 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1855 - 908 pages
...10,000 feet), where were the sources of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and figures ; between which rose the thin, lofty walls, terminating with slender minarets and columns.... | |
 | John Bigelow - California - 1856 - 512 pages
...Trots Tetons, where were the source of the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. According to the barometer, the little crest of the wall on which we stood was thljse thousand five... | |
 | John Charles Frmont, John Charles Frémont - History - 1856 - 514 pages
...Tetons, where were the sources of the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. According to the barometer, the little crest of the wall on which we stood was three thousand five... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 132 pages
...Trois Tetons, where were the source of the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. According to the barometer, the little crest of the Avail on which we stood was three thousand five... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia Rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge the peaks were plainlv visible, among which were some of the springs of the...walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. According to the barometer, the little créât of the wallon which we stood was three thousand five... | |
 | John Warner Barber - United States - 1856 - 514 pages
...Tetons, where were the sources of the Missouri and Columbia rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge the peaks were plainly visible, among...striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. . . . We had accomplished an object of laudable ambition, and beyond the strict order of our instructions.... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1856 - 462 pages
...the Missouri and Columbia Rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were ?'ainly visible, among which were some of the springs of the Nebraska or latte River. Around us, the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion.... | |
 | Henry Howe - California - 1857 - 504 pages
...10,000 feet), where were the sources of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...which were some of the springs of the Nebraska or _ Platte River. Around us, the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1858 - 592 pages
...thousand feet), where were the sourcesof the Missouri and Columbia Rivers ; and at the southern extremity of the ridge, the peaks were plainly visible, among...fissures, between which rose the thin, lofty walls, terminating with slender minarets and columns. We had accomplished an object of laudable ambition and... | |
 | De Witt Clinton Peters - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 616 pages
...hum"ble bee) came winging his flight from the eastern val" ley, and lit on the knee of one of the men. " 'Around us, the whole scene had one main striking...fis"sures, between which rose the thin, lofty walls, tenni"nated with slender minarets and columns, which are "correctly represented in the view from the... | |
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Around us, the whole scene had one main, striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and fissures ; between which rose the thin lofty walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns. 
