 | Walter Hines Page, Arthur W. Page - 1906 - 700 lehte
...afterward built, that Pike — now a captain — first saw the "Mexican Mountains." He says in his journal: "At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could...Robinson, who was in front with me; but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us. Their appearance can easily be imagined by those who have crossed... | |
 | Randall Parrish - 1907 - 476 lehte
...peak to which has been given his name and which has become his monument. Of this first view he wrote : "I thought I could distinguish a mountain to our right...appeared like a small blue cloud ; viewed it with the spyglass and was still more confirmed in my conjecture; . . . in half an hour they [the mountains]... | |
 | Eugene Parsons - 1911 - 514 lehte
..."Marched early. Passed two deep creeks and many high points of the rocks; also large herds of buffalo. At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could...appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with the spy-glass, and was still more confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson,... | |
 | Eugene Parsons - 1911 - 514 lehte
...distinguish a mountain to our right, which appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with the spy-glass, and was still more confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson, who was in front with me, but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us.... | |
 | Enos Abijah Mills - 1915 - 440 lehte
...Pike, who caught sight of it on the 1 5th day of November, 1806. Pike's journal of this date says: " At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could...appeared like a small blue cloud ; viewed it with a spyglass and was still more confirmed in my conjecture. . . . In half an hour it appeared in full... | |
 | Wilbur Fiske Stone - 1918 - 950 lehte
...time he was near the mouth of the Purgatory River. In his Journal Pike describes the incident thus : "At two o'clock in the afternoon, I thought I could...appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with the spy-glass, and was still more confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson,... | |
 | Wilbur Fiske Stone - 1918 - 968 lehte
...distinguish a mountain to our right, which appeared like a small blue cloud ; viewed it with the spy-glass, and was still more confirmed. in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson, who was in front of me, but in half an hour it appeared in full view before us. When... | |
 | Zebulon Montgomery Pike - 1925 - 284 lehte
...Marched early. Passed two deep creeks and many high points of the rocks, also large herds of buffalo. At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could...confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson, who was in front with me, but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us.... | |
 | 1925 - 280 lehte
...Marched early. Passed two deep creeks and many high points of the rocks, also large herds of buffalo. At two o'clock in the afternoon I thought I could...confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson, who was in front with me, but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us.... | |
 | Kansas State Historical Society - 1900 - 526 lehte
...; and, on the 15th of November, he saw something else. "At two o'clock in the afternoon," says he, "I thought I could distinguish a mountain to our right,...which appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with a spy-glass, and was still more confirmed in my conjecture, yet only communicated it to Doctor Robinson,... | |
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Robinson, who was in front with me; but in half an hour they appeared in full view before us. When our small party arrived on the hill they with one accord gave three cheers to the Mexican mountains. 
