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Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

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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.
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.
The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
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.
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Astoria

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of Astoria is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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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.
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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.
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The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight.
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Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without firm foothold.
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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.

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A

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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.

An

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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.

and

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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.

Another

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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.

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.

at

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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.

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.

be

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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.

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.

began

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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.

being

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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.

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.

but

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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.

by

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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.

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.

Deserted

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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.

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.

first

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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.

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.

for

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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.

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.

had

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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.

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.

in

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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.

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.

it

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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.

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.

not

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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.

of

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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.

on

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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.

or

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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.

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.

party

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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.

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.

So

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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.

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.

than

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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.

that

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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.

the

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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.

their

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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.

they

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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.

think

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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.

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.

through

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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.

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.

to

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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.

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.

was

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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.

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.

were

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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.

which

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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.

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.

with

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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.

without

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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.

would

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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.

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.

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