketch of their ...
... Indian Camp , 288 ; A Ride with the Noble Savage , 290 ; Indian Depredations , 294 ; Indians in Texas , 295 ; Their Condition and Treatment , 296 ; The Best Policy , 297 ; Frontier De- fenses , 298 ; Texas Rangers - A Sketch of their ...
Strana xxxiii
... Indians , 345 ; Lodgings : A Mexican Interior , 346 ; Tortillas ; A Pretty Study , 348 ; A Mexican Repast , 349 ; A Savage , 351 ; The Faculty in Mexico , 352 ; Annexation , 353 ; An Agricultural Proprietor , 354 ; Condition of Mexico ...
... Indians , 345 ; Lodgings : A Mexican Interior , 346 ; Tortillas ; A Pretty Study , 348 ; A Mexican Repast , 349 ; A Savage , 351 ; The Faculty in Mexico , 352 ; Annexation , 353 ; An Agricultural Proprietor , 354 ; Condition of Mexico ...
Strana 14
... Indian corn , which furnishes the food for man and beast , and the cash sales evidently of hogs and beef . Many of the farms had been a great while under cultivation . Large old orchards were frequent , now loaded with apples left 14 A ...
... Indian corn , which furnishes the food for man and beast , and the cash sales evidently of hogs and beef . Many of the farms had been a great while under cultivation . Large old orchards were frequent , now loaded with apples left 14 A ...
Strana 70
... Indian country , hundreds of miles from any resources but our own . We accordingly provided ourselves , before leav- ing home , with the best equipment we could devise for the pur- pose , and to carry the necessary weight with the most ...
... Indian country , hundreds of miles from any resources but our own . We accordingly provided ourselves , before leav- ing home , with the best equipment we could devise for the pur- pose , and to carry the necessary weight with the most ...
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