Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineA. Roman and Company, 1887 |
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... coming of his ghost a thousand times — yet I never saw it ; and it was I who found his grave . " " And it was you who bade Pepé show it me , " interrupted Ashley ; " and perhaps not as a mere jest , as he thought . " She nodded ...
... coming of his ghost a thousand times — yet I never saw it ; and it was I who found his grave . " " And it was you who bade Pepé show it me , " interrupted Ashley ; " and perhaps not as a mere jest , as he thought . " She nodded ...
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... acts , made it impossible , even to the most abso- lute credulity , to retain it any longer ; for the time was coming fast when , hunted like a wild beast among his native hills , starva- tion 1887. ] Chronicles of Camp Wright . 25.
... acts , made it impossible , even to the most abso- lute credulity , to retain it any longer ; for the time was coming fast when , hunted like a wild beast among his native hills , starva- tion 1887. ] Chronicles of Camp Wright . 25.
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... coming in , doubtless owing in a great measure to the great mortality at this time prevailing among them , some eight or ten per day having died some days previous to my leaving the valley . This mortality is at- tributable to a change ...
... coming in , doubtless owing in a great measure to the great mortality at this time prevailing among them , some eight or ten per day having died some days previous to my leaving the valley . This mortality is at- tributable to a change ...
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... coming . Catching sight of the dish of bears ' paws as they entered , and noting their curious and uncanny human resemblance , Mac began : " If I hear of any one as has lost any children , I shall say yez's ate thim . " " Sit up -- sit ...
... coming . Catching sight of the dish of bears ' paws as they entered , and noting their curious and uncanny human resemblance , Mac began : " If I hear of any one as has lost any children , I shall say yez's ate thim . " " Sit up -- sit ...
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... coming , the Indians have a Chinook - dance , to hurry it up . We were watching a band one night , kicking their heels until the sweat ran , to make medicine ' for the weather . Their ' woven paces ' and ' waving hands ' -which , after ...
... coming , the Indians have a Chinook - dance , to hurry it up . We were watching a band one night , kicking their heels until the sweat ran , to make medicine ' for the weather . Their ' woven paces ' and ' waving hands ' -which , after ...
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