The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries: Extra number, Issues 181-192W. Abbatt, 1932 - History |
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Page 114
... road to Fort Kearny , on a knoll , some six yards from the road , with several graves around him . He died on the twenty - third of May , 1849 , aged 73 years . Traveled to - day eighteen miles . Saturday , May 4. - A bright , spring ...
... road to Fort Kearny , on a knoll , some six yards from the road , with several graves around him . He died on the twenty - third of May , 1849 , aged 73 years . Traveled to - day eighteen miles . Saturday , May 4. - A bright , spring ...
Page 115
... road . Wednesday , May 8 .-- Being cook , I turned out by four o'clock , and soon had breakfast ready . Weather very cold . At ten o'clock passed ten dead horses and mules , but no oxen as yet . While the cattle were grazing , I went to ...
... road . Wednesday , May 8 .-- Being cook , I turned out by four o'clock , and soon had breakfast ready . Weather very cold . At ten o'clock passed ten dead horses and mules , but no oxen as yet . While the cattle were grazing , I went to ...
Page 157
... road which we are traveling defies all description . Of all the rough roads I have ever seen or even imagined , this beats them . Rocks from the size of a flour barrel to that of a meeting house are strewed all along the road , and ...
... road which we are traveling defies all description . Of all the rough roads I have ever seen or even imagined , this beats them . Rocks from the size of a flour barrel to that of a meeting house are strewed all along the road , and ...
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