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  the River.--A Landing Effected.--The Battle.--Precipitous Retreat of the Rebels.--Spoiling a Captured Camp.--Rebel Flags Emblazoned with the State Arms.--A Journalist''s Outfit.--A Chaplain of the Church Militant.--A Mistake


id: 42322
type: WORK_OF_ART
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  Hurricane Bottom"--Night on the Prairies--The Emigrant''s Bivouac--The Prairie-grass--Carlisle--Site--Advantages-- Growth--"Mound Farm


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id: 15132
title: Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
author: Brown, William Wells
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  city; and when night came on, I made my way to my master''s farm, but was slave-drivers had been called together, I do not think a more cruel man States officer, whipped a slave woman to death. this, John told me that his master whipped him regularly three times a unhappy, and several times thought of leaving the boat at some landing soon be shaken by the remembrance that my dear mother was a slave in St. Louis, and I could not bear the idea of leaving her in that condition. slaves in readiness to start for New Orleans, and in a few days we were When at Natchez the second time, I saw a slave very cruelly whipped. short time, when a colored man came around the corner, and said to the man who owned mother, came into the jail as soon as Mr. Jones, the


id: 17827
author: Thompson, L. S. (Lucy S.)
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  same State, and also remained a slave for some length of time, when he During that time my father and mother were in the same Two years after my father''s departure, my mother, with her two mother ever had an opportunity to cook while we remained in his My mother still remained as cook in his family. absence of my father my mother married again a man by the name of Soon after the war commenced the rebel soldiers encamped near Mr. Lewis'' residence, and remained there one week. Mr. Lewis searched my mother''s room and found a picture of President of the evening, with a covered wagon, and took my mother and brother placed perfect confidence in mother and family. divided except mother and my little brother, who remained together. master, my mother became acquainted with a young man, Mr. Adams, When my mother arrived at Captain Tirrell''s, after leaving the

title:
  The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery


id: 17820
title: From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
author: Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann)
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  With mother, father and sister, a pleasant home and surroundings, what Having been brought up in a free State, mother had learned much to her Mrs. Cox, but to run away, as soon as chance offered, to Canada, where On the return of Mrs. Cox to St. Louis she sent for my mother and told I was a small girl at that time, but remember how wildly mother After my mother''s return, she decided to sue for her freedom, and for morning, before the white people had arisen, a friend of my mother At the time my mother entered suit for her freedom, she was not After advice by competent persons, mother went to Judge Edward Bates mother lived at the time of her abduction; also affidavits of Mr. and (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket, (Living with Mrs. Posey was a little negro girl, named Polly Crocket,


id: 18931
title: Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76
author: Fowke, Gerard
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  wide and 10 feet high; within is a level earth-covered floor. Dry cave earth appears for 20 feet, at which rear wall, where the cave makes a turn at 150 feet from the mouth, is Half a mile directly south of Waynesville, on the farm of Dr. W.J. Sell, is a cave located in the northern end of a ridge entirely The second cave is near the foot of the hill, half a mile up the river Cave earth, apparently not more than 3 feet thick at any point, on the floor near the mouth and some cave earth and a small amount of Fifty-five feet from the mouth of the cave, in the east wall, is a wall on the left, dry cave earth, with a width of 20 to 30 feet, On John Luckenhoff''s farm, three-fourths of a mile south of St. Elizabeth, facing Tavern Creek, is a small cave with a rocky floor.


id: 23391
title: Sally of Missouri
author: Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)
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  Yessair, the Canaan Tigmores," repeated old Bernique, looking out "Yes, but about these Canaan Tigmores, Mr. Bernique," insisted Steering, got you interested in this scheme,"--Steering looked at Madeira with a so little did Steering understand that a boy like Piney would Canaan Tigmores, d''you know that?" said Madeira. servant came out for the horses, and Steering helped Miss Madeira to But, alas, Piney has a man''s heart, Miss Madeira. "All right, Mr. Madeira, I''ll come," assented Steering; "look for me "You know what I think, Piney," said Steering after a long wait, in "Miss Madeira is going to Europe, I hear, Piney," adventured Steering. Steering got up and shook hands with the old man with so much energy The memory of what Steering had said and done seemed to come on to Piney "Do you know," said Steering, "I do not like to leave Missouri, Sally,


id: 31770
title: The Struggle for Missouri
author: McElroy, John
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  Even before South Carolina seceded the ardent young Secessionists of St. Louis had begun the organization of "Minute Men" to "protect the State." Lyon went to Gen. Harney to urge his right to command, from seniority The limitations placed by Gen. Harney upon Lyon''s assignment to command Lieutenant-General commanding the Army of the United States. STERLING PRICE, Major-General Missouri State Guard. The people in the country reported to Gen. Lyon that the enemy was fully State Guards, which Gen. Price had brought forward. Gen. Lyon saw clearly that the place to fight for St. Louis and Missouri Though Gen. Lyon had marched his men 50 miles in one day to prevent the order that he had turned over the command of the Missouri troops to Gen. McCulloch, but reserved the right to resume command at any time he might In the 1,300 men in Gen. Sigel''s command the loss was


id: 22534
author: Charless, Charlotte Taylor Blow
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  she was a woman upon whom the young man, far from friends and home, That dear, good grandpa, who looked young to grandma, but who good now,� and his mamma thought �my little son is conquered very soon do you ever think how good God is to have given you a praying mother, If this seems like a "love-letter" to you, my dear children, it --your dear mother (then our sweet little Lizzie) was born. honorable, and kind-hearted man, he had, in early life, contracted dear mother passed seven years of her happy childhood, and still something her father or mother had said) that the day might come when, Pleasant and merry times your dear mother had at home, with her You are not old enough, my dear little children, to remember how work together for good to them that love God, and that as our day is,

title:
  A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren


id: 1318
title: The Twin Hells A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries
author: Reynolds, John N. (John Newton)
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  this prison I occupied cells at various times with convicts who had One day there was a fellow-prisoner working in the room adjoining me; he This prisoner was working out a sentence of five years. remaining in prison for a long time, give way, and they become raving man to prison again, with a sentence of three years at hard labor for cells after a hard day''s work scarcely able to walk, and many times have prisoners are marched back into their cells where they remain until time convicted of crime and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. The next day this poor convict was taken with the prison fever, and in One day a young man was brought to the penitentiary under three years'' convicted the second time, and again received a sentence of six years at convicted, and sent to prison for life. Missouri prison for a life sentence in the Kansas penitentiary.


id: 490
title: Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
author: Calamity Jane
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  my life in early times was spent in this manner. the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during went to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory, where we arrived May 1, 1868, Custer as a scout at Fort Russell, Wyoming, in 1870, and started for After that campaign I returned to Fort Sanders, Wyoming, remained there city now stands, where we arrived in the spring of 1874; remained U.S. mail between Deadwood and Custer, a distance of fifty miles, over friend, Wild Bill, remained in Deadwood during the summer with the I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of I left Deadwood in the fall of 1877, and went to Bear Butte Creek with In 1881 I went to Wyoming and returned in 1882 to Miles city and took


id: 7199
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 7.
author: Twain, Mark
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  THAT night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. The night promised to be a fair one; so Tom went home with Huck stood sentry and Tom felt his way into the alley. say, Tom, now''s a mighty good time to get that box, if Injun Joe''s "Lookyhere, Huck, less not try that thing any more till we know Injun THE first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of news The last thing Mrs. Thatcher said to Becky, was: Presently, as they tripped along, Tom said to Becky: Tom that maybe Huck might come this very night and give the signal. "Oh, don''t do it again, Tom, it is too horrid," said Becky. By-and-by Tom took Becky''s candle and blew it out. could not tell how long--Tom said they must go softly and listen for Tom said it was time to rest again. "It''s them!" said Tom; "they''re coming!


id: 7197
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5.
author: Twain, Mark
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  suffering ''most a week so you boys had a good time, but it is a pity "Yes, you could have done that, Tom," said Mary; "and I believe you "Would you, Tom?" said Aunt Polly, her face lighting wistfully. "Tom, I hoped you loved me that much," said Aunt Polly, with a grieved Tom, you''ll look back, some day, when it''s too late, and "Now, auntie, you know I do care for you," said Tom. "I wish now I''d thought," said Tom, with a repentant tone; "but I "Shut your heads and let Tom go on! said to a girl almost at Tom''s elbow--with sham vivacity: "Any other boy!" Tom thought, grating his teeth. Tom''s spelling-book fell under his eye. the master arrived and school "took in." Tom did not feel a strong seemed to make the thing worse for Tom. Becky supposed she would be


id: 7198
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 6.
author: Twain, Mark
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  "Why, Tom Sawyer, we wouldn''t be alive two days if that got found out. The boys had a long talk, but it brought them little comfort. all forgot old Muff when he''s in trouble; but Tom don''t, and Huck boys, I done an awful thing--drunk and crazy at the time--that''s the Tom glanced at Injun Joe''s iron face and his tongue failed him. the night before the great day of the trial, and Huck was sore afraid Half the time Tom was afraid Injun Joe would never be captured; the THERE comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy''s life when he has "Well, if they like it, Tom, all right; but I don''t want to be a king "I like this," said Tom. "Tom, you--why, you ain''t in your right mind." thoughtful silence, Injun Joe said: "I know it," said Injun Joe; "and this looks like it, I should say." Tom thought a long time.


id: 7200
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 8.
author: Twain, Mark
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  Tom learned of Huck''s sickness and went to see him on Friday, but Thatcher''s house was on Tom''s way, and he stopped to see Becky. The morning after the funeral Tom took Huck to a private place to have Huck had learned all about Tom''s adventure from the Welshman and the Widow Douglas, by this time, but Tom said he reckoned Then Huck told his entire adventure in confidence to Tom, who had only "Well," said Huck, presently, coming back to the main question, below "Cave Hollow," Tom said: By this time everything was ready and the boys entered the hole, Tom Tom began to fear that Huck was right. "That ain''t no bad notion, Tom!" said Huck with animation. "Now, Huck," said Tom, "we''ll hide the money in the loft of the "Huck and Tom Sawyer." HUCK said: "Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope.


id: 7107
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 36 to the Last
author: Twain, Mark
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  was right behind Jim''s bed now, and we''d dig in under it, and when we got he said it was all right, and we set there and talked over old times till we see Aunt Sally coming, and then Tom went to counting the spoons it; Tom said he''d GOT to; there warn''t no case of a state prisoner not "Well," I says, "Jim''s right, anyway, when he says he ain''t got no coat When he got done he couldn''t no way make up his mind which one for Jim to warn''t no use; we got to go and fetch Jim So he raised up his bed and We got a licking every time one of our snakes come in her way, and she Injun file, and got to it all right, and me and Jim over it; but Tom''s said, come along, let Sid foot it home, or canoe it, when he got done


id: 12068
author: Knox, Thomas Wallace
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  of Camp Jackson.--Energy of General Lyon.--Union Men organized.--An of Camp Jackson.--Energy of General Lyon.--Union Men organized.--An General Lyon.--Capture of the State Capital.--Moving on the Enemy''s General Lyon.--Capture of the State Capital.--Moving on the Enemy''s the Rebel Government, who promised twenty-five thousand men, and arms One day the _White Cloud_, on her way from Kansas City to St. Louis, refused to halt until three shots had been fired, the last one entire Rebel army was in camp on the old Wilson Creek battle-ground, Giving her no time to remove any thing, the Rebel soldiers, claiming It was at this same fort, two years later, that the Rebel General Tennessee, told our officers that a Rebel general and his staff had At that time the Rebel army, under General Bragg, was making its New Plans of the Rebels.--Their Design to Capture Corinth,--Advancing New Plans of the Rebels.--Their Design to Capture Corinth,--Advancing

title:
  Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation


id: 7196
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4.
author: Twain, Mark
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  "Huck Finn the Red-Handed, and Joe Harper the Terror of the Seas." Tom "You see," said Tom, "people don''t go much on hermits, nowadays, like While Joe was slicing bacon for breakfast, Tom and Huck asked him to "Oh, it ain''t the bread, so much," said Tom; "I reckon it''s mostly The other boys agreed that there was reason in what Tom said, because "I hope Tom''s better off where he is," said Sid, "but if he''d been "Oh no, Joe, you''ll feel better by and by," said Tom. "Who cares!" said Tom. Huck started sorrowfully away, and Tom stood looking after him, with a taste, and they gagged a little, but Tom said: wish I could do that; but I never thought I could," said Tom. "Well, I have too," said Tom; "oh, hundreds of times. Tom''s and Joe''s--came by, and stood looking over the paling fence and


id: 7194
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2.
author: Twain, Mark
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  "Please, Tom--that''s a good boy." children set out for Sunday-school--a place that Tom hated with his elderly man, interfered; then turned his back a moment and Tom pulled a superintendent (as Tom expressed it) had always made this boy come out That is the way good little boys and girls should do. pretty warning fingers at bad little boys and patting good ones And now at this moment, when hope was dead, Tom Sawyer came forward Judge put his hand on Tom''s head and called him a fine little man, and Tom groaned louder, and fancied that he began to feel pain in the toe. worked well, and Tom began to groan again. spit like Tom Sawyer; but another boy said, "Sour grapes!" and he Tom was like the rest of the respectable boys, in that he envied When school broke up at noon, Tom flew to Becky Thatcher, and Come back, Tom!"


id: 7195
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3.
author: Twain, Mark
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  "Dares to hold such language," said Tom, prompting--for they talked combat, "two up and two down." Presently Tom said: "Now," said Joe, getting up, "you got to let me kill YOU. gave his bow into his feeble hands, and Tom said, "Where this arrow AT half-past nine, that night, Tom and Sid were sent to bed, as usual. the bed''s head made Tom shudder--it meant that somebody''s days were Presently Tom seized his comrade''s arm and said: Tom thought a while, then he said: Tom said nothing--went on thinking. "Tom," whispered Huckleberry, "does this keep us from EVER telling Tom, s''pose it''s Injun Joe!" People in the branches of the trees over Tom''s head said he wasn''t face and she came to Tom''s relief without knowing it. Every day or two, during this time of sorrow, Tom watched his Tom said: and she put her hand on Tom''s head and said gently:


id: 7193
title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 1.
author: Twain, Mark
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  own dead sister''s boy, poor thing, and I ain''t got the heart to lash Tom did play hookey, and he had a very good time. The old lady reached out her hand and felt Tom''s shirt, and said: Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and said: through the fog of battle Tom appeared, seated astride the new boy, and At last the stranger got out a smothered "''Nuff!" and Tom let him up the town pump had always been hateful work in Tom''s eyes, before, but Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said: "Say, Tom, let ME whitewash a little." Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. TOM presented himself before Aunt Polly, who was sitting by an open Tom came up to the fence and Aunt Polly paused, perplexed, and Tom looked for healing pity.


id: 7103
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20
author: Twain, Mark
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  said likely we wouldn''t, because I had heard say there warn''t but about a I said, paddle ashore the first time a light showed, and tell warn''t to blame, because I didn''t run Jim off from his rightful owner; but it warn''t no use, conscience up and says, every time, "But you knowed time he danced around and says, "Dah''s Cairo!" it went through me like a helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would It warn''t but a mighty little ways to the raft He said twenty mile more warn''t far for the raft to go, but he wished we "Never mind, Buck, my boy," says the old man, "you''ll have show enough, family, dead ones and all, and warn''t going to let anything come between "Like as not we got to be together a blamed long time on this h-yer raft,


id: 7104
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25
author: Twain, Mark
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  king and the duke turned out by and by looking pretty rusty; but after Well, the old man he liked that speech, and he mighty soon got it so he Boggs comes a-tearing along on his horse, whooping and yelling like an minute everybody was saying it; so away they went, mad and yelling, and laughed and said all right, and the man got on. duke he quit tending door and went around the back way and come on to the Then the duke he lets the curtain down, and bows to the people, and says "Now de duke, he''s a tolerble likely man in some ways." come mighty near getting here in time.'' But then I says again, ''No, I they see the yawl a-coming, and when the king says: "Say," says the duke, "I got another idea. Then the king says, "I knowed it; I reckon THAT


id: 7105
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 26 to 30
author: Twain, Mark
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  They''ve got a good thing here, and they ain''t a-going to leave till I''m away down the river, I''ll write a letter and tell Mary Jane where "Your head''s level agin, duke," says the king; and he comes a-fumbling "Great guns, THIS is a go!" says the king; and both of them looked pretty THAT--you hear?" Then he says to the duke, "We got to jest swaller it TELLING him I see the niggers come out of his room acting that way--said "''Deed, THAT ain''t the ticket, Miss Mary Jane," I says, "by no manner of I couldn''t think of anything reasonable, right off that way, so I says: And when the king got done this husky up and says: Then the old man turns towards the king, and says: eye lights up like he judged he''d got the king THIS time, and says: They was still a minute--thinking; then the king says, kind of


id: 7106
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 31 to 35
author: Twain, Mark
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  the best friend old Jim ever had in the world, and the ONLY one he''s got see it was gone, I says to myself, ''They''ve got into trouble and had to OUR nigger; yes, we did consider him so--goodness knows we had trouble "I don''t want to blow on nobody; and I ain''t got no time to blow, nohow. times like a person that''s got a dry throat, and then says: And after they got a little quiet again she says: "It''s because it warn''t INTENDED for any of us to come but Tom," he says; "No," says the old man, "I reckon there ain''t going to be any; and you Tom says, in a puzzled-up kind of way: Of course there warn''t nothing to be said but the one thing; so I says: "Why, Tom Sawyer, how you talk," I says; "Jim ain''t got no use for a rope


id: 7101
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 06 to 10
author: Twain, Mark
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  WELL, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went got under the table and raised the blanket, and went to work to saw a dropped the blanket and hid my saw, and pretty soon pap come in. The old man made me go to the skiff and fetch the things he had got. leave that night if pap got drunk enough, and I reckoned he would. I was cooking supper the old man took a swig or two and got sort of coming all the time; but I got her hid; and then I out and looked around got a good start; then I out with my saw, and went to work on that log I got a good place amongst the leaves, and set there on a log, munching Jim said if we had the canoe hid in a good place, and had all the traps


id: 7102
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 11 to 15
author: Twain, Mark
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  come back sence, and they ain''t looking for him back till this thing to be getting away before the old man got back, but of course I didn''t about the time I had jabbering with that woman; and Jim said she was a likely to break up and wash off down the river any minute?" Jim couldn''t Jim whispered and said he was feeling powerful sick, and told me to come By this time Jim was gone for the raft. "Quick, Jim, it ain''t no time for fooling around and moaning; there''s a "Well, den, she ain''t got no business to talk like either one er the The next time it come I see I warn''t heading for it, but When I got to it Jim was setting there with his head down between his So Jim went to work and told me the whole thing right through, just as it


id: 7100
title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05
author: Twain, Mark
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  behave?" Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good Then Tom said he hadn''t got candles enough, and he would slip Tom said he slipped Jim''s hat off of his head and hung it on Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got it "Well, hain''t he got a father?" says Tom Sawyer. Ben Rogers said he couldn''t get out much, only Sundays, and so he wanted WELL, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss Watson on widow''s Providence, but if Miss Watson''s got him there warn''t no help for the sign for the Gang to get together), and then he said he had got When he got out the new judge said he was a-going to make a man of him.


id: 36675
title: Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas
author: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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  Stream--encounter four Bears--North Fork of White River. River--Discoveries of Lead-ore in a Part of its Bed--Encamp, and formed west of the Ohio river, required but twenty years from the treaty miles, we came into a valley having a stream tributary to the Great SOURCE OF WHITE RIVER--DISCOVERIES OF LEAD-ORE IN A PART OF DESCEND WHITE RIVER IN A CANOE--ITS PURE WATER, CHARACTER, DESCEND WHITE RIVER IN A CANOE--ITS PURE WATER, CHARACTER, miles, we passed the mouth of Big river, a considerable stream on the of the country, the lead-mines were but little attended to. The district of country formerly known as the lead-mines of Louisiana, Strawberry rivers, all afford ores of lead, the appearance of which considerable quantities, at the principal lead-mines of Missouri, west Missouri lead-mines, where it bears the striking name of mineral The lead-mines in this Territory are situated about forty miles west of


id: 40698
author: Unknown
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summary:
  Constitution of the United States, and the Fugitive Slave Law, passed in Missouri off almost entirely from all territorial connexion with States of the Convention declare, as solely and exclusively a matter of State south-western slaveholding States are as open to emigration from non-slaveholding States as Kansas. of our present form of government, that the slave States should retain The Convention was called to order by Judge Thompson, of Clay county, On motion of Col. Young, of Boone county, Resolved, That a committee of The Convention was called to order by the President, when, on motion of States of Missouri, Arkansas and Texas; this Convention, representing the Constitution and laws of the United States, have equal rights to 9. That this convention and the people they represent, and the State nullifying the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of Constitution of the United States, and the laws of Congress relating to

title:
  Address to the People of the United States, together with the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Pro-Slavery Convention of Missouri, Held at Lexington, July 1855


id: 32325
title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer''s Comrade)
author: Twain, Mark
txt: ./txt/32325.txt
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summary:
  Niggers would come miles to hear Jim tell about it, and he was more Well, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss Watson on the dollar I got from the judge.) I said it was pretty bad money, but that had just come, and he didn''t know the old man; so he said courts When he got out the new judge said he was a-going to make a man of coming all the time; but I got her hid; and then I out and looked went to bed; there ain''t no better way to put in time when you are had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and "No," says the old man, "I reckon there ain''t going to be any; and you "Why, Tom Sawyer, how you talk," I says; "Jim ain''t got no use for a


id: 33048
title: Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board
author: nan
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summary:
  "Mark, are you going to give a sequel to ''Jap Herron''?" He said: of the second chapter, wherein Ellis Hinton tells Jap how he happened Wat Harlow''s letter to Jap, the birth of little J.W. and Isabel Everybody said so, and when Jap gazed at Ellis across the turnips and Jap came running into the office, early in January, his freckled face "Stop!" said Ellis, in a voice Jap had never heard. "Gee!" said Jap. In the morning they tiptoed into Flossy''s room. The hot tears sprang to Jap''s eyes and fell upon the little red face. little patch of the old farm is quite good enough for Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Hinton and their two sons, Jap and Jasper William." Jap looked into Ellis''s face, his freckled cheeks glowing. Jap lingered with Ellis until the last of the day''s work was finished. "Jap is Ellis," she said gently, "to you and to his town.


id: 49526
title: The Missouri Persecutions
author: Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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summary:
  Independence sometime after the Prophet, from whom he separated at St. Louis, dedicated the land of Zion for the gathering of God''s people. The Lord commanded the saints to purchase lands in Jackson County, exciting times and unsettled state of affairs in Jackson County, it outrages committed against the saints by the Jackson County mob, as said leaders of the "Mormons," at their camp in Clay County; and now "Mormon" people who were expelled from their homes in Jackson County, public lands in Jackson County to the "Mormons," the valuation to be citizens to many of the people of Clay County were stated to be: The "Mormons" of Daviess County, as I stated in a former report, were "Mormons" should buy all the lands of the people of Jackson County and "Mormons" should buy all the lands of the people of Jackson County and the people of this county against the ''Mormons,'' without being called


id: 48822
title: Three Years in the Service A Record of the Doings of the 11th Reg. Missouri Vols.
author: McCall, D.
txt: ./txt/48822.txt
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  line of battle and advanced within two miles of the rebel''s stronghold, distance of a rebel battery which was shelling our men with pretty good fires along the line, the rebels advanced a battery to within five was taken for miles from camp, and on New-Year''s day we were ordered orders to return to Corinth, as a brigade came to take our place from cotton field, and a few days after moving camp, orders came to prepare throwing shot and shell into the rebel works from morning until night, heavy timber, until arriving within half a mile of the rebel works. short time, the rebels returned the fire, doing no injury to our men, As the order was received at the same time to take the rebel works by The rebels came to a halt, and returned the fire, and soon the battle


id: 35207
title: The Courier of the Ozarks
author: Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)
txt: ./txt/35207.txt
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summary:
  horse-hoofs was heard from the south, and soon three men came riding up. under the command of Captain Lawrence Middleton, Harry had returned to "I couldn''t ask anything better," said Lawrence, "and, General, I thank "This seems like old times, Harry," said Lawrence, as they started off. "I believe you are right, Harry," said Lawrence, and he gave the command "Harry and I will ride a little ahead," said Lawrence. Lawrence, calling back his men, said: "We must now be up and away. It was as the prisoners had said--the guerrillas had gone, and Lawrence Lawrence thought a moment, and then said: "Colonel, give me a few men One of the men said: "Jack stopped just after the guerrillas left us. The two men shook hands and Lawrence and Dan rode away. "Never mind the number of his men, or how they fight," said Lawrence. Confederates came Lawrence with his ten men.


id: 44574
title: The Missouri Outlaws
author: Aimard, Gustave
txt: ./txt/44574.txt
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summary:
  "Brother," presently said Samuel, "for a man of your age you are acting "My brother knows what I mean," said the Canadian, with great "Oh, Bright-eye, don''t think that," cried the young man, eagerly; "but "You have not yet asked me any question," said the young man, gently. "My young friend," said Dickson, laughing, "chance plays too great a "One favour," said the young man, after a time. "A very good thing," said George Clinton; "but the man is wounded, "In my opinion," said Bright-eye, "this man is one of the outlaws of "Come nearer, my friend," cried Bright-eye; and when Oliver stood "The boy is right," said the old man; "it is your place to speak." "You have come, sir," said the old man, addressing Oliver, "at an "Chief," said the old man, "the time has come. "I knew I was right," cried the old man; "you know far more than you


id: 51118
author: Monks, William
txt: ./txt/51118.txt
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summary:
  West Plains a man who was a door neighbor to the author came into his said, "Captain, this is a strange time of night to come down and order went into the house near by and soon came out with two other men in About that time about 350 men mostly from Oregon county commanded by rebel scout appeared at the house where the author''s family was living a considerable force of men, reached the state line about 12 o''clock, author made a forced march and reached the west end of the county about Howell County, Mo. The rebels took quite a number of Union men from houses burned in Howell county by the Union men during the Civil county, came in, met the author and said to him: "Captain. Howell county and kill the author with other Union men, he decided to state was arming the men with orders to enter the counties of Oregon,

title:
  A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas Being an Account of the Early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-Klux, and Times of Peace


id: 42322
title: Flagg''s The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1
author: Flagg, Edmund
txt: ./txt/42322.txt
cache: ./cache/42322.txt
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summary:
  Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements Sublimity--Villages--A new Geology--Rivers--Islands--Forests-Public Edifices--Square--Church--Bank--Land-office--"Illinois Island at the Falls of the Ohio, opposite the present city, land From this spot the river stretches away in a long delightful reach, the waters of the Muddy River enter the Mississippi from Illinois.[53] miles west of this village is said to exist a great natural curiosity, beautiful residence, and that series of ancient mounds for which St. Louis is famous, were next passed in succession, while upon the right years since was situated the little French village of _Cape au Gris_, the past few years, St. Louis remains emphatically "a little _French_ St. Louis, like most Western cities, can boast but few public edifices village presents a delightful summer-retreat to the citizens of St. Louis, only ten miles distant. beautiful mound, rising on the prairie''s edge south of the village, are situated upon a beautiful eminence one mile west of the village,


id: 45558
title: The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers
author: Lathrop, David
txt: ./txt/45558.txt
cache: ./cache/45558.txt
extension: .txt
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summary:
  remaining in camp a short time, Colonel Kelton was placed in command of 16th, struck tents and took up the line of march for the rebel army. next morning General Fremont and his staff left the camp. regiment marched they were loaded into an army wagon to be transported The regiment followed its old line of march, until after crossing the The regiment went into camp, a few miles west of Lebanon, and lay by on While laying here, the news came to camp, that the Ninth Regiment of regiment went into camp some two miles from the river, out towards military road, the regiment went into camp about three miles to the The regiment went into camp half a mile south of town, on a pleasant Arriving at Nashville on the 4th the regiment went into camp two miles After laying in camp a few days, the regiment again moved out towards


id: 46001
title: A Parody on Iolanthe
author: Dalziel, D. (Davison)
txt: ./txt/46001.txt
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summary:
  SCENE.--_A fairy glade on the Chicago & Alton Railway, Chicago, Kansas City, Alton. LEILA--Ah, Iolanthe was a whole team, and, like the Alton Road, she was they belonged to the Alton Road._ STREPHON _and_ COUNSELOR The great Chicago & Alton Line. WILLIS--Ticket-taker Willis of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. through trains for New York and Boston run out of Chicago along the Credit Valley Railways; one Sleeping Car runs through to New York via This train has attached at Detroit a Through Sleeping Car from St. Louis to New York, via W., St. L. Connection with Pullman Car for New York and Philadelphia, via Erie, Starting from Chicago and having various main lines running west, Its Chicago offices, 60 and 62 Clark street, Palmer House, in Grand guarantee by this Company, and used by the Chicago & Alton Railway and NO CHANGE OF CARS OF ANY CLASS {CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY.


id: 59500
title: Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Second Edition
author: Brown, William Wells
txt: ./txt/59500.txt
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summary:
  slave-drivers had been called together, I do not think a more cruel man States officer, whipped a slave woman to death. St. Louis, the slaves were removed to a boat bound for New Orleans, and of slaves in readiness to start for New Orleans, and in a few days we When at Natchez the second time, I saw a slave very cruelly whipped. Mr. Walker, though not a good master, had not flogged a slave since I short time, when a colored man came around the corner, and said to The slave was begging his new master to purchase his wife. "Also, at the same time and place, the following negro slaves, to Sec. 15.--The punishment of a slave for striking a white person, shall [Yet, in several of the slave states, the time of work for _criminals_ that the killing of a slave shall be punished like that of a free man;


id: 61119
title: Dangerous Quarry
author: Harmon, Jim
txt: ./txt/61119.txt
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summary:
  Investigate the Ozark village of Granite City. for any kind of automobile accident from Granite City. use some help," the old man said. The old man stared at me with red-shot eyes. like people to run automobiles on the streets of Granite City." "You would probably get killed if you did run the car here, you know," "Hello, Professor," the fat man said. "That''s--kind of you," the old man said awkwardly. More and more, I was coming to believe that Granite City wasn''t a job "I am Doctor Arnold Parnell of Duke University," the professor said. me the big query: Why are the good people of Granite City doing this to To the people of Granite City that means ruining their only industry, "First, throw away that gun of yours, Mr. Madison," the marshal said. You can have the run of the town, like the professor.


