 | Montana - 1908 - 460 pages
...region had done them conscious and purposed wrong. Mr. Webster voiced the stateman's view when he said : "What do we want with this vast worthless area, this...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever put those great deserts or endless mountain ranges impenetrable... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - United States - 1885 - 1136 pages
...generally, closed with a few remarks concerning the country at large. " What do we want ?" he exclaimed, " with this vast, worthless area ? This region of savages...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs ? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Alaska - 1889 - 390 pages
...speaking against a proposition to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges,... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - Alaska - 1889 - 396 pages
...speaking against a proposition to establish a mail route through a portion of the western country, as follows : " What do we want with this vast, worthless...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 - 1889 - 82 pages
...Independence, 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,...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1889 - 84 pages
...Independence, 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,...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... | |
 | North American review - 1889 - 784 pages
...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...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts or those endless mountain ranges,... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - California - 1891 - 744 pages
...to establish a mail route from Independence, Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia, breaks forth : "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... | |
 | Orson Ferguson Whitney - Latter Day Saint churches - 1892 - 1094 pages
...from Independence, Missouri, to the mouth of the Columbia River. Says the great orator and statesman : "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This...shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to' put these great deserts, or those endless mountain... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 1588 pages
...mouth of Columbia River, three thousand miles long. In closing a speech against the measure he said: "What do we want with this vast, worthless area? This region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts and shifting sands, and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we put these... | |
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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? 
