 | 1908 - 460 pàgines
...Mr. Webster voiced the stateman's view when he said : "What do we want with this vast worthless area, this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever put those great deserts or endless mountain ranges impenetrable and coverd to their base with eternal... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - 1885 - 1136 pàgines
...concerning the country at large. " What do we want ?" he exclaimed, " with this vast, worthless area ? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal bope to do... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1889 - 82 pàgines
...Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth: ^"What do we want with this vpst, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts,...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What... | |
 | 1889 - 784 pàgines
...generally denouncing the measure, Webster exclaimed : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area f this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...use could we ever hope to put these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow T What... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1889 - 84 pàgines
...Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth : "What do we want with this v?st, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts,...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - 390 pàgines
...a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area — this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts...use could we ever hope to put these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges, impeneEDEN Of THE NORTH PACIFIC. 6 trable, and covered to their very... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - 396 pàgines
...a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless area — this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts of shifting sands and whirl winds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs ? To what use could we ever hope to put these great... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1891 - 700 pàgines
...Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth : "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts,...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What... | |
 | Orson Ferguson Whitney - 1892 - 1094 pàgines
...Columbia River. Says the great orator and statesman : "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts,...could we ever hope to' put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable, and covered to their very base with eternal snow? What... | |
 | C. Dean (of Chicago.) - 1892 - 588 pàgines
...all their earnestness, zeal and activity they have uniformly observed every propriety of discussion. of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust,...could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain ranges, impenetrable and covered to their very base with eternal snow ? What... | |
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What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? 
