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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
accepted
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
alarmed
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
All
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
also
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
armed
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
became
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
bloodthirsty
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
came
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
cessation
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
city
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
coming
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
compact
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
Creek
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
dangerous
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
east
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
emigrants
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
entered
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
Far
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
Gentile
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
Gentiles
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
gladly
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
Halsey
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
Haun's
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
haunted
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
hostilities
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
lay
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
miles
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
Mill
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
Mormon
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
Mormons
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
mutual
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
near
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
parties
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
pastoral
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
peace
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
people
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
place
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
presently
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
prophet's
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
renewed
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
roads
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
rumours
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
said
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
services
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
Shoal
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
stream
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
town
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
train
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
trains
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
travellers
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From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
twenty
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
very
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
wait
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From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
waited
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From this reading A train of Gentile emigrants also waited at Haun's Mill for the cessation of hostilities.
war
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From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
West
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From this reading The place was about twenty miles below the town of Far West, on the same stream of Shoal Creek.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading All travellers became alarmed; Halsey remained where he was; the people of the place accepted his pastoral services gladly.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Around Far West the roads presently became very dangerous, haunted, it was said, by armed parties of bloodthirsty Gentiles who lay in wait for trains of Mormon emigrants coming from the east to the prophet's city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So near came the rumours of war that the Mormons of Haun's Mill entered into a renewed compact of mutual peace with the Gentiles around them.
