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1st
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
advanced
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From this reading As they advanced the country opened.
Alarm
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they advanced the country opened.
Balked
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
banks
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
bending
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
BewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Bully
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Chief
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
companions
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
cottonwood
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
country
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From this reading As they advanced the country opened.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
covert
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Crow
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Deserts
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
dusty
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
eastward
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
extended
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
FareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Foray
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
fringed
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Giant
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
hand
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
hemmed
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
hills
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
hilltops
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
Indian
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Indians
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
intervals
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
joke
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
landscape
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Mad
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Mountains
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Mr
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
Occasionally
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
opened
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From this reading As they advanced the country opened.
pasturage
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
plains
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
Prowling
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Rebuked
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
receded
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
resumednounUS /ˈresumed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
River
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Rude
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
sandy
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From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
Scamper
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
ScantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
September
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
Sharp-Shooter
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Shot
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Signals
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Smoke
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
Snake
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Stuart
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From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
sunburnt
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ON the 1st of September, Mr. Stuart and his companions resumed their journey, bending their course eastward, along the course of Snake River.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
there
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As they advanced the country opened.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
traced
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
Travellers
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From this reading The Snake River Deserts.--Scanty Fare.--Bewildered Travellers--Prowling Indians--A Giant Crow Chief.--A Bully Rebuked--Indian Signals.--Smoke on the Mountains.--Mad River.--An Alarm.--An Indian Foray--A Scamper.--A Rude Indian joke.--A Sharp-Shooter Balked of His Shot.
umbrageous
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The hills which had hemmed in the river receded on either hand, and great sandy and dusty plains extended before them.
wide
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
willows
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
winding
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From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Occasionally there were intervals of pasturage, and the banks of the river were fringed with willows and cottonwood, so that its course might be traced from the hilltops, winding under an umbrageous covert, through a wide sunburnt landscape.
