Chapter VIII · {I}[151]

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From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

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From this reading 6th August.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading 6th August.

providing no shelter or sustenance

From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

have

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “bluff” — a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “ceremony” — a formal event performed on a special occasion

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the status of a citizen with rights and duties

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

having a high state of culture and development both social and technological

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “desert” — arid land with little or no vegetation

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the state of being decayed or destroyed

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

the act of consuming food

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

being one more than seventeen

From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

divisible by two

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

plural of “evidence” — your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

an agenda of things to do

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

an opening into or through something

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a single distinct event

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “indian” — a native or inhabitant of India

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

be a lodger; stay temporarily

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

not any; not one

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

occurring from time to time

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

and nothing more

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

above and across; more than

From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

past form of “present” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

very irritable

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

wade or dabble in a puddle

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

provide physical relief, as from pain

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

cut with a saw

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

causing or able to cause nausea

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

plural of “skeleton” — something reduced to its minimal form

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the state of being covered with unclean things

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

characterized by or preferring solitude

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

treat with sulphur in order to preserve

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the trait of avoiding excesses

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a physiological need to drink

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Eighteen miles to-day over the barren intervales of the river.

plural of “trader” — someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

not buried

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading A rugged desolation {2} of loam and sand bluffs, barren vales of red earth, and an occasional solitary boulder of granite; no mountains even, to relieve the dreary monotony of the sickening sight.

composed of vegetation or plants

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

make a vow; promise

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

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

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

a Caucasian

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

which person or people

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.

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

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

From this reading Bear Hunt--Sulphur Puddle--The River--Wolves and their Fare--Dog Eating--Little Snake River--Thirst--Deserts--Mountains--Mountain Hottentots--Brown's Hole--Fort David Crockett--Traders--Winter and its Hilarities--Love--The Way to get a Wife--A Recommendation to Civilized People--The Colorado of the West--Club Indians--The Shoshonies--An Indian Temperance Society--The Crows--The Blackfeet--Unburied Skeletons--The Arrapahoes, and Citizenship among them--War Parties--Lodge of the Great Spirit--Religious Ceremonies--The Vow and an Incident--The First Shoshonie who saw a White Man.

any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

From this reading The wild wormwood and prickly pear were almost the only evidences of vegetative powers which the soil presented.