Chapter V

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

a quantity of money

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

past form of “cache” — save up as for future use

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

brought together in one place

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

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From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

placed crosswise

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

the extent downward or backward or inward

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

set up or found

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

plural of “fur” — the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

ten 10s

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

connected by participation or association or use

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

possessive form of “jackson” — English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

the body of people who lead a group

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

plural of “mule” — hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

not any; not one

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

an insignificant place

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

-ing form of “provide” — give something useful or necessary to

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

not used up

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

abounding in rocks or stones

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

only a very short time before

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

not in physical motion

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

plural of “stream” — a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

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From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

precisely as stated

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading This way of providing for his horses and mules involved no trifling amount of labor, when each man had to furnish food for several of them.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

at the time that

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The animals had to be subsisted on the bark of the sweet cotton-wood, which grows along the streams and in the valleys on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, but is nowhere to be found west of that range.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading "Times were hard in camp," when mountains had to be crossed in the depth of winter.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The furs collected by Jackson's company were cached on the Wind River; and the cold still being very severe, and game scarce, the two remaining leaders, Smith and Jackson, set out on the first of January with the whole camp, for the buffalo country, on the Powder River, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles.