 Killistinocs,] together with my own observations I have learned that the four most capital rivers on the continent of North America — viz., the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or River of the West, (as I hinted in my...  Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon - Stran 49avtor: Albert G. Walling - 1884 - 508 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Jonathan Carver - 1802 - 330 strani
...the Oregon or the river of the Weft (as I hinted in my introduction) have their fources in the fame neighborhood. The waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other; the latter, however, is rather further weft. This fhews that thefe parts are the higheft lands irr'... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1810 - 384 strani
...the fame neighbourhood—an inftance not to be parallelled in any other quarter of the globe ; indeed the waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other, but the fource of the Oragon is fomewhat farther weft j and each river difcharges its waters into a... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 strani
...river Bourbon, and the Oregan, or the River of the West, have their sources in the same neighbourhood. The waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other ; the latter, however, is rather further west." In this extract, the reader will perceive, that Carver... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1843 - 400 strani
...River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or the River of the West, have their sources in the same neighbourhood. The waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other ; the latter, however, is rather farther west." The want of means prevented any immediate farther prosecution... | |
 | Robert Greenhow - 1844 - 516 strani
...Mississippi, the River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or River of the West, (as I hinted in my introduction) — have their sources in the same neighborhood. The waters...three former are within thirty miles of each other ; the latter, however, is rather farther west. This shows that these parts are the highest in North... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1847 - 398 strani
...River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or the River of the West, have their sources in the same neighbourhood. The waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other ; the latter, however, is rather farther west." The want of means prevented any immediate farther prosecution... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1861 - 392 strani
...River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or the River of the West, have their sources in the same neighbourhood. The waters of the three former are within thirty miles of each other ; the latter, however, is rather farther west." The want of means prevented any immediate farther prosecution... | |
 | Thomson P. McElrath - 1880 - 166 strani
...North America, namely, the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or the River of the West, have their sources in the same...three former are within thirty miles of each other; the latter, however, is rather farther west." The want of means prevented the immediate prosecution... | |
 | william w williams - 1885 - 754 strani
...the continent of North America, viz.: the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the River Bourbon (Missouri) and the Oregon, or River of the West, have their sources in the same neighborhood."* It is now interesting to see, on this old map, the Oregon, or River of the West, starting in what we... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft, Frances Fuller Victor - 1886 - 850 strani
...North America, viz., the St Lawrence, the M ississippi, the River Bourbon, and the Oregon, or the Kiver of the West, have their sources in the same neighborhood....three former are within thirty miles of each other; the latter, however, is rather farther vest.' There is a happy audacity in Carver's statements, whether... | |
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