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Example sentences for "small creek"

  • We galloped as fast as our horses could go for fifteen miles, along the ravine which had impeded our journey during the preceding day, when we fell in with a small creek.

  • During the conversation, somebody spoke of some ancient ruins, fifteen miles north, at the entrance of a small creek.

  • At a distance of about five miles we again had him bogged in crossing a small creek, after which he seemed so weak that we had great doubts about getting him on.

  • Leaving the path on our right at a distance of three miles, we turned up a small creek, which passes down between some sandhills, and finding a nice patch of feed for the camels at a waterhole, we halted at 7.

  • At a mile and a half, found surface water in a small creek, and at a mile farther, water in two or three places on the open plains.

  • There, Bassett, while prodding around in the soil of a small creek, discovered shining particles.

  • The situation is also marked by a small creek (say Jones') which falls in hard by from the W.

  • Brainerd, with nothing to note on the way, excepting a small creek on the left hand, in Sect.

  • A small creek comes in opposite them from the W.

  • It stands across the mouth of a small creek, whose name, if it have one, I could not learn, even when I was on the spot.

  • The ground they chose for their encampment was a beautiful open plain, having the river in front, and a small creek on the left.

  • We here turned off from the main road, and proceeding two miles, camped near a small creek.

  • We proceeded out on the Charlotteville road some three miles from the city, and pitched our tents on a beautiful spot, near a small creek.

  • After marching about eight miles during the day, we encamped for the night, and the next morning were again on the move, marching some eighteen miles, when we halted near a small creek.

  • Marched this day about fourteen miles, and at 4 o'clock struck the turnpike at a small creek, where there was a mill, and one or two stores.

  • Small creek, Soon after we came too the Indians arrived with 4 Deer as a Present, for which we gave them two qts.

  • Lewis walk on Shore a little & passed a Camp of Kickapoo Indians, & incamped in the mouth of a Small Creek in a large Bend on the Stbd Side.

  • Deel of Ceedar on it, passed a Small Creek at 1 ms.

  • At the distance of four miles we reached a small village of eight houses under some high rocks on the right with a small creek on the opposite side of the river.

  • At the distance of ten and one-half miles we came to the mouth of a small creek on the south, below which the hills approach the river, and continue near it during the day.

  • At the distance of a mile he passed a small creek (on the right), and the points of four mountains, which were rocky, and so high that it seemed almost impossible to cross them with horses.

  • Accordingly, leaving Carmichael and Robinson to go on with the horses, I rode over, and found there was the channel of a small creek, which narrowed into a kind of glen the farther I penetrated.

  • It eventually formed the valley of a small creek, which soon had a few gum-trees on it.

  • They overtook the herd near a small creek, and attacked one of the largest, which was at length killed.

  • We crossed towards evening a small creek, three miles beyond which we arrived at an old Indian camp, where we halted for the night.

  • At sunset we arrived at a small creek, eleven miles distant from the village of the Grand Pawnees, where we encamped.

  • Soon after we arrived at a small creek, where was some scattered timber: here we determined to halt for the night, being informed by our guide that we would meet with no wood for twenty miles beyond.

  • We encamped by a small creek, but the water was brackish, and not being able to find any other we were obliged to make use of it.

  • We travelled on till dusk, when we arrived at a small creek, overgrown with grass, which we imagined we should cross with little difficulty; but the carts were set fast in the mud, and some of the horses got bogged.

  • We had halted close to the brow of a gentle descent into a small creek junction at this particular spot, and on advancing a few paces came in view of the natives, assembled on the bank of the river below.

  • On the 3rd we crossed a small creek, into which the waters of the river were flowing fast; and which both Nadbuck and Toonda informed us joined Yertello Lake, and that the Ana-branch was on the other side of the lake.

  • A line of gum-trees marked the course of a small creek, which passing behind a little hill at the entrance of the valley, reappeared on the other side, and then trended to the N.

  • We landed with ease in a small creek, and took post on a high rock to prevent a surprise.

  • Road passes over the mountain, which is steep but not rocky, then descends to a small creek of good water which runs into Goose Lake.

  • Road crosses a small creek at 14 miles from last camp.

  • Road crosses Bauchmin's Creek 13 times in 8 miles, then ascends the mountain along a small creek, which is well wooded and good grass.


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