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Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Astoria is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.
THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.
This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.
If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.
These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.
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Astoria

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of Astoria is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.
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THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.
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This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.
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If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.
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These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

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A

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

about

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

added

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

all

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

always

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

among

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

and

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Arabs

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

are

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

Arrangement

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

as

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

be

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

been

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

blaze

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

broken

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

buffalo

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

Buffaloes

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

but

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

camel

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

cheerful

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

chips

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

Concerning

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

continued

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

desert

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

destitute

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

dung

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

equal

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

equally

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

even

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

evident

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

few

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

Fierceness

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

fire

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

Fires

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

flourished

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

for

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Forestall

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Fossil

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

fragments

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

from

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Fuel

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

had

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

having

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Heat

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

however

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Hunters

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

If

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

in

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Indians

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

insomuch

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

is

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

it

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

journeying

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

kindly

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

long

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Lost

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

lying

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

make

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

Men

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

met

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Missing

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

New

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

not

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

of

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

on

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

or

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

others

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

out

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

over

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

past

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

plains

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

Plan

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Prairies

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

repeatedly

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Return

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Rogue

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Rose

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

said

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

shrubs

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

Signal

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

Smokes

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

some

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

standing

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

state

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

still

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Substitute

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

that

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

the

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

these

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

they

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

This

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

Three

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

throws

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From this reading If a few chips are added, it throws out a cheerful and kindly blaze.

times

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

to

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

travellers

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

Trees

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

trunks

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

turf

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

Uneasiness

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

universal

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

upper

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From this reading This substitute for fuel is universal among the Indians of these upper prairies, and is said to make a fire equal to that of turf.

use

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

Wanderers

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

was

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

were

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

When

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

which

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From this reading THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.

With

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From this reading Substitute for Fuel on the Prairies.--Fossil Trees.-- Fierceness of the Buffaloes When in Heat.--Three Hunters Missing.--Signal Fires and Smokes.--Uneasiness Concerning the Lost Men.--A Plan to Forestall a Rogue.--New Arrangement With Rose.--Return of the Wanderers.

wood

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From this reading These plains, however, had not always been equally destitute of wood, as was evident from the trunks of the trees which the travellers repeatedly met with, some still standing, others lying about in broken fragments, but all in a fossil state, having flourished in times long past.

Chapter 17 of Astoria by Washington Irving holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Objects
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American
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Enterprise
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Hunting
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