The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 4M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1850 - Missouri Agriculture and the mechanic arts are the basis of civilization. |
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... side of the stream , to which they gave the name of Merriwether's Bay . Here they subsisted upon dried fish , and by hunting . * They occu- pied themselves in visiting the adjacent country and the Indian tribes , collecting from the ...
... side of the stream , to which they gave the name of Merriwether's Bay . Here they subsisted upon dried fish , and by hunting . * They occu- pied themselves in visiting the adjacent country and the Indian tribes , collecting from the ...
Page 7
... sides , densely covered with pines and firs , with deep gorges , jutting peaks , and winding hol- lows , amid which every possible hue of light and shade continually shifted , exhibiting , as they moved , a rapid series of panoramic ...
... sides , densely covered with pines and firs , with deep gorges , jutting peaks , and winding hol- lows , amid which every possible hue of light and shade continually shifted , exhibiting , as they moved , a rapid series of panoramic ...
Page 8
... sides with rich verdure , with jutting peaks and cliffs of stained and weather beaten rock with flashing coronets of snow , whilst far above , lines of naked pinnacles , pierce the purple canopy . Broad lakes , in whole glassy bosoms ...
... sides with rich verdure , with jutting peaks and cliffs of stained and weather beaten rock with flashing coronets of snow , whilst far above , lines of naked pinnacles , pierce the purple canopy . Broad lakes , in whole glassy bosoms ...
Page 9
... sides . Projecting peaks rose like towers , and dipped their points in the etherial azure of the skies , awful precipices hung in trembling frag- ments over their heads , the stunning sounds of wind and water gave assurance of the ...
... sides . Projecting peaks rose like towers , and dipped their points in the etherial azure of the skies , awful precipices hung in trembling frag- ments over their heads , the stunning sounds of wind and water gave assurance of the ...
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... sides of which are shrouded in shrubs , and the summits tufted with noble forest trees . The party were so much annoyed by musquitos at the mouth of this river , where they had appointed to await Capt . Lewis , that leav- ing a note for ...
... sides of which are shrouded in shrubs , and the summits tufted with noble forest trees . The party were so much annoyed by musquitos at the mouth of this river , where they had appointed to await Capt . Lewis , that leav- ing a note for ...
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