 | American Historical Association - Historiography - 1894 - 626 pages
...settlements, three classes, like the waves of the ocean, have rolled one after the other. First conies the pioneer, who depends for the subsistence of his...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - Wisconsin - 1892 - 898 pages
...pioneer, who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly upon the natural growth of vegeta tion, called the 'range,' and the proceeds of hunting. His...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 624 pages
...beans, corn for roasting ears, cucumbers, and potatoes. A log cabin, and, occasionally, a stable aud corn-crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 628 pages
...cabin, and, occasionally, a stable and corn-crib, and a fieldof a dozen acres, the timber girdle.l or " deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy....gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and huntinjj a little precarious,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1894 - 884 pages
...occupant for the time being, pays no rent, and feels as independent as the • lord of the manor.1 With a horse, cow, and one or two breeders of swine,...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 632 pages
...owner of the soil. He is tho occupant for the time being, pays no rent, and feels as independent as tho "lord of the manor." With a horse, cow, and one or...becomes the founder of a new county, or perhaps state. Ho builds his cabin, gathers arouud him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies... | |
 | National Society for the Study of Education - Education - 1900 - 1068 pages
...waves. In Peck's New Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, occurs this suggestive passage : Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes,...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies until the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
 | Charles Jesse Bullock - Economics - 1907 - 732 pages
...three classes, like the waves of the ocean, have rolled one after the other. First comes thjijHoneer, who depends for the subsistence of his family chiefly...with his family, and becomes the founder of a new country, or perhaps state. He builds his cabin, gathers around him a few other families of similar... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - American essays - 1915 - 488 pages
...waves. In Peck's New Guide to the West, published in Boston in 1837, occurs this suggestive passage: Generally, in all the western settlements, three classes,...with his family, and becomes the founder of a new country, or perhaps state. He builds his cabin, gathers around him a few other families of similar... | |
 | Frederick Jackson Turner - Frontier and pioneer life - 1920 - 384 pages
...ened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy. It is quite immaterial whether he ever becomes di*i owner of the soil. He is the occupant for the time...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious,... | |
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With a horse, cow, and one or two breeders of swine, he strikes into the woods with his family, and becomes the founder of a new county, or perhaps state. He builds his cabin, gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits, and occupies... 
