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" We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. "
Francis Parkman
Bushes
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Woods
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" We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. "
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" America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution. "
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" Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell. "
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" The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. "
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" Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity. "
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" A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand. "
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" Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house. "
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" Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect. "
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" Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri. "
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Miles
" Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along. "
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" We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption. "
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Trail
Before
" Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte. "
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Our
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" Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures. "
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Society
Resources
" Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses. "
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Fort
Two
" The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. "
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" A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas. "
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" The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions. "
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Iroquois
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