Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 93
across the flat bottom land, one couldbarely catch a glimpse of the Big Muddy, as thepeople called the Missouri River. A fringe oflow trees showed where the stream flowed by; andoccasionally a huge three-story steamboat wentgliding down in the distance, looking exactly as ifit were moving through… … THE CAMP AT THE JUMPING-OFF PLACE. reached the river. In those days, Council Bluffswas a scattered and rough-looking town, aboutfour miles from the Missouri River; and, where itsedges were frayed out toward the south, was along level strip of land, extending to the broadsweep of the stream.…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 93](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial03dodg-93-68.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4221dodg-429-494.webp)
