Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 45
... race for supremacy in com- mercial and especially in manufacturing development in the islands . Hawaii is the key to the Pacific . Without it , com- merce may not move . Without it , in a measure , the benefits accruing from the ...
... race for supremacy in com- mercial and especially in manufacturing development in the islands . Hawaii is the key to the Pacific . Without it , com- merce may not move . Without it , in a measure , the benefits accruing from the ...
Page 92
... racing toward him forced his horse back upon its haunches , simul- taneously anchoring it by throwing its reins forward over its head . " The mat- ter with you , Buck Smith , is just bad al- cohol . I've been hunting for you two hours ...
... racing toward him forced his horse back upon its haunches , simul- taneously anchoring it by throwing its reins forward over its head . " The mat- ter with you , Buck Smith , is just bad al- cohol . I've been hunting for you two hours ...
Page 121
... race - old habits of his kind . But the solving of the Indian problem , or in plainer words , his right to exist , is of lesser interest to the general public than the fact that thousands and tens of thousands of commercially valu- able ...
... race - old habits of his kind . But the solving of the Indian problem , or in plainer words , his right to exist , is of lesser interest to the general public than the fact that thousands and tens of thousands of commercially valu- able ...
Page 127
... race . Upon the lichen - grown cliffs ris- ing sheer and smooth in tablets of stone , crude picture - writings and cabalistic signs which baffle the archaeologist , are still to be seen . These writings occur also on the mainland ...
... race . Upon the lichen - grown cliffs ris- ing sheer and smooth in tablets of stone , crude picture - writings and cabalistic signs which baffle the archaeologist , are still to be seen . These writings occur also on the mainland ...
Page 128
... race . * * We have read much of late years con- cerning the Hopi , their gentleness and peaceable pursuits , but we have heard little or nothing of the Selish , living in their valley home , along the Jocko river or among the sheltering ...
... race . * * We have read much of late years con- cerning the Hopi , their gentleness and peaceable pursuits , but we have heard little or nothing of the Selish , living in their valley home , along the Jocko river or among the sheltering ...
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