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 44
... reached Alexandria . At low water there are here falls , which prevent further navigation . For the transfer of our passengers and freight we were detained all day , with the usual lies about time . The village is every bit a Southern ...
... reached Alexandria . At low water there are here falls , which prevent further navigation . For the transfer of our passengers and freight we were detained all day , with the usual lies about time . The village is every bit a Southern ...
Strana 64
... reached the ferry - house our Mackintoshes were like a coat of mail with the stiff ice , and trees and fields were covered . In the broad river bottom we noticed inany aquatic birds , and the browsing line under the dense mass of trees ...
... reached the ferry - house our Mackintoshes were like a coat of mail with the stiff ice , and trees and fields were covered . In the broad river bottom we noticed inany aquatic birds , and the browsing line under the dense mass of trees ...
Strana 78
... reached Nacogdoches , a considerable town . Near it the soil changes to sand , bearing pines . The houses along the road , at the entrance to the village , stand in gardens , and are neatly painted - the first exterior sign of ...
... reached Nacogdoches , a considerable town . Near it the soil changes to sand , bearing pines . The houses along the road , at the entrance to the village , stand in gardens , and are neatly painted - the first exterior sign of ...
Strana 80
... reached a creek ( streamlet ) among the pines , five miles beyond Nacogdoches , and there made our first camp . Pitching our tent in the deepening twilight , at a first trial we met with some blundering difficulties . B. looked on with ...
... reached a creek ( streamlet ) among the pines , five miles beyond Nacogdoches , and there made our first camp . Pitching our tent in the deepening twilight , at a first trial we met with some blundering difficulties . B. looked on with ...
Strana 81
... reached by a rude causeway , with bridges at intervals , some two or three miles in length , the only structure of the kind we saw in the state , though there is hardly a stream where t is not more or less needed . By a levee , these ...
... reached by a rude causeway , with bridges at intervals , some two or three miles in length , the only structure of the kind we saw in the state , though there is hardly a stream where t is not more or less needed . By a levee , these ...
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