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Page 123
On one of their festive days , as we drew near the medicine lodge or temple , we saw in front of the entrance , or door , a number of young girls tricked out in all their finery of paint , beads , and dresses of the antelope , agalia ...
On one of their festive days , as we drew near the medicine lodge or temple , we saw in front of the entrance , or door , a number of young girls tricked out in all their finery of paint , beads , and dresses of the antelope , agalia ...
Page 124
In a few moments , the daughter of the interpreter , ( a Frenchman who had resided upwards of twenty years , ) a beautiful girl of sixteen , came forward , but before she could ascend to touch the bough , a young fellow stepped forth ...
In a few moments , the daughter of the interpreter , ( a Frenchman who had resided upwards of twenty years , ) a beautiful girl of sixteen , came forward , but before she could ascend to touch the bough , a young fellow stepped forth ...
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He saw a young woman carrying a large cow up a flight of twenty steps . He was astonished ; and sent to inquire , how strength so extraordinary had been acquired by a person of so apparently delicate a form .
He saw a young woman carrying a large cow up a flight of twenty steps . He was astonished ; and sent to inquire , how strength so extraordinary had been acquired by a person of so apparently delicate a form .
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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