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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
abundant
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
all
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
arid
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Arrival
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
baked
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
balk
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
beast
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
beds
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Blue
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
brittleadjectiveUS /ˈbrɪtəl/
hard but easily broken
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Caches
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Caldron
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
channels
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
clay
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
composed
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
ComradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
country
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
cut
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Decampment
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
dews
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
disastrous
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Dreary
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
dry
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
dusty
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
easy
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Falls
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
far
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
favorable
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Fertile
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
find
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Fishery
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
floods
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Grove
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Guide
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Hardships
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
heaven
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
hills
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
hopes
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Horse
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
Hunt's
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
Kentucky
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Linn
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
man
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Meeting
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Men
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Midnight
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Mode
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
more
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Mountains
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Mr
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
naked
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
New
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Old
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
once
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
only
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
peculiar
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From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
Plain
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
pool
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
poured
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
preceding
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
present
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
proceeded
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
proved
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
ravines
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Resolution
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
retracing
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
River
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Rivulets
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Route
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Rumors
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Salmon
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
sand
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
seamed
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
season
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
seen
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
serving
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
sight
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Snake
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
soil
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Spearing
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Spring
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
State
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Story
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
stream
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Streamlet
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Stuart
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Sulphur
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
sunburnt
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
supplies
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Thirsty
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Three
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
torrents
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
Trappers
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
travellers
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
Travelling
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
trusted
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
Unexpected
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
up
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
visited
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From this reading The travellers had not proceeded far, before they found themselves among naked and arid hills, with a soil composed of sand and clay, baked and brittle, that to all appearance had never been visited by the dews of heaven.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
wastes
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From this reading On these great wastes and wilds, however, each season has its peculiar hardships.
water
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From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Not a spring, or pool, or running stream was to be seen; the sunburnt country was seamed and cut up by dry ravines, the beds of winter torrents, serving only to balk the hopes of man and beast with the sight of dusty channels, where water had once poured along in floods.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
White
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
Wilds
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From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
winter
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From this reading IN retracing the route which had proved so disastrous to Mr. Hunt’s party during the preceding winter, Mr. Stuart had trusted, in the present more favorable season, to find easy travelling and abundant supplies.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Route of Mr. Stuart--Dreary Wilds.--Thirsty Travelling.-A Grove and Streamlet.--The Blue Mountains.--A Fertile Plain With Rivulets.--Sulphur Spring--Route Along Snake River-- Rumors of White Men.--The Snake and His Horse.--A Snake Guide.-A Midnight Decampment.--Unexpected Meeting With Old Comrades--Story of Trappers’ Hardships--Salmon Falls--A Great Fishery.--Mode of Spearing Salmon.--Arrival at the Caldron Linn.--State of the Caches.--New Resolution of the Three Kentucky Trappers.
