The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography |
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Page 109
... reach of the first 800 miles of the Missouri below the mouth of the Yellowstone and have a de- scription that would fit almost every mile : a broad , shallow river , swinging back and forth in ever - changing channels in a wide , level ...
... reach of the first 800 miles of the Missouri below the mouth of the Yellowstone and have a de- scription that would fit almost every mile : a broad , shallow river , swinging back and forth in ever - changing channels in a wide , level ...
Page 113
... reach the lights of buildings I saw on higher ground , I went back to my boat and spread my bed in the bottom of it . Dawn , striking a sign on a towering grain elevator , showed me that the little group of buildings whose lights I had ...
... reach the lights of buildings I saw on higher ground , I went back to my boat and spread my bed in the bottom of it . Dawn , striking a sign on a towering grain elevator , showed me that the little group of buildings whose lights I had ...
Page 117
... reach of the claws of the river , I knew had been looked upon and probably camped upon by earlier explorers . Time after time , run- ning close under a cut bank to keep in deep water and current , I was splashed by the same sort of ...
... reach of the claws of the river , I knew had been looked upon and probably camped upon by earlier explorers . Time after time , run- ning close under a cut bank to keep in deep water and current , I was splashed by the same sort of ...
Page 119
... reach below the Chey- enne recalled the account of how the Astorians , guns in hand , had raced the boats of the artful Manuel Lisa , whom they suspected of planning to stir up the Indians ahead . At the Great Bend of the Missouri I was ...
... reach below the Chey- enne recalled the account of how the Astorians , guns in hand , had raced the boats of the artful Manuel Lisa , whom they suspected of planning to stir up the Indians ahead . At the Great Bend of the Missouri I was ...
Page 120
... reach my boat in time to prevent its swamping against the steep bank along which it had been moored . Finally free- ing it from water and mud , I began drag- ging it back through the willows to the crest of the islands , only to be met ...
... reach my boat in time to prevent its swamping against the steep bank along which it had been moored . Finally free- ing it from water and mud , I began drag- ging it back through the willows to the crest of the islands , only to be met ...
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