 We have little apprehension of giving too unfavorable an account of this portion of the country. Though the soil is, in some places, fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence...  History of Colorado - Stran 56uredili: - 1918Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Edwin James - 1823 - 366 strani
...westward to the base of the Rocky Mountains. We have little apprehension of giving too unfavourable an account of this portion of the country. Though...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomade population.... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 338 strani
...In similar vein is the comment of Dr. James: "We have little apprehension of giving too unfavourable an account of this portion of the country. Though...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population.... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 304 strani
...country. Though the soil is in some places fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomade population. The traveller who shall at any time have traversed its desolate sands, will, we... | |
 | August F. Buechler, Robert J. Barr - 1920 - 1010 strani
...our frontier. In a similar vein is the comment of Dr. James, another narrator of the same expedition: We have little apprehension of giving too unfavorable...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population.... | |
 | 1921 - 214 strani
...similar unfavorable impression of the country: "...the want of timber, of navi-- gable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population" (ibid., 20). 13 By 1824 this trade had risen to such magnitude as to demand national protection ("Extracts... | |
 | George Leslie Albright - 1921 - 218 strani
...similar unfavorable impression of the country: "... the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population" (ibid., 20). 1s By 1824 this trade had risen to such magnitude as to demand national protection ("Extracts... | |
 | Arrell Morgan Gibson - 1981 - 336 strani
...region as a wide sandy desert, stretching westward to the base of the Rocky Mountains: We have litde apprehension of giving too unfavorable an account...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population.... | |
 | Arrell Morgan Gibson - 1984 - 264 strani
...this dry wasteland was providentiallv placed to keep the American people from ruinous diffusion. . . . We have little apprehension of giving too unfavorable...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population.... | |
 | Howard Ensign Evans - 1997 - 281 strani
...sandy ao9 THE SEARCH FOR THE RED RIVER desert stretching westward to the base of the Rocky Mountains. We have little apprehension of giving too unfavorable...fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population.... | |
 | Howard Ensign Evans - 1997 - 288 strani
...country. Though the soil is, in some places, fertile, the want of timber, of navigable streams, and of water for the necessities of life, render it an unfit residence for any but a nomad population. Several miles below the falls, a large tributary came in from the north. The amount of water in the... | |
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