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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 9, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1806June 10, 1806June 9, 1806 Monday June 9th 1806. This morning we had all our horses brought up and indeavoured to exchange five or…

Brewer's: Red-shanks

A Highlander; so called from a buskin formerly worn by them; it was made of undressed deer's hide, with the red hair outside. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Imaus

(3 syl.). The Himalay'a, The word means snow hills (hima, snow). The huge incumbrance of horriflc woods From Asian Taurus, from imaus stretched Athwart the roving Tartar's sullen bounds.…

Snomobiling

The following tables list the Winter X Games winners of men's and women's snowmobiling events, including Snocross, Hillcross, and Freestyle. Year…

Brewer's: Snore

You snore like an owl. It is very generally believed that owls snore, and it is quite certain that a noise like snoring proceeds from their nests; but this is most likely the “purring” of…

Brewer's: Snowdonia

The district which contains the mountain range of Snowdon. The King of Snowdonia. Moel-y-Wyddfa (the conspicuous peak), the highest in South Britain. (3,571 feet above the sea-level.)…

Ralp Waldo Emerson: The Poet, I

IRight upward on the road of fame With sounding steps the poet came; Born and nourished in miracles, His feet were shod with golden bells, Or where he stepped the soil did peal As if the dust…