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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... my affairs now in hand. The land of oracular wisdom on the subject of "corbies an' pyets," and perhaps turkies too, was, however, beyond the flood; and I only wished I had had a rifle to bid the pair good morning. But I had nobler game in prospect, and I pushed on, in eager pursuit. Arrived at Spoon river, I found the Squire superintending some repairs on his mill-dam, which was constructed of logs, with piles to keep them steady. "Well, Squire, how do you flourish?" "Oh, pretty smart; how's all the folks? You're early out this mornin'; what's to pay?" "Squire, I must have a horse: have you got any on hand?" "Wal, I ougld to hev some. What kind of a thing do you want? Hitch your beast, an' we'll go and take a look round." Proceeding about a quarter of a mile along the bank of the river, in a forty-acre field, we found a whole herd of horses. "Cope-Dolly! Cope-Dickey! Cope-Dickey! CopeDolly!" shouted the Squire, and immediately such a stampedo ensued, as made the plain resound again with the eager hoofs of the promiscuous throng. On came the hurry-scurry of half-wild horses, with flowing tails and dishevelled manes, leaping and plunging, in the direction of the fence where we stood. Their owner now threw them a few handfuls of salt, which they licked up off the ground with great gusto. While this was going on, the Squire asked me if there was any among them I could fancy. "Well, Squire, you are a better judge than I am, and I'll leave it to yourself to say what one would suit me best, I don't want a fancy animal so much as a sound, steady, serviceable thing, of, say five years old, or so." "There's a beast 'ill suit you exactly," said he, pointing to a stoutly...
Randolph Marcy wrote this guide for fellow travelers wanting to brave the wilderness of North America, at a time when the western reaches of the continent were barely settled. A captain in the U.S. military, Marcy wrote this guide partly to allay the many myths and fears of the Western frontier, and partly to offer guidance to the dangers which were actually manifest. The information within takes readers across two popular trails - northerly, ending in Oregon, and southerly, ending in Santa Fe. Written in 1859, this book is both a guidebook and an authentic history of the Wild West era. Various anecdotes are interspersed through the text - Marcy is careful to differentiate between friendly Indian tribes such as the Delawares and Shawnees, whom he admires. The Plains Indians however are considered to have hostile tendencies; Marcy instructs on how to sign, and gives a detailed account of how to safely sleep with a gun cocked and loaded.
Randolph Marcy wrote this guide for fellow travelers wanting to brave the wilderness of North America, at a time when the western reaches of the continent were barely settled. A captain in the U.S. military, Marcy wrote this guide partly to allay the many myths and fears of the Western frontier, and partly to offer guidance to the dangers which were actually manifest. The information within takes readers across two popular trails - northerly, ending in Oregon, and southerly, ending in Santa Fe. Written in 1859, this book is both a guidebook and an authentic history of the Wild West era. Various anecdotes are interspersed through the text - Marcy is careful to differentiate between friendly Indian tribes such as the Delawares and Shawnees, whom he admires. The Plains Indians however are considered to have hostile tendencies; Marcy instructs on how to sign, and gives a detailed account of how to safely sleep with a gun cocked and loaded.