... else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling out a cow, I gave her my fire, but struck too high. She gave a tremendous leap, and scoured on swifter... Eclectic and Congregational Review - Page 4791856Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 898 pages
...everything else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...led us into dangerous ground. A prairie-dog village, so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square, occupied the whole... | |
| Christian life - 1844 - 606 pages
...on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and singling out another cow, I fired, but struck too high. She gave a tremendous leap, and scoured on swifter than before. The chase had led us into ground dangerously rough, and full of holes ; so I reined up my horse, and... | |
| John Charles Frémont - Botany - 1843 - 244 pages
...thing else, and my horse darled into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind, and singling out...led us into dangerous ground. A prairie-dog village so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square, occupied the whole... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1845 - 814 pages
...thing else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or ,six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...led us into dangerous ground. A prairie-dog village, so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square, occupied the whole... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1840 - 290 pages
...thing else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...led us into dangerous ground. A prairie-dog village, so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square, occupied the whole... | |
| 1845 - 356 pages
...everything else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind, and singling out...clear. Our chase had led us into dangerous ground. A prairie dog-village, so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square,... | |
| John Charles Frémont - America - 1845 - 766 pages
...six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singlii'g oat a cow, I gave her my fire, but struck too high. She gave a trem<-;idoiis leap, and scoured on swifter than before. I reined up my horse, and the hand swept ou... | |
| John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 200 pages
...everything else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as we dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...clear. Our chase had led us into dangerous ground. A prairie dog-vil.age, so thickly settled that there were three or four holes in every twenty yards square,... | |
| 1846 - 722 pages
...thing else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls dashed on usas we darted along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...like a torrent, and left the place quiet and clear." The buffalo's motto seems to be — " united we stand, divided we fall ;" truly American; and, in compliment... | |
| John Charles Frémont - Discoveries in geography - 1846 - 326 pages
...thing else, and my horse darted into the opening. Five or six bulls charged on us as wa dashed along the line, but were left far behind ; and, singling...swept on like a torrent, and left the place quiet nnd clear. Our chase had led us into dangerous ground. A prairie Jog village, so thickly settled that... | |
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