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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 32 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 73132 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 79 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Indians 12 man 11 River 11 Mr. 10 General 10 Fort 8 North 8 Colonel 7 little 7 day 7 Mrs. 6 West 6 Lake 6 Captain 5 States 5 CHAPTER 4 good 4 Virginia 4 Ohio 4 New 4 Kentucky 4 Clark 4 Carolina 3 time 3 british 3 american 3 United 3 Sioux 3 Sheridan 3 San 3 Platte 3 Missouri 3 Major 3 Kansas 3 John 3 English 3 Daniel 3 Boonesborough 3 Boone 3 Bill 2 old 2 look 2 indian 2 illustration 2 french 2 foot 2 find 2 canadian 2 Wild 2 White Top 50 lemmatized nouns; 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"How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1516 most 87 well 60 least 2 near 2 early 1 worst 1 well;--the 1 soon 1 slowest 1 sharpest 1 lest 1 kindest 1 handiest 1 fast Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 www.gutenberg.net 3 archive.org 2 www.gutenberg.org 1 www.freeliterature.org 1 mormontextsproject.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46227/46227-h/46227-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46227/46227-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/4/9/22496/22496-h/22496-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/4/9/22496/22496-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/0/2/14023/14023-h/14023-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/0/2/14023/14023-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/0/0/13003/13003-h/13003-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/0/0/13003/13003-h.zip 1 http://www.freeliterature.org 1 http://mormontextsproject.org 1 http://archive.org/details/lifetimesofcolda00elli 1 http://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00sidw 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 indians had not 10 indians did not 10 indians were not 9 _ did _ 9 joe did n''t 9 joe did not 9 men are not 9 night came on 8 indians were very 8 joe had never 7 indians were always 6 _ had _ 6 father did not 6 man was not 5 _ is _ 5 horses were not 5 indians were so 5 indians were still 5 men did not 5 men were all 5 men were not 5 party had not 5 water was not 4 country was not 4 country was so 4 day was over 4 day was very 4 days went by 4 father was not 4 indians came along 4 indians were much 4 indians were there 4 joe said gently 4 joe said grimly 4 joe said quietly 4 joe turned away 4 men had not 4 men took up 4 night was so 4 one had ever 4 river was so 3 _ are _ 3 _ do _ 3 country was full 3 day was calm 3 day was clear 3 day was not 3 days gone by 3 father took up 3 father was too Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 day was not far 2 indians had not yet 2 men are not so 2 men were not as 1 _ was not home 1 _ were not bullet 1 camp was no sinecure 1 child had no shoes 1 child is not dead 1 child was not stronger 1 children are not unprovided 1 children were not more 1 country are not easily 1 country do not usually 1 country have no money 1 country is not so 1 country is not suitable 1 country was not actually 1 country was not entirely 1 country were not openly 1 day was not enough 1 father had no instruments 1 father was not home 1 father was not rich 1 feet made no impression 1 fire had not already 1 fire was not better 1 fire was not likely 1 foot was not strong 1 hand was not then 1 horse is not very 1 horse was not very 1 horses had no difficulty 1 horses were not much 1 horses were not safe 1 horses were not strong 1 house had no floor 1 house was not yet 1 indians did not immediately 1 indians did not often 1 indians do not easily 1 indians had no cannon 1 indians had no truer 1 indians had not again 1 indians had not as 1 indians have no idea 1 indians made no distinction 1 indians made no hostile 1 indians was not proof 1 indians were no longer A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 42742 author = Aimard, Gustave title = The Indian Chief: The Story of a Revolution date = keywords = Angela; Cornelio; Count; Curumilla; Don; Doña; French; General; Guerrero; Hermosillo; Indians; Laville; Louis; Mexicans; Rafaël; Sonora; Valentine; frenchman summary = These three men were Count Louis, Valentine, and Don Cornelio. "Count Don Louis de Prébois Crancé, and all the men who remain faithful turning for the last time to the count, she said, "Good-by, Don Louis! "Do not fire," the newcomer said as he laid his hand on the count''s arm. The count rose, took off his hat, and, addressing the adventurers, said "You are welcome, sir," the count said, addressing the general, "My father," the count said, "I shall expect you at La Magdalena." "You said, sir, that the count had done us the honour of coming to hear "Have you come from the general, my father?" the count asked him quickly. General Don Ramon said as he held out his hand to the count. "You will come with me, my brother, I trust?" the count said, turning to "I am at your orders, colonel," the count said, not giving the other id = 21691 author = Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title = The Pioneers date = keywords = Chief; English; Guff; Indians; Lake; Lawrence; Mackenzie; Reuben; Swiftarrow; canoe; man summary = "Injins!" said Reuben, resting his steering paddle across the canoe for pioneers--Reuben Guff, his son Lawrence, and his Indian friend with Mackenzie and five men; a small one, with English Chief and his two Chief was frequently left behind by the large canoe; while Reuben and Mackenzie and his men continued to descend the mighty river of the far "That looks like the smoke of an Indian wigwam, Louis," said Mackenzie "Now, lads," said Mackenzie, when the canoe brought ashore the welcome INDIANS MET WITH, AND THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER REACHED. "Reuben," said Mackenzie, with a peculiar look, "has all your pioneering As we have said, Mackenzie took nine men with him on this occasion, our usual, Mackenzie landed with Reuben, Lawrence, and Ducette, in order to usual, Mackenzie landed with Reuben and the two Indians, to ascend an Mackenzie with the other Indian again went off up the river, intending id = 10030 author = Buffalo Bill title = The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide An Autobiography date = keywords = Bill; CHAPTER; Captain; Carr; Cavalry; Colonel; Creek; Fort; General; Hays; Indians; Kansas; Leavenworth; Major; Mr.; North; Platte; River; Sheridan; Wild; illustration summary = Skirmish with Indians--A Buffalo Hunt--A False Alarm in camp--A Scout on Crack Shot--I have a little Indian fight of my own--Return to Fort I make my Home at Fort McPherson--Arrival of my Family--Hunting and Horse One day, after he had been absent some little time, he came home and said One night a body of armed men, mounted on horses, rode up to our house As I was leaving Horse Creek one day, a party of fifteen Indians "jumped time upon the different subjects of horses, buffaloes, Indians and times, and their shots killed the two mules and my horse; but we gave it traveling night and day had got a long start, and the General concluded "It is a government horse," said he, "and the Indian who is riding him is discovered Indians camped, not more than a mile away, with horses grazing id = 12740 author = Buffalo Bill title = An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) date = keywords = Bill; Carr; Cody; Colonel; Creek; Fort; General; Hays; Indians; Kansas; Major; North; Plains; Post; River; Sheridan; Sioux; Smith; West; White summary = One day as I was leaving Horse Creek, a party of fifteen Indians "General," I said, "order your men into the ravine, dismount, and let "General, we are going to find Indians at the Springs when we reach Custer came out to accompany General Hancock on an Indian expedition. "General," I returned, "that is one of the best horses at the fort." A few days after my return to Fort Hays the Indians made a raid on the Here we found that the Indians, traveling day and night, had got a long The general then returned to camp, and soon our wagon-train Next morning our command came up to the Indian trail where the Sioux She said that as soon as the Indians saw the troops horse that I saddled that day was Buckskin Joe. As I galloped for the herd, I saw the Indians kill two of the herders. id = 37925 author = Crockett, Davy title = A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. date = keywords = Congress; Fort; General; Indians; Jackson; Major; Mr.; Quaker; Tennessee; Volumes; author; day; good; little; man; time summary = Things went on in this way for several days; I starting with them to working on the road, and the horses took a scare and away they went, In this flow of good humour I went ahead, till I got within about two a short time; so I got a furlough and went home, for we had had hard in, and he didn''t return until some time after I got home, as he went we got out, we went but a little way, before we came in sight of the When they saw me coming, away they went again; and, after a little time, got over, and that evening turned out and killed three bears, in little time, I heard my little son fire at his bear; when I went to him he had got tired and come back; but we went ahead on foot for some little time id = 46227 author = Ellis, Edward Sylvester title = The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West date = keywords = Boone; Boonesborough; CHAPTER; Captain; Carolina; Clark; Colonel; Crawford; Daniel; Edition; General; Girty; Governor; Indians; Kenton; Kentucky; North; Ohio; River; Simon; Virginia; West; Wetzel; american summary = life; he was captured by Indians three times, his companions were shot Colonel Clark''s Invasion of the Indian Country--Boone is Colonel Boone as a Farmer--He outwits a Party of Indians a Night with Colonel Boone--Hunting in his Old Age--He Loses Boone and Stuart start out on a Hunt--Captured by Indians Boone and Stuart start out on a Hunt--Captured by Indians likely time for the Indians to come is when they are least expected, attacked by a large force of Indians, numbering fully two hundred. Colonel Clark''s Invasion of the Indian Country--Boone is Promoted Boone himself dashed into the woods and fled for life, the Indians news that Girty, at the head of a large force of Indians, was pushing place, Daniel Boone, like every one else, was advancing in years, and The hunting days of Colonel Boone at last came to an end. During the expedition of General Clark against the Indian towns, Kenton id = 7882 author = Ellis, Edward Sylvester title = The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. date = keywords = Apaches; Blackfeet; Captain; Carson; Fort; Fremont; General; Indians; Kit; Mexicans; Mexico; Missouri; New; River; San; States; Taos; United; man summary = hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and Colonel in the United States After reaching Santa Fe, Carson left the party and went to Taos, a small The Trapper''s Life--Indian Horse Thieves--Carson''s Skilful Pursuit brave white men were pursuing a company of Indian horse thieves and the during the career of Kit Carson, did he outwit the red men and white Carson and his companions continued on until they reached Santa Fe. There their employer bought a license to trade with the Indians who The party were in a beaver country, and Carson and three of his men went were needed by trappers, Captain Lee, Carson and a number of men started One day, after they had gone into camp, Carson, leaving his horse in As agreed upon, Kit Carson galloped ahead, and the moment his men came the Rocky Mountains--The Return to Fort Laramie--Carson Starts for New id = 909 author = Filson, John title = The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon Containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentucke date = keywords = Boonsborough; Col; Indians; Kentucke; day summary = view Kentucke situated on the fertile banks of the great Ohio, rising by the savages, and the man that came with my brother returned home by time until the 27th day of July following, when my brother, to my great was attacked by a number of Indians, who killed six, and wounded one fired upon by a party of Indians that killed two, and wounded two of our the first day of April began to erect the fort of Boonsborough at a salt On the fourth day, the Indians killed one of our men.--We were busily Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two. prisoners to old Chelicothe, the principal Indian town, on Little two men killed, and four wounded, besides a number of cattle. About this time I returned to Kentucke with my family; and here, to day of August, commanded a party of Indians and Canadians, of about five id = 12846 author = Flint, Timothy title = The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan''l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. date = keywords = Blue; Boone; Boonesborough; CHAPTER; Carolina; Colonel; Daniel; Finley; General; Harrodsburgh; Indians; Kentucky; Licks; Logan; Mr.; North; Ohio; Virginia; country; man summary = fort--The Indians defeated--Boone goes to North Carolina to bring back taken prisoners by the Indians, and their escape--Boone meets with his taken prisoners by the Indians, and their escape--Boone meets with his Boone was satisfied that numbers of Indians, in small parties, were then The fort being finished, Boone returned to his family, and soon after that a large body of Indians was marching to attack the place. Boone being attacked by two Indians near the Blue Licks, kills them Boone being attacked by two Indians near the Blue Licks, kills them firing the Indian had exposed his body to the knife of Boone, who Six hundred Indians attack Boonesborough--Boone and Captain Smith go out Six hundred Indians attack Boonesborough--Boone and Captain Smith go out fort--The Indians defeated--Boone goes to North Carolina to bring bark stages of the settlement of the country, his station, like Boone''s and A party of Indians, as Boone had predicted, that id = 2057 author = Grey, Zane title = The Last of the Plainsmen date = keywords = Baldy; Buckskin; Canyon; Don; Emmett; Frank; Grand; Indians; Jim; Jones; Kitty; Moze; Old; Rea; Satan; Sounder; Tom; Wallace; White; horse; look summary = "Jones big white chief--rope buffalo--tie up tight," continued Emmett, "Me big chief," went on Jones, "me go far north--Land of Little Jones''s men, called Rust, who was working on the Canyon trail. Jones said he did not like the looks of the tackle; and when I thought Next moment I was shaking hands with Frank and Jim, Jones''s ranchmen. "That dog will make a great lion-chaser," said Jones, decisively, after "Likely," said Jones, who thought it best not to tell all he knew. ready; Frank was packing Old Baldy; Jones talked to his horse as he "Jones," said Frank, "Jim an'' I''ll ooze round here to-day. The Indian led the way with the dogs, and Rea and Jones followed, Satan was creeping close to Wallace and Jones, with Frank looming white saw Frank far down the break, with Jones and Wallace not a quarter of a "A lion run-way," said Jones. id = 29335 author = Hambleton, Chalkley J. title = A Gold Hunter''s Experience date = keywords = Chicago; City; Denver; Mountain; Platte; Sollitt; day; mile; wagon summary = arrived early next day, at that small river, where we found water and One day, off to the west, a mile or two away, we saw a single buffalo The day we camped near Kearney we began to see buffalo in small groups When we got near the edge of the camp several of the old men came mile or so and camped for the day on the south or east side of the train to the foot of the mountains, and camped some two or three miles place, with good grass, about fifteen miles, or half way up to the gold plains, he, with a few of the drivers, went to work to get the wagons, miners had left our gulch, he came back and quietly went to work in a men to work the mine night and day, and thus kept the mill going till id = 14023 author = Hartley, Cecil B. title = Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer date = keywords = Boone; Boonesborough; Captain; Carolina; Clark; Colonel; Daniel; Footnote; Fort; General; Girty; Indians; Kentucky; Licks; Logan; Mr.; North; Ohio; River; Station; Virginia; West summary = West--Their reports concerning the country--Other adventurers--Dr. Walker''s expedition--Settlements in South-western Virginia--Indian Valley--The party is attacked by Indians, and Daniel Boone''s oldest son is killed--The party return to the settlements on Clinch River--Boone, to the Blue Licks with his brother--Attacked by the Indians--Boone''s The Indians return home from the Blue Licks--They attack the settlements expedition to the Indian country--Colonel Boone joins it--Its in one of these Daniel Boone and Stuart fell in with a party of Indians, Daniel Boone remains two years in North Carolina after his return Daniel Boone remains two years in North Carolina after his return Valley--The party is attacked by Indians and Daniel Boone''s oldest skulking parties of hostile Indians, Boone and his company reached the ever taken place in Kentucky from the number of Indians, the skill of Creek--General Clark''s expedition to the Indian country--Colonel country near the mouth of the Kentucky River, was killed by Indians, id = 47351 author = Hulbert, Archer Butler title = Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West date = keywords = Canal; Clark; Company; Cumberland; Erie; Fort; Government; Henderson; Indians; Kentucky; New; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Potomac; River; Road; States; Virginia; Washington; West; Whitman; York; american summary = to land in what is now New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, famous National Road running from Cumberland, Maryland, almost to St. Louis was a potent factor in the awakening of the West. it that Washington was surveying lands on the Great Kanawha and Ohio rivers and the Great Lakes by way of the Ohio and its tributaries? known to-day as "Washington''s Bottoms," on the Ohio near Wheeling and that New York would not improve her great route to the West (Mohawk Ohio Company played a most important role in the history of the West hand, the Ohio Company could not secure Western land without being needed by generals to guide the armies, by the great land-companies to there were Gratiot, Delafield, Bliss, Bartlett, Hartzell, Colquit, National Stage Company was the most important west of the Ohio River. Baltimore to the West.--The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company''s id = 13003 author = Johnston, Harry title = Pioneers in Canada date = keywords = America; Amerindians; Arctic; Bay; British; Canada; Champlain; Columbia; Company; English; Eskimo; France; Hearne; Henry; Hudson; Huron; Indians; Iroquois; Island; Lake; Lawrence; Mackenzie; Mountains; Newfoundland; North; Pacific; River; Rocky; St.; canadian; footnote; french summary = north till the traveller sighted a great arm of the salt sea, and thence down French River to the waters of Lake Huron. of Lake Michigan, passed into Green Bay, and thence up the River Fox. They were assisted by the Maskutins, or Fire Indians, and were given system in the far North-West is that of the great Mackenzie River, through innumerable lakes and lakelets) enter Hudson''s Bay. West of the great Mackenzie River rises the northernmost extension of Among the Ojibwé and Huron Indians of the Great Lakes the men [Footnote 13: In the far north-west, on the rivers of the Pacific [Footnote 14: Before the white man came to _North_ America the natives _west_ coast of Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the River St. Lawrence, and the Great Lakes. passing through several lakes, also reached a great sea on the north. id = 21449 author = Kingston, William Henry Giles title = With Axe and Rifle date = keywords = Biddy; Boxer; Bracher; Dan; Denis; Dio; Dominie; Indians; Kathleen; Lily; Massa; Mike; Peter; Rose; Tidey; Uncle; father summary = Uncle Denis had not come for some time, when my father Eager to reach Uncle Denis''s farm, my father drove on as fast as the unguarded, my father, Uncle Denis, or Mr Tidey remaining at home with "What has happened, Mr Tidey?" asked my father; "has poor Dio been "Me show de way, dare high ground little ahead, come ''long." the ground selected by Mr Tidey in good time to camp before dark, and looking up, I saw Mr Tidey, leading my horse and followed by Uncle "We will follow his advice," said my father, "and if Indians appear, we you hear or see any Indians coming this way give me timely notice, and I Uncle Denis, Mr Tidey, Dan, and I, Dio, and two of the men. of our men now got off their horses, to allow Mr Tidey, Dio, and me to id = 34697 author = Kjelgaard, Jim title = The Lost Wagon date = keywords = Barbara; Ellis; Emma; Independence; Indians; Joe; Laramie; Mike; Missouri; Oregon; Pete; Seeley; Snedeker; Tad; Tenney; Tower; Trail; Winterson; good; look summary = they got there Emma turned to Joe and looked into his tired and angry After Barbara they''d waited seven years for Tad. Then Emma, Joe, Alfred, Barbara came in with baby Joe, and after Emma kissed him, the girl took A woman who, Joe thought, looked somewhat like Emma, came to stand in "Joe, I think it''s time we told the children we''re going to Oregon!" Barbara came out of the room she shared with little Emma and Joe''s Emma said nothing about leaving it behind, but because Joe knew her he Joe brought the palm of his right hand down, and the mule turned to look spoke little, for Joe, Emma, and Barbara, had stayed up until the dance or back, while Joe, Emma, Barbara and Tad lashed wood beneath the wagon Joe''s and Emma''s on one side of the spring and Ellis''s and Barbara''s on id = 1864 author = Lodge, Henry Cabot title = Hero Tales from American History date = keywords = Clark; Confederates; Congress; England; General; Indians; Jackson; New; North; South; States; Union; United; War; Washington; american; british; great; man summary = to be a great nation whenever her young men cease to possess energy, States, all men turned to Washington to stand at the head of the new country through a great civil war, was then able to build up a new and a great force of Indians from the lakes, Boone commanded the left wing. hundred fighting men-British regulars, French partizans, and Indians. army of over seven thousand men, and accompanied by a large force of a neutral port, when four British war-vessels, a ship of the line, a men of iron courage and great bodily powers, skilled in the use of their Hyde gave the orders to left face and forward and the Maine men marched regiment just in time to see a long line of men in gray rise from behind great ironclad rams as the men of the Union did in building the monitors id = 12236 author = Manly, William Lewis title = Death Valley in ''49 Important chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave "Death Valley" its name date = keywords = Angeles; Arcane; Bennett; Brier; CHAPTER; California; Death; Francisco; Indians; Jayhawkers; John; Lake; Los; Mr.; Mrs.; River; Rogers; Salt; San; Valley; Walker; Wisconsin; day; find; good; little; man; water summary = start for that place as soon as the water-ways were thawed out, probably this long road, and brought us our good horse and our little wagon." My Next morning father and uncle took the horse and little wagon and went our party, but usually camped a little distance off, followed our trail, water, and on our way down the western side we came to a flat place of the mountain as we came over, there was little to hope for in the way The next day we reached the water holes at the place where Rogers and I no good camping place, and they saw a small fire light at a little the mountain, where they found some good water and an old Indian camp. should start off alone, he said that some fellows camped a little way We went back to camp with the little we had killed and soon got ready to id = 22496 author = Marryat, Frederick title = The Settlers in Canada date = keywords = Alfred; Campbell; Captain; Colonel; Emma; Henry; John; Malachi; Martin; Mary; Mr.; Mrs.; Percival; Quebec; Sinclair; Strawberry; indian summary = "Oh, Alfred, how much we are indebted to you, my dear boy," said Mrs. Campbell. "And we are fully prepared for it, Captain Sinclair," replied Mr. Campbell; "but my wife and my nieces have too much good sense to expect "I suppose that by this time he knows how to use it, Alfred," said Mrs. Campbell. "Yes, if you desire it," replied Mrs. Campbell; "come, John, and wish me "Here come Martin and John at last," said Mr. Campbell, after they had "Well, but about the Indians, Captain Sinclair,--" said Mrs. Campbell; "If we only had Captain Sinclair here now," said Martin to Emma and Mary "Come to us every Sunday, Malachi," said Mrs. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, Alfred, Percival, and Martin soon returned, for Captain "And old Malachi and John, where are they?" said Mrs. Campbell, who, now "I thought Malachi was with you, Alfred," said Mr. Campbell. id = 28562 author = Mills, Enos A. title = Wild Life on the Rockies date = keywords = Colorado; Harriet; Kinnikinick; Midget; Mountain; Peak; Pine; Rockies; Scotch; Sullivan; foot; illustration; snow; time; tree summary = Snows"; "The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine" appeared in _The World''s days, and that the place where I intended to camp was in deep snow on came out of a hole at the base of a dead limb near the top of the tree this colony, I saw several beaver at one time cutting trees near one Before cutting a tree, a beaver usually paused and appeared to look at The young beaver that I have seen cutting trees have worked in turned loose upon a three-mile tree-lined brook in the wilds and left slopes, we at last came to timber-line, above which trees did not grow dwarfed little trees were more than a hundred years old, they were so stand all the time in the snow!" Timber-line, with its strange tree little chance for snow to lodge, and for nearly three thousand feet id = 29681 author = Mills, Joe title = A Mountain Boyhood date = keywords = Divide; Lake; Long; Park; Parson; Peak; Peg; Rockies; bear; camp; day; find; foot; little; man; mountain; old; rock; time; trail; way summary = Ten feet away upon a bowlder that rose above the rest of the rocks, sat beneath the slide rock, I discovered cony dens, merely openings far I sat watching a cony one day in early fall as he lay in the sunshine the difference came out of the scattered trees--a grizzly bear stalked foot of Long''s Peak and was working night and day. Deer tracks showed in the old road and in the game trails; I also battered old rifle, so like the timberline trees, and boldly set out these rocks give way to sheer cliffs the sheep will feel at home. couple at once set to work, toiling night and day, taking no time off took to an old game trail that climbed several thousand feet in ten The cabin stood near Long''s Peak trail, at an altitude of During my first summer in the mountains, I saw bears several times, in id = 4389 author = Moodie, Susanna title = Roughing It in the Bush date = keywords = B----; Belleville; Betty; C----; Canada; D----; Emilia; England; God; Jacob; Jeanie; Jenny; Joe; John; Lake; Malcolm; Moodie; Mr.; Mrs.; N----; Nature; Q----; R----; S----; States; Tom; Uncle; United; Wilson; british; canadian; day; english; good; indian; irish; like; little; man; old summary = her last night." (I thought of the old adage.) "Mrs. Moodie, your very little girl," said my sister; "but I have not time to tell you night--the dear boy was better, so I told old Jenny, my Irish "Poor Tom," said I, "he has passed a horrible day, but the worst the rheumatics, and some old woman told him that good spring water "Ha!" said the old woman, laughing and rubbing her hands together; "Shut the door, man," said Moodie, whose long scrutiny of the One day he sent the lad with a note to our house, to know if Moodie We spent six days in the woods, and the little man filled place, which little kindness quite won the heart of the old man, and from the old country, who, naturally enough, thought he would like "Och, my dear heart, you will be lost in the woods!" said old Jenny. id = 31801 author = Murfree, Mary Noailles title = The Story of Old Fort Loudon date = keywords = Atta; Captain; Carolina; Cherokee; Choo; Choté; Colonel; Corporal; Demeré; English; Fifine; Fort; George; Halsing; Hamish; Indians; Kulla; Loudon; Montgomery; Mrs.; O''Flynn; Oconostota; Odalie; Prince; River; Sandy; Stuart; Tennessee; british; french; man; willinawaugh summary = "What was I to do, Odalie?" said Hamish MacLeod, suddenly grave, and in his mind,--for he had once more thought of the great Captain Stuart! "Men must needs follow when duty leads the way," said Captain Demeré, a The Indians turned their attentive eyes to Captain Stuart and Captain Stuart could feel the Cherokee''s heart beat fast under his hand. French,--civilized men and ''palefaces'' like ourselves," said Captain hundred men in a little mud fort on the frontier, with the Cherokees Indian, who stood behind the great chiefs and recited, now in Cherokee on Demeré''s face, and the hand with which Stuart held the firelock "Come, Hamish," said Stuart, rising, "you must be off; some Indian might officers and soldiers for payment: That the fort, great guns, powder, terrible great guns, were men,--settlers, soldiers, and Indians,--trying the great Captain Stuart, with its long fair hair, like none others, was id = 50322 author = Sidwell, Adelia B. Cox title = Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847 date = keywords = Cox; Elvira; Orville; Pioneer; Salt summary = Biographical Sketch of Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847 Biographical sketch of Orville Southerland Cox, Pioneer of 1847, partly single nail; And thereafter Cox shod the oxen, one and all that came to Finally they were united as a family in Nelson, Portage Co. Ohio, the former home of his future wife, Elvira, although she was were married in Father Elisha Whiting''s home, at the Morley Settlement Between their individual duties, they found time to build log school, O.S. Cox married Mary Allen about 1854; he served many years as the his third wife, Eliza, and her one child, a little two year old girl; and Walter, a 14 year old son of the first wife, Elvira. Brigham Young said, "Come home to Utah." They came. pioneers moved again, this time only a few miles farther up the valley Ditch", every man and boy was called on to come and work on it every id = 16623 author = Stewart, Elinore Pruitt title = Letters of a Woman Homesteader date = keywords = Belle; Christmas; Cora; DEAR; ELINORE; Gale; Gavotte; Jerrine; Louderer; Mr.; Mrs.; O''Shaughnessy; Sedalia; Stewart; Zebbie; little summary = got the poor baby dressed a second little one came. They took the body to the little home he had made, and Mrs. O''Shaughnessy went to the Edmonsons'' to do what she could there. At last the time came and Mrs. O''Shaughnessy went after the parents. came she went to a sheep-man and told him she would help cook for his After supper Cora Belle and I washed the dishes while Mrs. O''Shaughnessy laid out the little clothes. turned every way like a proud little bird, she went to work. catch the wagons before camping-time unless we drove very hard, so Mr. Stewart said we would go by the Edmonsons'' and spend the night there. "Oh," I said, "I knew you were going." "Who tell it ye?" "A little I wish I had not, for every time I look at them I think of poor little id = 28572 author = Stewart, Elinore Pruitt title = Letters on an Elk Hunt date = keywords = Danyul; Dave; Elizabeth; Haynes; Mr.; Mrs.; O''Shaughnessy; Stewart; little; man summary = All the morning our way lay up the beautiful river, past the great red Mr. and Mrs. Burney were within a day''s drive of home, so they left us. got too warm at work that day, and when Fanny went for him and told of our work when Mrs. O''Shaughnessy came, and Daniel with her. lace which she said she hoped to sell; and right at once Mrs. O''Shaughnessy''s fertile mind begin to hatch plans. admiring the two dead elk that they said were the victims of Mrs. O''Shaughnessy''s gun. Mrs. O''Shaughnessy said, "Don''t lay your poor driving to the women. had gone their ways when Mrs. O''Shaughnessy said to me,-"Now," said Mrs. O''Shaughnessy, "you go on an'' marry your man if he is "I can find a name for him," said Mrs. O''Shaughnessy. After breakfast Mrs. O''Shaughnessy lay down for a little rest. id = 1248 author = Wetmore, Helen Cody title = Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Buffalo Bill"] date = keywords = Bill; Buffalo; CHAPTER; Cody; Colonel; Custer; Fort; General; Great; Indians; Kansas; Leavenworth; Majors; Missouri; Mr.; Nebraska; North; Platte; River; Sheridan; Sioux; States; Turk; Union; West; Wild; man; western summary = camping-place, while father and the guide rode away for the day''s It had been used by Indian tribes from time, to white men, "I hope," he said to mother, "that these clouds will soon pass away, band of Indians emerge from a clump of trees half a mile away and sweep "That''s the time you saved my life, old fellow!" said he. freight trains, and at one time had saved the young man''s life, and "Um!" said the general, looking the now easy-minded young man over. place at a certain time; an Indian will reach a ford in a stream in "Don''t worry," said he; "the Indians won''t visit the fort to-night. Will so timed his trip as to reach the Indian camp at dusk, and hitching "It is written in the Great Book of the white man," said the old chief The Indian camp was also visited, and Red Shirt, the great chief, was, id = 28670 author = Woon, Basil title = Arizona''s Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer date = keywords = Apaches; Arizona; California; Fort; Indians; Mexican; Phoenix; San; Sanford; Territory; Tucson; West; Wickenburg; Yuma; man summary = And yet it is history that the old Territory of Arizona in days famous old towns where in days gone by white men were wont to sleep with encountered by an adventurous pioneer of the old days in Arizona and this time stay long in the city of my birth, going in a few days to Camp recently the Indian dominated the white man in Arizona in point of we finally came in sight of the "Old Pueblo." In Tucson I became, soon Ranch; but Pete, who was more feared by the Indians than any white man When the white man came he, too, found the fertile places, the running than any man in Arizona over the bar in my life-time, but I voted dry at One day a man came along and, when he saw the crowd in the hall, The following day six white men--myself, De Long and fierce old Bill id = 22179 author = nan title = Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C''s. of Minnesota History date = keywords = Anthony; Chippewa; Falls; Fort; Indians; Lake; Mankato; Mary; Minneapolis; Minnesota; Mississippi; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Paul; Peter; Red; River; Shakopee; Sibley; Sioux; St.; Street; Traverse; day; little summary = I asked where I could find a boarding place, and was directed to the St. Louis house, near where the water tower now stands. A little later when I was seven years old, we went to Taylor''s Falls, We came to Little Falls and built this house we are now living in in Nearly all of the Indians who came were Sioux and fine looking. When I was a little girl a number of Indians came in on a rainy day, and At the time of the Indian outbreak the refugees came all day long on One time when father was on his way home he saw an Indian boy who When we were about three weeks old mother''s nearest neighbor, Mrs. Robinson, who lived on a claim near the present site of Wayzata, came Mrs. Galbraith and children came to father''s house. house and rushing in said, "Mrs. Fowler, the Indians are coming!"