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Brewer's: Blues

(The), applied to troops. The Oxford Blues. The Royal Horse Guards were so called in 1690, from the Earl of Oxford their commander and the blue facings. Wellington, in one of his…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 26, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 25, 1806July 27, 1806July 26, 1806 Saturday July 26th 1806. The moring was cloudy and continued to rain as usual, tho the cloud seemed…

Brewer's: Blunderbore

A giant, brother of Cormoran, who put Jack the Giant Killer to bed and intended to kill him; but Jack thrust a billet of wood into the bed, and crept under the bedstead. Blunderbore came…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 26, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 25, 1805April 27, 1805April 26, 1805 Friday April 26th 1805. This morning I dispatched Joseph Fields up the yellowstone river with orders…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 27, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 26, 1806July 28, 1806July 27, 1806 July 27th 1806 Sunday. This morning at day light the indians got up and crouded around the fire, J.…

In the Solitudes of the Upper Missouri

Chapter 8 Chapter 10 In the Solitudes of the Upper Missouri Under date of May 17, the journal of the party has the following interesting entries:-- "We set out early and…