 | Montana - 1908 - 460 pages
...conscious and purposed wrong. Mr. Webster voiced the stateman's view when he said : "What do we want with this vast worthless area, this region of savages...cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever put those great deserts or endless mountain ranges impenetrable and coverd to their base with eternal... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - History - 1886 - 580 pages
...out there and remained for a time, I think, accompanied by his friend, George Curson. Caleb Cushing was also interested in the embryo city, but somehow...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow ? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of three thousand miles, rock-bound,... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - History - 1886 - 562 pages
...Thibet. Mr. Webster, after denouncing the measure generally, closed with a few remarks con" cerning the country at large. " What do we want ?" he exclaimed,...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal 214 snow ? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of three thousand miles, rock-bound,... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - United States - 1886 - 560 pages
...generally, closed with a few remarks concerning the country at large. " What do we want ?" he exclaimed, u with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow ? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of three thousand miles, rock-bound,... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Alaska - 1889 - 488 pages
...to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area — this region of...impenetrable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, — a coast of three thousand miles, rock-bound,... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1889 - 82 pages
...Independence, Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth: ^"What do we want with this vpst, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts,...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of 3.000 miles, rockbound, cheerless,... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1889 - 84 pages
...Independence, Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth : "What do we want with this v?st, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts,...impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of 3.000 miles, rockbound, cheerless,... | |
 | North American review - 1889 - 784 pages
...generally denouncing the measure, Webster exclaimed : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area f this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...impenetrable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow T What can we ever hope to do with the western coast, a coast of 8,000 miles, rbckbound, cheerless,... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Alaska - 1889 - 390 pages
...to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area — this region of...these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges, impeneEDEN OF THE NORTH PACIFIC. 5 trable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What can... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Alaska - 1889 - 396 pages
...to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area — this region of...and wild beasts, of deserts of shifting sands and whirl winds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs ? To what use could we ever hope to put these great... | |
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What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... 
