 | Richard P. Horwitz - History - 2001 - 420 pages
...the soil. He is the occupant for the time being, pays no rent, and feels as independent as the "lord of the manor." With a horse, cow, and one or two breeders...gathers around him a few other families of similar tastes and habits . . . till the range is somewhat subdued, and hunting a little precarious, or, which... | |
 | Robert Thacker, C. L. Higham - History - 2006 - 250 pages
...the soil. He is the occupant for the time being, pays no rent, and feels as independent as the "lord of the manor." With a horse, cow, and one or two breeders...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,... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 658 pages
...the soil. He is the occupant for the time being, pays no rent, and feels as independent as the "lord of the manor." With a horse, cow, and one or two breeders of swine, he strikes into the woods with his fanrily, and becomes the founder of a new county, or perhaps state. He builds hi.s cabin, gathers around... | |
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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... 
