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... tion of the west will eagerly inquire after the early history of their country . I have determined , therefore , to gather up the facts within the period of my own memory , and arrange them , and dedicate the record to the generations ...
... tion of the west will eagerly inquire after the early history of their country . I have determined , therefore , to gather up the facts within the period of my own memory , and arrange them , and dedicate the record to the generations ...
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... tion rolls westward . No one fact is more unquestionably established than this , in the experience and observation of frontier western men . Ten , twenty , thirty miles in advance of the white settlements , the honey - bee swarms in ...
... tion rolls westward . No one fact is more unquestionably established than this , in the experience and observation of frontier western men . Ten , twenty , thirty miles in advance of the white settlements , the honey - bee swarms in ...
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... tion , unless , indeed , the opinion prevalent among the pioneer population be taken as such ; to wit , that this was the mustering of the armies of the honey - bee , pre- paratory to their sallying forth to take possession of the ...
... tion , unless , indeed , the opinion prevalent among the pioneer population be taken as such ; to wit , that this was the mustering of the armies of the honey - bee , pre- paratory to their sallying forth to take possession of the ...
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... tion , that the end sanctions the means a principle which , if every where adopted , would overturn the universe . " The design of the founder and his coadjutors was nothing less than to engross the empire of the world , and to place ...
... tion , that the end sanctions the means a principle which , if every where adopted , would overturn the universe . " The design of the founder and his coadjutors was nothing less than to engross the empire of the world , and to place ...
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... " It was according to the prayer of the Psalmist " Restore unto me the joys of thy salva- tion , and uphold me with thy free spirit ; then will I : teach transgressors thy ways , and sinners shall be con- 30 THE WESTERN SKETCH - BOOK .
... " It was according to the prayer of the Psalmist " Restore unto me the joys of thy salva- tion , and uphold me with thy free spirit ; then will I : teach transgressors thy ways , and sinners shall be con- 30 THE WESTERN SKETCH - BOOK .
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