"Some of them profess to be well acquainted……" — William Henry Ashley
"Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean."
—
William Henry Ashley
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
22 Quotes by William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashley has 22 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other…
-
Having now reached a point where danger might be reasonably apprehended from strolling war parties of Indians, spies were kept…
-
The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.
-
Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
-
The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles…
-
I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
-
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition…
-
We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the…
-
The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.
-
After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some…
-
They urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to…
-
As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or…
See all 22 quotes by William Henry Ashley »
More Acquainted Quotes
This quote is filed under Acquainted Quotes,
one of 199 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
See all 199 Acquainted Quotes »