 | 1908 - 460 Seiten
...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 - 1885 - 1136 Seiten
...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 - 1889 - 376 Seiten
...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 area —...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 - 1889 - 396 Seiten
...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 area —...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... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1889 - 84 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1889 - 82 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1889 - 784 Seiten
...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 - 1891 - 744 Seiten
...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 - 1892 - 1094 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1899 - 1588 Seiten
...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? 
