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... night beneath the stars . He feared no exposure or fatigue , and outdid the hardiest backwoodsman in following a winter trail and swimming icy streams . This habit of vigorous bodily exercise Whenever he was at he carried through life ...
... night beneath the stars . He feared no exposure or fatigue , and outdid the hardiest backwoodsman in following a winter trail and swimming icy streams . This habit of vigorous bodily exercise Whenever he was at he carried through life ...
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... night , and after making a fire off a mile or two in the woods to sleep . Surrounded by brute and human foes , they owed their lives to their sleepless vigilance , their keen senses , their eagle eyes , and their resolute hearts . When ...
... night , and after making a fire off a mile or two in the woods to sleep . Surrounded by brute and human foes , they owed their lives to their sleepless vigilance , their keen senses , their eagle eyes , and their resolute hearts . When ...
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... night ; then they came to where had killed a buffalo calf and were shot two of the Indians , and , rushing mped around it . Firing from a little distance , in , rescued the girls . On another occasion , when the whites Boone had gone ...
... night ; then they came to where had killed a buffalo calf and were shot two of the Indians , and , rushing mped around it . Firing from a little distance , in , rescued the girls . On another occasion , when the whites Boone had gone ...
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... night and gener- Fortune favored he came to the outskirts of the ally hiding by day , ' the woods near by , him . That evening the offi . little village on the evening of July 4 , and lay in mirth - loving Creoles , and almost the ...
... night and gener- Fortune favored he came to the outskirts of the ally hiding by day , ' the woods near by , him . That evening the offi . little village on the evening of July 4 , and lay in mirth - loving Creoles , and almost the ...
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... in getting all they wanted to eat ; and at night they built huge fires by which to sleep , Indian war - dancers , " as Clark and feasted " like Said in his report . the middle of February , they But when , in FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
... in getting all they wanted to eat ; and at night they built huge fires by which to sleep , Indian war - dancers , " as Clark and feasted " like Said in his report . the middle of February , they But when , in FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
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