A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.
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Quotes by Francis Parkman
25 quotes by Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman - american historian
Was born on 16 sep 1823.
Died on 08 nov 1893, at 70 years old.
Died on 08 nov 1893, at 70 years old.
Origin country: United States
A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about war, army
America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about revolution
Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about humanity
Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about opinion
Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about history
Fort Laramie is one of the posts established by the American Fur Company, who well-nigh monopolize the Indian trade of this whole region.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about commerce, companies, americans
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about being
Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about society, art, magic, man
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.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about wealth, water, sky, americans
Like a great island in the midst of the Algonquins lay the country of tribes speaking the generic tongue of the Iroquois
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Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about country, home, house, being
More than two centuries have since the Hurons vanished from their ancient seats, and the settlers of this rude solitude stand perplexed and wondering over the relics of a lost people.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about opinion, old, solitude, people
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie, the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about opinion, air, sky, light
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about nature
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.
FQuote by Francis Parkman about rules, home, need
