 ... motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We followed, spurring our horses to full speed; and as the herd rushed, crowding and trampling in terror through an opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half suffocated by the...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 77edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1875 - 406 pages
...alarm : those on the hill descended, those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got into motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...near, their alarm and speed increased ; our horses, being new to the work, showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1877 - 406 pages
...below gathered into a mass.and the whole got into motion, shouldering each other along at a chimsy gallop. We followed, spurring our horses to full speed...near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses, being new to the work, showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1892 - 410 pages
...alarm : those on the hill descended, those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got into motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...trampling in terror through an opening in the hills, we wore close at their heels, half suffocated by the clouds of dust But as we drew near, their alarm and... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 286 pages
...alarm: those on the hill descended, those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got into motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses, being new to the work, showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached,... | |
 | Success - 1902 - 532 pages
...the alarm; those on the hill descended; those below gathered into a mass and the whole got in motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half-suffocated by the clouds of dust. But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased; our horses... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1910 - 402 pages
...speed ; and as the herd rushed, crowding and trampling in terror through an opening in the hills, we 10 were close at their heels, half suffocated by the...near, their alarm and speed increased ; our horses, being new to the work, showed signs of the utmost fear, bounding violently aside as we approached,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - California National Historic Trail - 1910 - 574 pages
...alarm; those on the hill descended; those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got in motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...full speed ; and as the herd rushed, crowding and tramping in terror through an opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half suffocated by... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1918 - 428 pages
...alarm ; those on the hill descended; those below gathered into a mass, 5 and the whole got in motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...their heels, half suffocated by the clouds of dust. 10 But as we drew near, their alarm and speed increased ; our horses showed signs of the utmost fear,... | |
 | Emma K. Gordon, Marietta Stockard - Readers - 1918 - 344 pages
...alarm; those on the hill descended; those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got in motion, shouldering each other along at a clumsy gallop. We...and trampling in terror, through an opening in the hills,we were close at their heels, half suffocated by the clouds of dust. As we drew near, their alarm... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 456 pages
...descended, those below gathered into a mass, and the whole got into motion, shouldering each other r • 99 along at a clumsy gallop. We followed, spurring our...opening in the hills, we were close at their heels, half smothered by the clouds of dust. But as we drew near, their alarms and speed increased. Our horses,... | |
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