 | Emma Willard - 1835 - 526 strani
...uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence." Although tracts of fertile lands considerably extensive, are occasionally to be met...and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuj>erable obstacle in the way of settling the country. According to the best intelligence we have,... | |
 | 1835 - 516 strani
...Missouri 650 miles above its junction with the Mississippi) and the Rocky mountains, says : " Though tracts of fertile land, considerably extensive, are...insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country. Agreeably to the best intelligence, which can be obtained, concerning the country both south and north... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1856 - 952 strani
...the most arid and sterile soils." Page 361. — " In regard to this extensive section of country, we do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is...in the way of settling the country. This objection resta not only against the immediate section under consideration, but applies with equal propriety... | |
 | Hiram Martin Chittenden - 1901 - 440 strani
...unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land, considerably extensive, are occasionally to be met with, AN ESSAY IN PROPHECY. 585 yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly prevalent, will prove... | |
 | Hiram Martin Chittenden - 1902 - 438 strani
...unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land, considerably...intelligence that can be had, concerning the country northward and southward of the section, and especially to the references deducible from the account... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 326 strani
...considerably extensive are occasionally to be met with, yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost [237] uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle...country. This objection rests not only against the section immediately under consideration, but applies with equal propriety to a much larger portion... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 338 strani
...unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land considerably...country. This objection rests not only against the section immediately under consideration, but applies with equal propriety to a much larger portion... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 322 strani
...unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land considerably...met with, yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost [237] uniformly prevalent, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country. This... | |
 | Will C. Bishop - 1919 - 874 strani
...report of his expedition of 1820 to the Rocky Mountains Major .*\nr» . i 1 * J Tirtt1 •f ovnv> their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land, considerably...yet the scarcity of wood and water, almost uniformly present, will prove an insuperable obstacle in the way of settling the country. This objection rests... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1911 - 604 strani
...unfit for cultivation and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile land considerably...consideration, but applies with equal propriety to a very much largen: portion of .the country. And then Major Long applied his desert theory to parts of... | |
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In regard to this extensive section of country, we do not hesitate in giving the opinion, that it is almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence. Although tracts of fertile... 
