Chapter IX

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

the way something is arranged or positioned

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

above and across; more than

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading The conduct of this expedition, as has been already mentioned, was assigned to Mr. Wilson Price Hunt, of Trenton, New Jersey, one of the partners of the company, who was ultimately to be at the head of the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

in or at the place that

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

which person or people

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

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From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.

a wild area where few people live

From this reading He was not practically experienced in the Indian trade; that is to say, he had never made any expeditions of traffic into the heart of the wilderness, but he had been engaged in commerce at St. Louis, then a frontier settlement on the Mississippi, where the chief branch of his business had consisted in furnishing Indian traders with goods and equipments.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He is represented as a man scrupulously upright and faithful his dealings, amicable in his disposition, and of most accommodating manners; and his whole conduct will be found in unison with such a character.

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From this reading Expedition by Land.--Wilson P. Hunt.--His Character.--Donald M’Kenzie.--Recruiting Service Among the Voyageurs.--A Bark Canoe.--Chapel of St. Anne.-Votive Offerings.--Pious Carousals,--A Ragged Regiment.-Mackinaw.--Picture of a Trading Post.--Frolicking Voyageurs.--Swells and Swaggerers.-- Indian Coxcombs.--A Man of the North.--Jockeyship of Voyageurs--Inefficacy of Gold.-Weight of a Feather--Mr. Ramsay Crooks--His Character.--His Risks Among the Indians.-- His Warning Concerning Sioux and Blackfeet.--Embarkation of Recruits.--Parting Scenes Between Brothers, Cousins, Wives, Sweethearts, and Pot Companions.

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From this reading WE have followed up the fortunes of the maritime part of this enterprise to the shores of the Pacific, and have conducted the affairs of the embryo establishment to the opening of the new year; let us now turn back to the adventurous band to whom was intrusted the land expedition, and who were to make their way to the mouth of the Columbia, up vast rivers, across trackless plains, and over the rugged barriers of the Rocky Mountains.