Quotes by Francis Parkman about Opinion

Francis Parkman American historian

Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.

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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.

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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.

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The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward.

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We were in all four men with eight animals, for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.

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We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail.

Quote by Francis Parkman about opinion