| George Bird Grinnell - Northwest, Canadian - 1911 - 516 pages
...a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow which he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...the report. Nearer, and between me and the hills, toward which they were directing their course, was the body of the herd, and, giving my horse the rein,... | |
| Emerson David Fite - United States - 1919 - 1164 pages
...a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow which he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...the report. Nearer, and between me and the hills, toward which they were directing their course, was the body of the herd, and giving my horse the rein,... | |
| E. G. Cattermole - Frontier and pioneer life - 1926 - 558 pages
...companions. "At a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...of white smoke curled away from his gun, from which 1 was too far to hear the ieport. Nearer, and between me and the hills, toward which they were directing... | |
| Gary Noy - History - 1999 - 492 pages
...a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow which he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...the report. Nearer, and between me and the hills, toward which they were directing their course, was the body of the herd, and giving my horse the rein,... | |
| DeWitt C. Peters - History - 2000 - 644 pages
...a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow which he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...distance below, I caught a glimpse of Maxwell; and while 1 was looking, a light wreath of white smoke curled away from his gun, from which I was too far to... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Adventure and adventurers - 1874 - 362 pages
...Among the scattered band, at some distance, I caught a glimpse of Maxwell. While I was looking, alight wreath of white smoke curled away from his gun, from...directing their course, was the body of the herd, Giving my horse the rein, we dashed after them. A thick cloud of dust hung upon their rear, which filled'my... | |
| John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1870 - 794 pages
...companions. At a little distance, Kit was on the ground, engaged in tying his horse to the horns of a cow he was preparing to cut up. Among the scattered bands,...Maxwell ; and while I was looking, a light wreath of smoke curled away from his gun, from which I was toe far to hear the report. Nearer, and between me... | |
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