 | 1885 - 500 pages
...reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design ; and accordingly seven...remarkably plain one of only four days' journey for a horse, man, they became bewildered, (as we afterwards learned,) and, losing their way, wandered about... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Biography & Autobiography - 1889 - 278 pages
...reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design ; and accordingly seven...been for many years a trapper in the country, was an experienced mountaineer. " We formed now but a small family. With Mr. Preuss and myself, Carson,... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam - Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1905 - 380 pages
...reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design ; and accordingly seven...been for many years a trapper in the country, was an experienced mountaineer. " We formed now but a small family. With Mr. Preuss and myself, Carson,... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam - Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1904 - 388 pages
...reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design ; and accordingly seven...been for many years a trapper in the country, was an experienced mountaineer. " We formed now but a small family. With Mr. Preuss and myself, Carson.... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1870 - 794 pages
...reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design; and accordingly seven...were provided with good horses, and the road was a remarkably-plain one of only four days' journey for a horseman, they became bewildered, (as we afterward... | |
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Carson had brought with him being now exhausted, and our stock reduced to a small quantity of roots, I determined to retain with me only a sufficient number of men for the execution of our design; and accordingly seven were sent back to Fort Hall under... 
