Francis Parkman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.”

“America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.”

“Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.”

“Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.”

“Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.”

“Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.”

“The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.”

“We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.”

“A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.”

“We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.”