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 63
... tion of this district is thought to be one half of Spanish origin . They have no houses on the road , however , but live in little hamlets in the forest , or in cabins contiguous to each other , about a pond . They make no progress in ...
... tion of this district is thought to be one half of Spanish origin . They have no houses on the road , however , but live in little hamlets in the forest , or in cabins contiguous to each other , about a pond . They make no progress in ...
Strana 64
... tion to that of the Eastern Slave States . The improvements which the inhabitants have succeeded in making in the way of clearing the forest , fencing and tilling the land , building dwellings , barns , and machinery , making roads and ...
... tion to that of the Eastern Slave States . The improvements which the inhabitants have succeeded in making in the way of clearing the forest , fencing and tilling the land , building dwellings , barns , and machinery , making roads and ...
Strana 104
... tion became general . " One of the gentlemen asked me if I had seen " this new instrument . " " What instrument ? " " This grand boojer . " " I never heard of it before ; what is it ? " " I don't know , only that . " He pointed to a ...
... tion became general . " One of the gentlemen asked me if I had seen " this new instrument . " " What instrument ? " " This grand boojer . " " I never heard of it before ; what is it ? " " I don't know , only that . " He pointed to a ...
Strana 115
... been un- civil to indicate . We stopped one night at the house of a planter , now twenty years settled in Eastern Texas . He was a man of some educa- tion and natural intelligence , and had , he told ROUTE EASTERN TEXAS . 115 ACROSS.
... been un- civil to indicate . We stopped one night at the house of a planter , now twenty years settled in Eastern Texas . He was a man of some educa- tion and natural intelligence , and had , he told ROUTE EASTERN TEXAS . 115 ACROSS.
Strana 116
Frederick Law Olmsted. tion and natural intelligence , and had , he told us , an income , from the labor of his slaves , of some $ 4,000 . His residence was one of the largest houses we had seen in Texas . It had a second story , two ...
Frederick Law Olmsted. tion and natural intelligence , and had , he told us , an income , from the labor of his slaves , of some $ 4,000 . His residence was one of the largest houses we had seen in Texas . It had a second story , two ...
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