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31
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
absence
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
accompanied
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
AUG
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From this reading AUG.
barter
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
began
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
brother-officer
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
Capt
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
Clarke
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
CLARKE'S
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From this reading CLARKE'S RIVER.
descentnounUS /dɪˈsent/
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
fine
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
four
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
guide
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
horses
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
Indian
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
Indians
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
leave
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
Lewis
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
Lewis's
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
loaded
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
man
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
named
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
now
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
old
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
prepared
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
procuring
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
quite
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
rejoined
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
RIVER
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From this reading CLARKE'S RIVER.
Shoshonees
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
sons
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
start
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
succeeded
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
took
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From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
twenty-nine
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From this reading 31.--Capt. Lewis, during the absence of his brother-officer, had succeeded in procuring from the Indians, by barter, twenty-nine horses,--not quite one for each man.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
weather
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From this reading Capt. Clarke having now rejoined us, and the weather being fine, we loaded our horses, and prepared to start.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We took our leave of the Shoshonees, and accompanied by the old guide, his four sons, and another Indian, began the descent of the river, which Capt. Clarke had named Lewis's River.
