Minnesota and the Far WestW. Blackwood and Sons, 1855 - 306 páginas Oliphant acted as secretary to Lord Elgin during the negotiation at Washington of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. He then accompanied Lord Elgin to Quebec. There he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairsE, and made a journey to Lake Superior and back by the Mississippi to Chicago. |
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... Savannah - A wild man of the lakes - Trying circumstances - Effect of sleeping on poisonous ivy - An awakening screech - The North - west Trail - The Savannah Lake - Prairie River - A cheering anticipation , 180-190 xii CONTENTS ...
... Savannah - A wild man of the lakes - Trying circumstances - Effect of sleeping on poisonous ivy - An awakening screech - The North - west Trail - The Savannah Lake - Prairie River - A cheering anticipation , 180-190 xii CONTENTS ...
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... Savannah River , which was not more than ten yards wide . Although there was comparatively little current , our progress here was even slower than in the St Louis . In places the channel was almost choked up with fallen trees , drift ...
... Savannah River , which was not more than ten yards wide . Although there was comparatively little current , our progress here was even slower than in the St Louis . In places the channel was almost choked up with fallen trees , drift ...
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... Savannah . The stream wound slug- gishly between low banks covered with long grass , from which shot lofty trees , aspen , maple , ash , elm , birch , hemlock , pine , and fir , that met overhead , and formed an agreeable shade from the ...
... Savannah . The stream wound slug- gishly between low banks covered with long grass , from which shot lofty trees , aspen , maple , ash , elm , birch , hemlock , pine , and fir , that met overhead , and formed an agreeable shade from the ...
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Laurence Oliphant. 182 THE GREAT SAVANNAH . informed that we had entered the Great Savannah itself . As , however , the rushes almost met overhead , it was impossible to form any impression of it , so we contented ourselves with poking ...
Laurence Oliphant. 182 THE GREAT SAVANNAH . informed that we had entered the Great Savannah itself . As , however , the rushes almost met overhead , it was impossible to form any impression of it , so we contented ourselves with poking ...
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... the course of our pas- sage through the Great Savannah , was the appearance of a flock of wild ducks , one of which Clifford shot ; but as it dropped among dense rushes , we were 184 TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES . obliged , after a long search.
... the course of our pas- sage through the Great Savannah , was the appearance of a flock of wild ducks , one of which Clifford shot ; but as it dropped among dense rushes , we were 184 TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES . obliged , after a long search.
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