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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 Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Arrival
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Bad
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
bear
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
became
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
better
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
breaking
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
Buffalo
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
Camps
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Canoes
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
comfort
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
crust
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
days
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
deep
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
DesertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Disappearance
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
dispirited
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Down
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
drag
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Dreary
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
enjoyed
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
exhausted
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
fatigues
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Feast
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
feet
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
firm
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
floundering
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
foothold
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Fort
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
frozen
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
Game
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Halt
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Hills
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Humps
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Ice
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Indian
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Indians
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
interval
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
intolerable
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
killed
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Launch
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
lay
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
limbs
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
Louis
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
March
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Marrow-Bones
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Missouri
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Navigation
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
New
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
News
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Osage
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Otto
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
painfully
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Pawnee
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Pedestrian
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
perishing
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Plain
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Plains
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Platte
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Prairies
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
probability
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Reception
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
remain
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
rendered
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
renewal
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
repose
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Return
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
risk
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Rough
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
run
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Second
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
slightly
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
Snow
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
sore
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
Spring
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Squaws
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
St
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
sufficiently
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
surface
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
three
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
thus
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
Tongues
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Travelling
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
two
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From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Vast
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Voyage
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
War
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
way
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From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
weary
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From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
weight
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From this reading The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE interval of comfort and repose which the party had enjoyed in their wigwam, rendered the renewal of their fatigues intolerable for the first two or three days.
Wigwam
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Winter
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
Wintry
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way.
Year's
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From this reading Rough Wintry Travelling--Hills and Plains.--Snow and Ice.-- Disappearance of Game.--A Vast Dreary Plain.--A. Second Halt for the Winter.--Another Wigwam.--New Year’s Feast.--Buffalo Humps, Tongues, and Marrow-Bones.--Return of Spring.--Launch of Canoes.--Bad Navigation.--Pedestrian March.--Vast Prairies.--Deserted Camps.--Pawnee Squaws.--An Otto Indian.--News of War.--Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri.--Reception at Fort Osage.--Arrival at St. Louis.
