Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineA. Roman and Company, 1887 |
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Page 36
... thing it often did , even then . In making these rounds , they would nearly always drag a piece of bloody meat , to lure the hungry prey to the traps . Old trappers say there is no other scent for this purpose equal to that of blood ...
... thing it often did , even then . In making these rounds , they would nearly always drag a piece of bloody meat , to lure the hungry prey to the traps . Old trappers say there is no other scent for this purpose equal to that of blood ...
Page 43
... thing is run in the interests of dishonesty . With the rich growing richer and the poor poorer , ' and social rifts ... things . If we do not propose to rely everywhere on force for maintaining law and to glide into des- potism , the law ...
... thing is run in the interests of dishonesty . With the rich growing richer and the poor poorer , ' and social rifts ... things . If we do not propose to rely everywhere on force for maintaining law and to glide into des- potism , the law ...
Page 47
... thing on a hillside move and then remain still , and I called Charley's attention to it . He told me to " try a crack at it . " I re- plied that it might be some domestic animal and reminded him of his injunction to me to be always sure ...
... thing on a hillside move and then remain still , and I called Charley's attention to it . He told me to " try a crack at it . " I re- plied that it might be some domestic animal and reminded him of his injunction to me to be always sure ...
Page 59
... thing shoar- he air peerter erbout every thing more'n ' er- bout his coartin ' - he hev been arter Cher- rykee the likes o ' ten year , en he don't seem no nigher bein ' spliced ez he war this time last year . " " Not er bit ...
... thing shoar- he air peerter erbout every thing more'n ' er- bout his coartin ' - he hev been arter Cher- rykee the likes o ' ten year , en he don't seem no nigher bein ' spliced ez he war this time last year . " " Not er bit ...
Page 77
... thing amongst these last African tribes is the absence of fetich wor- ship as practised on the west coast . They have not even idols . Indeed , their ideas of religion , if they have any at all , seem to be exceedingly vague ; but they ...
... thing amongst these last African tribes is the absence of fetich wor- ship as practised on the west coast . They have not even idols . Indeed , their ideas of religion , if they have any at all , seem to be exceedingly vague ; but they ...
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