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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.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
- Francis Parkman
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Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
- Francis Parkman
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Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.
- Francis Parkman
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America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
- Francis Parkman
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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
- Francis Parkman
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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.
- Francis Parkman
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