The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Issue 181, Volume 46 - Issue 188, Volume 47W. Abbatt., 1933 |
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... grass and plenty of it , and hearing that we had to make twenty - two miles to - day without finding grass or water . We started by six o'clock , the roads this morning being very muddy and slippery after the hard rain last night . We ...
... grass and plenty of it , and hearing that we had to make twenty - two miles to - day without finding grass or water . We started by six o'clock , the roads this morning being very muddy and slippery after the hard rain last night . We ...
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... grass and our cattle needing rest . Here we found four wagons from New Albany . At two we yoked up , having a drive of twenty - four miles before again coming to grass and water . In a few minutes we came to Pacific Creek , where we ...
... grass and our cattle needing rest . Here we found four wagons from New Albany . At two we yoked up , having a drive of twenty - four miles before again coming to grass and water . In a few minutes we came to Pacific Creek , where we ...
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... grass . This afternoon we struck a thick crust o . alkaline , which is usually the sign of a desert in advance . Upor inquiry of some emigrants we were informed that it was twenty mile before we should again find grass . We made a ...
... grass . This afternoon we struck a thick crust o . alkaline , which is usually the sign of a desert in advance . Upor inquiry of some emigrants we were informed that it was twenty mile before we should again find grass . We made a ...
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