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Image 2 of Farthest north; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. I|a{i. ©ujnjrigfyt f o. Shelf ...CaJEO-O Gil. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 4 of Farthest north;- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 7 of Farthest north; FARTHEST NORTH; OR, THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF LIEUTENANT JAMES BOOTH LOCH WOOD, OF THE GREELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION. CHARLES LANMAN. NEW TOEE: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, inn 5 BOND STEEET....- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 8 of Farthest north; When we thi?ik of the adventure of our times when we recall the great Arctic explorations that have called forth an endurance and daring which have been unsur- passed in other days...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 9 of Farthest north; P E E FA C E It is believed that this book, with its true but none the less stirring adventures, will be of much in- terest to the general public, as...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 10 of Farthest north; 2 PREFACE. as it presents a lively picture of an interesting people not much, known, and as it exhibits the buoyant spir- its with which he entered upon the work, before dis-...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 11 of Farthest north; PREFACE. 3 the London Geographical Society, which is an exact transcript of maps drawn by Lieutenant Lockwood and submitted by him to Lieutenant Greely with re- ports of sledge-journeys. This map gives...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 12 of Farthest north; 4 PREFACE. This is very remarkable, in view of the fact that Lockwood Island, which was reached by Lockwood, is one hundred geographical miles east and forty miles north of Cape Britannia...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 13 of Farthest north; CONTENTS PAGE I. Early Life 7 II. Army-Life in Arizona 20 III. Army-Life est Nebraska 31 IV. Army-Life in Kansas 43 Y. Army-Life in Indian Territory and Colorado 52 VI. Preparing for...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 14 of Farthest north; ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of James B. Lockwood. Lockwood, Natives, and Kyack at Disco, Greenland. Lockwood s Corner. Sledging over the Arctic Floe. Taking Observations at Lockwood Island. Map showing Lockwood s Explorations.- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 15 of Farthest north; FARTHEST NORTH. EAELY LIFE. In the following pages, it is proposed to record the personal history of an American hero whose fortune it was, at the sacrifice of his life, to visit...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 16 of Farthest north; 8 FAKTHEST NORTH. Many of those connected with the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, before the civil war, will re- member a playful and mischievous boy, whose ready smile and cheerful ways...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 17 of Farthest north; EAKLY LIFE. 9 recalled by him with, special emotion in after-years amid his struggles with the ice of Smith s Sound. His innate love of fun had been one of his charac-...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 18 of Farthest north; 10 FAKTHEST NORTH. the surrounding shores of Accomac on a Chincoteague pony belonging to his father. He also spent many- quiet hours conversing about horses and their habits with the soldiers in...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 19 of Farthest north; EARLY LIFE. 11 mother s prayer was that his childhood s star might again arise, and lead his sorrowing heart to that com- fort found only above. His chief grievances were a...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 20 of Farthest north; 12 FAKTHEST NORTH. by those whom he opposed. But then, as always with the free and brave, right prevailed, and the aggressors were sent to the wall, while the fearless victor very...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 21 of Farthest north; EARLY LIFE. 13 lizers and the use of a team. To the surprise of all, his success seemed amazing, and his crops were good and profitable. With the money thus secured he...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 22 of Farthest north; 14 FARTHEST NORTH. master. When the lad s father was ordered to the Na- tional Observatory, the family removing to Washing- ton, the pet dog accompanied them, and the intimacy between the...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 23 of Farthest north; EARLY LIFE. 15 Sense, this allusion being to an imaginary manual ■which the children had attributed to their father. The quiet humor of the youthful farmer is manifested in another letter after...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 24 of Farthest north; 16 FARTHEST NOKTH. the spring will bring more work and attention, yet I shall hail its appearance with joy. I must confess that I can not prevent a feeling of loneliness from...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 25 of Farthest north; EARLY LIFE. 17 The following example of the boy s ingenuity is also worth mentioning In 1870 a brother-in-law gaye him a small, cheap clock, about four and a half inches in...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 26 of Farthest north; 13 FARTHEST NORTH. was only terminated by the failure of the company to go on with its enterprise. What with the rough peo- ple with whom he was compelled to associate, the...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 27 of Farthest north; EARLY LIFE. 19 for passing, but, when the office-mark was thrown in, as was then the custom, his average was reduced, and those who had personal influence and understood the tricks of...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 28 of Farthest north; II. ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. Aftek finding that farming and railroad engineer- ing were not exactly the employments he had fancied them to be, young Lockwood resumed his studies under the direction of...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 29 of Farthest north; ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. 21 fantry, then commanded by two officers who had gained distinction in the late war Colonel Jefferson 0. Davis and Lientenant-Colonel George Crook. He soon after joined the recruiting...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 30 of Farthest north; 22 FARTHEST NORTH. darkies of Annapolis sauntering around, plenty of children and many dogs, pigs, etc. However, I must do Aspinwall justice it has a neat little church, a marble monument erected...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 31 of Farthest north; ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. 23 Lockwood s stay in San Francisco was too brief to afford him much opportunity for observation, but here is what he said of the Chinese I visited China-...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
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Image 32 of Farthest north; 24 FAETHEST NORTH. tween great mud-fiats and islands, all constantly changing, and abounding in many kinds of water- fowl. He was interested in the Indian inhabitants, whom he pitied for their poverty...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 33 of Farthest north; ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. 25 Mexicans his successor exhibited a knife, used by- one of the murderers, which had been found, and he pointed out the spot where Judge Lynch had disposed of...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 34 of Farthest north; 26 FARTHEST NORTH. pleasing prospect, in another letter he gives the par- ticulars of the murder of two men by the Indians within twelve miles of the garrison, their bodies hav- ing...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 35 of Farthest north; ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. 27 Apaches when asleep and almost exterminated them. They were armed with war-clubs, and of course man- gled their bodies horribly. When found their heads were all beaten in,...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 36 of Farthest north; 28 FARTHEST NORTH. veto of the Inflation Bill. How Congress could pass a bill which seems to be unacceptable and repugnant to the whole people, I can not understand. Alluding a second...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 37 of Farthest north; ARMY-LIFE IN ARIZONA. 29 has paid as high as one hundred dollars. Officers in Arizona are compelled from necessity to employ sol- diers in this capacity, though contrary to the regula- tions....- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 38 of Farthest north; 30 FARTHEST NORTH. of English, nor I a word of Spanish, our conversation was somewhat limited. On the 4th of July when arrangements were com- menced for removing the Twenty-third Eegiment to...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 39 of Farthest north; III. ARMY-LIFE IN NEBRASKA. Haying entered upon duty at the barracks of Omaha, he seems to have made himself especially use- ful there, while enjoying some of the comforts of civ- ilization,...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885
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Image 40 of Farthest north; 32 FARTHEST NORTH. turb me. They infest every house at the post, and they are also numerous in the city, the fences between here and there being painted in many places, Go...- Contributor: Lanman, Charles
- Date: 1885