A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, Or the Mississippi Valley, כרך 1E. H. Flint, 1828 - 1112 עמודים |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 234 - In the spring, one hundred boats have been numbered, that landed in one day at the mouth of the Bayou, at New Madrid. I have strolled to the point on a spring evening, and seen them arriving in fleets. The boisterous gaiety of the hands, the congratulations, the moving picture of life on board the boats, in the numerous animals, large and small, which they carry...
עמוד 296 - every moment to see him fall. His duty and situation exposed him to every danger. Nothing but the superintending care of Providence could have saved him from the fate of all around him.
עמוד 328 - On the 28th the army returned to Au Glaize, destroying all the villages and corn within fifty miles of the river. In this decisive battle, the American loss, in killed and wounded, amounted to one hundred and seven, including officers. Among those that fell, were Captain Campbell and Lieutenant Towles. The general bestowed great and merited praise, for their bravery and promptitude in this affair, to all his troops.
עמוד 341 - March 1st, 1809, just before the retirement of Mr. Jefferson from the presidential office. THE WAR OF 1812. On the 18th day of June, 1812, war was declared by the United States against Great Britain. When, soon after, a requisition was made upon Massachusetts for forty-one companies of artillery and infantry, Governor Caleb Strong refused compliance with the order issued by General Dearborn, notwithstanding the secretary of war wrote to him urging his compliance.
עמוד 235 - Mississippi, from which some of these boats have not come. In one place there are boats loaded with planks, from the pine forests of the southwest of New York. In another quarter there are the Yankee notions of Ohio.
עמוד 185 - ... in a coil of the thickness of a man's wrist, from the long time it takes her to complete these arrangements, from the manner in which she minces and ambles, and plays off her prettiest airs, after she has put on all her charms, we should clearly infer that dress and personal ornament occupy the same portion of her thoughts that they do of the fashionable woman of civilized society.
עמוד 236 - After an hour or two passed in this way, they spring on shore to raise the wind in town. It is well for the people of the village, if they do not become riotous in the course of the evening ; in which case I have often seen the most summary and strong measures taken.
עמוד 583 - Among the curiosities of this country may be mentioned the vast masses of sea shells, that are found dispersed over different tracts of this country. They are generally found in points remote from lime stone; and answer a valuable purpose to the inhabitants, who collect, and burn them for lime.
עמוד 368 - ... they had given, and knowing that the success of future operations depended on the result, the General pursued, until he came near a part of his staff and a few soldiers who with General Coffee had halted about a quarter of a mile ahead. He ordered them to form immediately across the road, and to fire on the mutineers if they attempted to proceed. Snatching up their arms, these faithful adherents presented a front which threw the deserters into affright, and caused them to retreat precipitately...
עמוד 140 - This mighty tributary seems rather to diminish, than increase its width; but it perceptibly alters its depth, its mass of waters, and what is to be regretted, wholly changes its character. It is no longer the gentle, placid stream, with smooth shores and clean sandbars ; but has a furious and boiling current, a turbid and dangerous mass of sweeping waters, jagged and dilapidated shores, and, wherever its waters have receded, deposites of mud.