It was a rich and gorgeous sunset – an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.
Category Archive: September 16
The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.
Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John.
Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.
The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
A few hours’ ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.