A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana 55
... 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 , the mud . We chose , generally , the untrodden ...
... 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 , the mud . We chose , generally , the untrodden ...
Strana 61
... called coffee , than which it is often difficult to imagine any beverage more revolting . The bread is made of corn - meal , stirred with water and salt , and baked in a kettle covered with coals . The corn for breakfast is frequently ...
... called coffee , than which it is often difficult to imagine any beverage more revolting . The bread is made of corn - meal , stirred with water and salt , and baked in a kettle covered with coals . The corn for breakfast is frequently ...
Strana 65
... called the day before the trial , and paid five hundred dollars to withdraw . He brought out his rifle for us , and placed a bullet , at one hundred and twenty yards , plump in the spot agreed upon . His piece is an old Kentucky rifle ...
... called the day before the trial , and paid five hundred dollars to withdraw . He brought out his rifle for us , and placed a bullet , at one hundred and twenty yards , plump in the spot agreed upon . His piece is an old Kentucky rifle ...
Strana 67
... called at a plantation offered for sale . It was described in the hand - bills as having a fine house . We found it a cabin without windows . The proprietor said he had made ten bales to the hand , and would sell with all the ...
... called at a plantation offered for sale . It was described in the hand - bills as having a fine house . We found it a cabin without windows . The proprietor said he had made ten bales to the hand , and would sell with all the ...
Strana 77
... called out , " Boy , why don't you get me those things ? " " I done got ' em , sar , " replied the boy . At San Augustine , the morning previous , the children of the house were running about , wishing the lodgers a merry Christ- mas ...
... called out , " Boy , why don't you get me those things ? " " I done got ' em , sar , " replied the boy . At San Augustine , the morning previous , the children of the house were running about , wishing the lodgers a merry Christ- mas ...
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