The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Issue 181, Volume 46 - Issue 188, Volume 47W. Abbatt., 1933 |
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... cross , and unless we made an early start we should not reach it in time to cross by daylight , we drove our cattle at the rate of two miles an hour . After dinner we pushed our animals and arrived at the creek at six o'clock , and ...
... cross , and unless we made an early start we should not reach it in time to cross by daylight , we drove our cattle at the rate of two miles an hour . After dinner we pushed our animals and arrived at the creek at six o'clock , and ...
Page 128
... cross . The sun was oppressively hot , and we stopped at one o'clock at Crooked Muddy creek , a very difficult place to cross with a wagon . We again stopped for the night on the banks of the Platte , having traveled sixteen miles ...
... cross . The sun was oppressively hot , and we stopped at one o'clock at Crooked Muddy creek , a very difficult place to cross with a wagon . We again stopped for the night on the banks of the Platte , having traveled sixteen miles ...
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... cross . Here we met several traders from Sacra- mento city , who had been out twelve days with provisions to sell to the emigrants . Flour is held at $ 1.50 per lb .; sugar $ 1.25 per lb .; bacon - sides $ 1.00 per lb. , & c . , & c ...
... cross . Here we met several traders from Sacra- mento city , who had been out twelve days with provisions to sell to the emigrants . Flour is held at $ 1.50 per lb .; sugar $ 1.25 per lb .; bacon - sides $ 1.00 per lb. , & c . , & c ...
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