| 单词 | greasewood |
| 例句 | “Oh, a few people do, I guess. But there’s nothing there to get. And not much water. Just rocks and cliffs and greasewood. Why?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing atop its foundations, you will begin to notice rocky outlines through the greasewood and creosote, revealing the outlines of hundreds of structures, including houses, storage tanks and open-air aqueducts, stretching into the distance. The ghosts of California's most utopian experiments live in the remains of communes 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z But if I have to be exiled out here in the cactus and greasewood, I intend to make it as pleasant for myself as possible. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z By the Spanish-Californians this shrub is known as "gobernadora" and "hideondo"; and by the American settlers of the desert it is known by several uncomplimentary names, among them the meaningless one of "greasewood." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Half an hour later Hopalong pointed to one side, to a few half-burned greasewood and mesquite sticks which radiated like the spokes of a wheel. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z And she put all the Apache hair in the olla, and placed the flat plate on top to cover it with greasewood gum to seal it up tight. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z The sage and greasewood burned well, but burned out very quickly. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z There are four: first, and best, the pine barrens; second, the brushy hills and plains, covered with sage, greasewood and buckweed; third, this spike-bearing volcanic region; and fourth, the appalling desolation of the acknowledged desert. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z The plants cover extensive reaches of valley and hill-slopes, and are often called "greasewood." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Behind that clump of greasewood, back beyond those crippled cacti, a man staggers on and on. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The ball was about two and one half inches in diameter, merely a heavy pebble coated thick with black greasewood gum. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z Tom Parry strode up to the crest of the hill and began looking about, peering behind sage bush and greasewood. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z A pit was dug, and a fire of the greasewood's crackling roots kept up therein until the surroundings were well heated. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Against that yellowish ribbon, with its bordering emptiness of mesquite, greasewood, and sage, there was nothing moving; but squarely in the centre of the road showed up a dark, motionless blotch. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The dark carpet which stretched away on all sides begins to show its characteristics and soon develops into greasewood brush. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z And when they were married Ee-ee-toy, foreseeing what would happen, went & gathered the gum of the greasewood tree. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z All around, dotted with stunted sage-brush and greasewood, the desert stretched, blinding white in the sunlight; across its surface the dust clouds moved in pillars, and in the distance the heat-waves danced and wavered. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open There are firs and spruces on the mountains, characteristic of the Boreal zone; pines characteristic of the Transition zone; pi�on juniper, greasewood and the universally conspicuous sage-brush, characteristic of the Upper Sonoran zone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The face of the country there is nearly destitute of vegetation, wild sage, greasewood and an occasional bunch of grass being the entire product of the soil. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 A grayback lizard darts out of the greasewood near at hand, blinks rapidly and darts back again, glad to escape the intolerable heat. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The local touch in making the greasewood bush the first vegetation is very strong. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z Here, too, instead of grass, they found only sand, sage brush, greasewood, and cacti. Campmates A Story of the Plains As we did not reach camp until dark our dinner was not ready until midnight, when all who preferred food to sleep partook of this most excellent cheer, by the light of a greasewood fire. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 The general surface of the soil here is nearly bare, wild sage, greasewood and a few stunted weeds being the only vegetation. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 The little fire of sagebrush roots or greasewood shows the string of wagons—two, three, or four—strung out by the roadside with the horses, from four to twelve, munching hay. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The grass and greasewood are just right for it now. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Prickly pears, Spanish bayonets, masses of greasewood bushes and scattering fringes of short grama grass completed the carpeting of the desolate plain. Bring Me His Ears "What can Providence do with a man who grubs greasewood when he ought to be in bed!" Stories of the Foot-hills Went on this morning over a most desolate plain, with scarcely a vestige of vegetation, except greasewood. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 You drive out over a low mesa of rolling mesquite and greasewood and cactus, where the giant suaharo stands like a columned ghost of centuries of bygone ages. Through Our Unknown Southwest She ran for greasewood and such other fuel as could be found in the immediate vicinity, and started her fire. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure At the sight of a human being they would gallop away in the sage and greasewood. Mystery Ranch The sage and greasewood ended abruptly, and a row of leafless walnut-trees stretched their gaunt white branches above the road. Stories of the Foot-hills She had contrived herself a broom of greasewood branches, with which she swept the space between stove and tent, keeping it clean down to hard earth. Claim Number One In a little swale, where the greasewood reached above her head, she stopped again to listen. The Rustler of Wind River No man who knows will ever buy land where the greasewood grows thickly; it is unproductive because of the large percentage of alkali. Trail Tales A pack-animal and saddle horse stood disconsolately in the greasewood, getting what slender grazing was available, but not being allowed to wander far. Mystery Ranch "When the greasewood blooms, on the white man's big noisy wet Sunday?" The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country The air was still warm, balmy, scented by the lingering aroma of the greasewood smoke of supper fires in Mexican ovens. In the Shadow of the Hills “My bed,” she said briefly, “over there,” and she indicated a thicket of greasewood the wagon had passed on their arrival. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The loping jack rabbit slips softly to his greasewood shelter and the prairie dog bounces barking from his snake-infested haunt, noisily preparing for his day’s digging and foraging. Trail Tales Several hundred yards from the scene of the murder, he found a clump of giant sagebrush and greasewood, close to the road. Mystery Ranch The door swung open, letting in a smell of wet greasewood, and an old man, his hat dripping, stumbled in and stood swaying against the bar. Hidden Water Doane whirled around, as a rider came out of the sea of mesquite and greasewood and flung himself from the saddle in front of the porch. The Coyote A Western Story Kit noted her startled pause, and in a few strides was beside her; then, without a word, the two went forward together and he picked up the package of papers laid carefully under the greasewood. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine This is not to be mistaken for the prickly greasewood 42 which infests the more alkaline regions; nor the rabbit-brush with its blossom so like the goldenrod, but with a very disagreeable odor. Trail Tales They are trying for the greasewood canyon, to cut us off.” Nan of Music Mountain They rattled gayly along, on across the flats, up and down among the piñon clad hills, and through the sage and greasewood of the valleys. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation Gee, it lay there gray an' green with hosses as thick as greasewood bushes on the desert. Valley of Wild Horses At dusk they reached the Little Coyote well, and had joy to find water for night and morning, and greasewood and dead mesquite wood for a fire. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Got a bad fall and when I come to I was lying down the hill against some greasewood. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The two men followed the dog across the flats, through mesquite, through scattered sage and greasewood, mounting gradually through chaparral to barren slopes set with strange twisted shapes of cactus. Rimrock Trail Cactus clumps and bunches of mesquite and greasewood blotted the whitely gleaming earth. With Hoops of Steel I hung the saddle-blanket on a greasewood so as to shade his face; then I got on my own poor horse, poor old Billy, and started to hunt help. Letters on an Elk Hunt The night had turned chill and Clodomiro spread the serape of Doña Jocasta over a heap of flowering greasewood branches. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine He came upon it at last wedged against a clump of greasewood. Louisiana Lou A Western Story A short distance from the stream the sumac stands brilliant in the autumn, and a little farther away are clumps of greasewood and sagebrush and an occasional spread of juniper. Wild Life on the Rockies A moving splotch of red showed above a clump of greasewood half way down the hill. With Hoops of Steel There was a hot breeze that seemed to intensify the heat of the sun and brought the aromatic scent of the greasewood. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure He had tossed a bit of greasewood on the coals that he might again study the face of El Gavilan. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The tenderfoot, slithering down a hillside of shale, caught at a greasewood bush and waited. Brand Blotters "Who was it?" asked Babe, helping himself to another of the flapjacks which Buck was making in a skillet over the greasewood fire. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X He dropped his burden upon the ground, in the shade of a clump of greasewood, and sprang to one side. With Hoops of Steel They stood there around the greasewood fire, trying to understand clearly what had happened. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Well, you grouch, if we didn’t have this dry bed to skip along, we would be bucking the greasewood and cactus on the mesa above. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine They came into the country of crumbling mesas and painted cliffs, of hillsides where greasewood and giant cactus struggled from the parched earth. Brand Blotters "Getting tired of the game?" asked Bud, as he rustled up some sticks of greasewood to make a fire over which they might boil coffee and fry bacon. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X He tramped along, in and out among the cactus and greasewood, and finally, near sunset, he came upon a great, field-like growth of prickly-pear cactus. With Hoops of Steel Across the range blew wisps of smoke from the greasewood camp fire, and then came the smell of bacon and coffee, than which there is no aroma more to be desired in the world. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X One leg of his trousers was ripped up, and there was the odor of a greasewood unguent in the room. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Mentally as well as physically he was a product of the sun and the wind, as tough and unyielding as a greasewood sapling. Brand Blotters He lighted a stick of greasewood at the fire, and looked about his part of the sleeping ground. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X It happened that he lay in the shadow of a big clump of greasewood, and after a little he revived and sat up. With Hoops of Steel They had coverings for the night, and greasewood shrubs, as well as a tree here and there amid the foothills, offered fuel for a fire. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Then he built a small fire of greasewood and made coffee for them both. Crooked Trails and Straight Sage and greasewood had taken on the bare look of winter. The Fighting Edge Every foot of this land will sometime blossom as the rose; greasewood and sage-brush will give place to the orange and the vine. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories Even the cactus clumps received flattering attention; and the little stretches of greasewood that came within range of his vision were examined closely. 'Drag' Harlan Over a fire of greasewood, while the hobbled ponies rolled on the ground, the bacon was soon sizzling and the coffee brewing. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Cactus and greasewood and mesquite, and for a change mesquite and greasewood and cactus! Crooked Trails and Straight His last halt was back of some greasewood a dozen yards from the ranger. The Fighting Edge Nothing but sagebrush, greasewood, mesquite and cactus; not even a sprill of grass! Tabitha at Ivy Hall Again Garrett had to search in the salt grass and greasewood. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado All they had to do was to gather some greasewood for the fire, and start to cook. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Steadily it climbed to the hilltops, masticating sage, greasewood, oak, sycamore and manzanita with the same ease it bolted houses and pavements. Greener Than You Think The trail took them through a rough country of sagebrush into the hills of greasewood and pi�on. The Fighting Edge Great numbers of these and the bundles of greasewood being set on fire, they were cast down the hatchway, and firewood from stacks upon the house terraces were also thrown into the kiva. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 When you can't sell out a bunch of greasewood land for a pineapple colony to no one else, go over and sell it to them Dutch; they're easy. The Man Next Door Just then a piece of the greasewood burned up brightly, and revealed to Nort this sight. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X The characteristic plants of these deserts are sage, mesquite, greasewood, and a great variety of cacti. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania He counted the definite objects that stood out of the darkness—the clumps of sage, the greasewood bushes, the cottonwood trees by the river. The Fighting Edge During the fourth night after this, as agreed upon, the various bands assembled at the deep gulch spring, and every man carried, besides his weapons, a cedar-bark torch and a bundle of greasewood. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 From the slight elevation or “bench” upon which he sat he looked down upon a greasewood flat where patches of alkali gleamed dazzling white under the noon-day sun. The Fighting Shepherdess It was only a moment that surprise held Nort motionless, sitting up there by the small fire of greasewood twigs, with the bunch of cattle moving uneasily in the darkness. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X To the southward is Paradise Valley, a plain desert strewn with greasewood and chamiso; and down in the floor of Death Valley is, or rather was, Greenland. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Marl Spring.—This is a small but constant spring; excellent grass, and greasewood for fuel. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Soon the trees have all disappeared and such plants as the greasewood, cactus, and agave take their place. The Western United States A Geographical Reader His roving eyes came back to the greasewood flat and rested there speculatively. The Fighting Shepherdess With a quick motion of his foot, Bud shoved some unburned sticks of greasewood into the blaze. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X In place of the cool mysterious vales there were left only scorched gulleys and dry washes sparsely set with greasewood and sagebrush and cactus. Bloom of Cactus The ground is rough about the camp, and covered with sage and greasewood. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The high plateaus are generally treeless, but are covered with such shrubs as greasewood and sage-brush. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Only occasionally the top of a grass tuft or a greasewood shivered. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The ponies had been staked out not far from the fire, which was now burning brightly from the amount of greasewood piled on it. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X No. But I put greasewood on the fire. Bloom of Cactus Dry Sandy Creek.—Grass scarce; no wood; some sage and greasewood; water brackish, but drinkable; road good. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Over rough, uneven ground, between greasewood, sage-brush, and cactus, back into the trail. A Voice in the Wilderness S' long as they slinks beyond yonder greasewood, they lurks in safety. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Then a fire was made of greasewood twigs, and the branding iron, which one of the cowboys carried at his saddle, was put in the flames to heat. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Our Camp 44 was in a little valley about a quarter of a mile wide, the bottom covered with cedars and greasewood. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The air, warm and soft, was spiced with green odors and the resinous tang of the greasewood; the ground dove in his tree seemed swooning with passion as he crooned his throaty, Kwoo, kwoo-o. Rimrock Jones It was incredible that such could be but common sage-brush, sand, and greasewood wrapped about with the beauty of the lonely night. A Voice in the Wilderness Some one had thrown an armful of greasewood on the fire, and it blazed up brightly, disclosing the countenances of the Indian trailers. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis Finally it came out on a level stretch of ground, partly covered with a chaparral of greasewood, ironwood, and paloverde. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor It was on the left among the greasewood bushes, and there we put up our paulins for shelter on oars as before. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 The horizontal reeds 127 are held in place by pegs of greasewood driven into the wall at intervals of 1 or 2 feet and are tied to the pegs with split yucca. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 She found he knew greasewood from sage-brush, and that was about all. A Voice in the Wilderness He left the trail almost at once and cantered through a pasture where the scattered clumps of brush and greasewood soon hid him and his rider from the sight of anybody on the wagon-trail. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Cotton-tails huddled beneath the greasewood brush and nibbled at the grasses. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail His feet drags and ketches in the greasewood, and Muta she gets provoked at him. The She Boss A Western Story The small smoke-blackened sticks that are used for the suspension of bundles of greasewood and other fuel in the hatchway are clearly shown. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 The sun shimmered down brilliantly on the white, hot sand and gray-green of the greasewood and sage-brush. A Voice in the Wilderness The valleys proper, and the low mesas which bound them, are generally destitute of trees; their vegetation consists only of sagebrush and greasewood, with a scanty growth of grass in favorable spots. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 Then with much deliberation he tied his own pony Apache to a clump of greasewood. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Slowly the teams forged ahead into the infinite sandy waste, where whispering yuccas and thorny cactus grew, and jack rabbits went looping away among bronze greasewood bushes. The She Boss A Western Story Sage brush and greasewood grow abundantly near the villages, and these curious gnarled and twisted shrubs furnish the principal fuel of the Tusayan. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 He was beginning to rejoice in the vast spacious relentless Desert with its fierce struggle of life against death; the cactus, the greasewood, the brittle sage brush, all matching themselves against the heat-death. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The gray and dusty sagebrush takes on a tinge of green, and even the prickly and repulsive greasewood clothes itself with a multitude of golden blossoms. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 Mounting, Collie spurred through the greasewood, trusting to the pony's natural activity and sure-footedness. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail And there under the scornful stars Hiram and the old man lounged on packbags and talked, with their tiny camp fire of greasewood roots between them. The She Boss A Western Story The character of the land had changed, and Lawler was now riding over a great level, thickly dotted with bunch grass, with stretches of bars, hard sand, clumps of cactus and greasewood. The Trail Horde The sand lay fine as sifted ashes dotted with clumps of bluish-green sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The eye of the man pounced surely upon every bit of cactus or greasewood behind which a possible foe might be hidden. The Sheriff's Son Plunging through the crackling greasewood at the side of the road, the Yuma colt leaped toward the car. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail He gathered some greasewood and came back to build the fire, but his camp mates had forestalled him. The Enchanted Canyon Cattle, men, and horses had passed through a country which was familiar to them; a country featured by long grama grass, greasewood, and cactus plants. The Trail Horde You see the cactus turns its leaves into water vats with spikes to keep intruders off; and the greasewood stops evaporation by a varnish of gum. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Riot of greasewood crowned great heaps of d�bris. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert In a clump of greasewood he dismounted, and, leaving the reins hanging to the saddle-horn, struck Black Boyar on the flank. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail He draped blankets and garments over the greasewood, then moved by a sudden impulse, undressed himself and lay down under the tiny falls. The Enchanted Canyon Along the edges grew greasewood and mesquite bushes, which afforded concealment but not protection. The Trail Horde Where the cut-way widened and lost itself in an alkali sink, the hoof prints of the fugitives' horses led out again to the open country of gray torrid earth dotted by sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The sun was setting as they climbed through a wide stretch of greasewood to the first rough rock heaps of the mountains. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The pony shouldered through the breast-high greasewood and picked his steps along the edge of the hill. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Far on every side lay the uneven, rock strewn desert floor, dotted with cactus and greasewood. The Enchanted Canyon I suppose it sounds odd to hear desert and river in the same breath, but within a few feet of the river the desert begins, where nothing grows but sage and greasewood. Letters of a Woman Homesteader We proceeded cautiously, keeping out of sight behind some greasewood, until we could see the surface of the pond. The Killer "If you get into trouble with the Boston police let me know, and I'll ask for a change of venue to the greasewood hills and Judge Lynch's court." The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Sundown dreamed that he was chasing an elusive rabbit over endless wastes of sand and greasewood. Sundown Slim The moon soared clear; there was a cool wind rustling the greasewood; a dog bayed a barking coyote; lights twinkled down in the town. The Rustlers of Pecos County A little breeze went dancing and shivering through the dry mesquite and greasewood. The Desert Valley The irrigated fields had given place to open country of a semi-desert character grown high with patches of greasewood, sagebrush, thorn-bush; with wide patches of scattered bunch grass; and stretches of alkali waste. The Killer "The good old greasewood hills!" chanted Gantry, who was of those who curse their homeland to its face and praise it consistently and pugnaciously elsewhere. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush A little group of greasewood offered a scanty shelter. The Girl from Montana Methodically he kicked together a little pile of greasewood roots. Heart's Desire The fine particles of it filled the air, sprayed the cactus and the greasewood. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West These were further screened by occasional willows or greasewood growing on the banks. The Killer Its date-line carried the name of his own city in the "greasewood country"—the capital of the State—and the time-markings sufficiently indicated its recent arrival. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush It was six months now since the sad funeral train had wound its way among sage-brush and greasewood, and the body of the mother had been laid to rest beside her husband. The Girl from Montana There are no trees, but only cactus, that queer, prickly, thorny plant, often fifteen or twenty feet high in these wastes of sand, and low greasewood bushes. Stories of California From behind a greasewood bush Bob rose and beckoned him. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West In the shade of a high greasewood we unpacked the pony carriage. The Killer "I can tell you the situation out in the greasewood country, if that's what you want to know," said Gantry after a thoughtful pause. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush At last the way sloped downward, and they reached more level ground, with wide stretches of open plain, dotted here and there with sage-brush and greasewood. The Girl from Montana He staggered and went down headlong in a clump of greasewood, and at the same instant the report of a rifle came clearly from the high pinnacle at the head of Sunlight Basin. Starr, of the Desert He clutched, scratched his hands bloody on the straggly thorns of greasewood, caught in the dark at a more friendly sage and gripped it next the roots. Casey Ryan The country was perfectly flat, but variegated by patches of greasewood, of sagebrush, of Egyptian-corn fields, and occasionally by a long, narrow fringe of trees. The Killer After this scene followed days of hot travelling over hard, gravelly plains, thinly coated with grass and dotted with cacti, mezquit trees, the leafless palo verde, and the greasewood bush. Overland The greasewood was not far from sloping ground where she might easily flee for hiding if danger approached. The Girl from Montana "Sh-sh—" At first there was nothing save the whisper of a breeze that stirred the greasewood and then was still. Starr, of the Desert But always a greasewood mocked him, waving stiff arms at him derisively. Casey Ryan The plain was thinly scattered with sage brush, and up near the base of the mountain some greasewood grew in little bunches like currant bushes. Death Valley in '49 No sage showed or greasewood, and very few rocks. Tales of lonely trails The buildings looked new and raw in contrast to the huge pile of grayish-green greasewood and scrub cedar gathered from the clearing round them. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Little old shack back there in the greasewood didn't look so bad, after all. Starr, of the Desert The man was suddenly revealed to me as he parted the branches of a large greasewood and peered out. Casey Ryan We gathered greasewood bushes and piled them up to make a wind-break for our heads. Death Valley in '49 It was a gully where the gravel washed down during rains, and where a scant vegetation, greasewood, and few low cacti and scrubby sage struggled for existence. Tales of lonely trails He worked alone, whistling as he rode, swinging his glasses on this and that arroyo and singling out the infrequent clumps of greasewood for a touch of brighter color in their shadows. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life The air was no longer heavy with the perfume of roses and orange-blossoms, but came to their nostrils laden with the pungent odors of yerba santa and greasewood and sage. The Eyes of the World He started in heavy snow, cutting a road through the greasewood and sage-brush. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West "Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?" cried Linda. Her Father's Daughter That day about noon I looked back down the long gravel and greasewood slope which we had ascended and I saw the borax-mill now only a smoky blot on the desert floor. Tales of lonely trails It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen. Arizona Sketches Between the upright bars of greasewood we could see the cattle, and near the opposite side the men building a fire next the fence. Arizona Nights It was bare, somber, ridgy desert, covered with dun-colored greasewood and stunted prickly pear. Desert Gold The Cup was a great amphitheater, cut out in the hills, its floor smooth and packed hard, dotted with sagebrush and greasewood. The Song of the Lark The first church was a "bowery" of greasewood. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert Of course it worked toward the low place where grew the greasewood bush. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted She started to her feet, for Thane's was no furtive tread that crashed through the thorny greasewood and planted itself, a yard at a bound, amongst the stones. A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Dwarfed mesquite and greasewood appeared among the rocks. Desert Gold After a little reconnoitering, Mrs. Tellamantez declared that it was time for lunch, and Ray took his hatchet and began to cut greasewood, which burns fiercely in its green state. The Song of the Lark The boys were so mortified that they did not go into camp, but went off and sat by themselves in the shade of a greasewood bush. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Then she went quietly behind a greasewood bush, in a lower place some twenty yards away, and lay flat. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Tom "yee-iped" again, and as we listened there she was, strolling toward us through the greasewood, with the face of a May morning! A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Gale proceeded slowly, halting every few steps, careful not to brush against the stiff greasewood. Desert Gold It is very largely composed of scrub oak, buckthorn, chámisal or greasewood, with a scattered growth of wild lilac, wild cherry, etc. American Big Game in Its Haunts Only the hard growth that the ages had evolved dotted the floor of the Basin in the near distance—the salt-bush and greasewood, with here and there clumps of mesquite. The Winning of Barbara Worth Two hundred yards away a fringe of greasewood bushes marked what, at this distance, appeared to be a water course. The New Boy at Hilltop The express box dropped into the greasewood beside the trail with a heavy metallic thud that augured a neat profit for the man behind the wall. The Long Chance The farther Gale went the thicker and larger grew the gnarled mesquites and palo verdes, the more cactus and greasewood there were, and other desert growths. Desert Gold In many places the hills are covered with an almost impenetrable chaparral of scrub oak, buckthorn, greasewood, manzanita, and deer-brush, in which the wary deer have taken refuge. American Big Game in Its Haunts In silence, as they drew nearer, they watched the low yellow hills lift their naked bulk up from the gray and green patches of salt-bush and greasewood that so thinly carpeted the plain. The Winning of Barbara Worth Along the brink grew stunted bushes of greasewood and of sage. The New Boy at Hilltop It was a queer proceeding that—including a desert timbered with sage-brush and greasewood in a Forest Reserve. The Long Chance A bench of ground, covered with sparse greasewood, sloped gently down to the deep, wide arroyo of Forlorn River. Desert Gold It was a tiny fire, overhung with a blackened pot; the odor of greasewood and mesquite smoke was sharp. Heart of the Sunset Then the walls gave way to low, rounded hills, through which the winding trail lay—a bed of sand and gravel—and here and there appeared clumps of greasewood and cacti of several varieties. The Winning of Barbara Worth Here and there the tap root of a greasewood was half exposed for its entire length, just as it had been left by the falling earth. The New Boy at Hilltop The land must be cleared of sage and greasewood, which in turn must be piled and burned. The Long Chance Yaqui had found a scant bundle of greasewood which served to warm them and to cook breakfast. Desert Gold From the head of this wash the trail wound away up the widening canyon, through greasewood flats and over greasy levels and across sandy stretches. The Rainbow Trail Beyond these were the gray and green of salt-bush, mesquite and greasewood, with the dun earth showing here and there in ragged patches. The Winning of Barbara Worth Many of these yellow-brown roots, tough as hempen rope, descended quite to the bottom of the arroyo, for the greasewood perseveres astonishingly in its search for moisture. The New Boy at Hilltop I recovered my revolver, which lay at my feet and contrived to mount my horse, whose bridle had caught on the greasewood brush, and I headed for home. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales Say, I wish you fellers could see the lane that bunch of hosses left in the greasewood an' cactus. Desert Gold Shefford built a little fire out of dead greasewood sticks, and with his blanket round his shoulders he hung over the blaze, scorching his clothes and hands. The Rainbow Trail There was no trail, and a road had to be cut through the greasewood and sage brush. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 The little twigs of greasewood shivered and bent, and a cool breath fanned his cheek. The New Boy at Hilltop He followed the tracks to a pile of rocks where the Creeches had made a greasewood fire and had cooked a meal. Wildfire Little ugly bunched bushes, that Gale scarcely recognized as mesquites, grew near these holes; also stunted greasewood and prickly pear. Desert Gold There was an abundance of dead greasewood for a camp-fire, and, after searching over the rock, he found little pools of melted snow in the depressions. The Rainbow Trail The inimitable magic of distance and high desert air veiled greasewood, sage and sand with the glamour of unreality. The Trail of the White Mule His left hand was clutching the thick tap root of a greasewood. The New Boy at Hilltop The sage had grown meager and the greasewoods stunted and dead; and cacti appeared on barren places. Wildfire His little fire of greasewood threw a wan circle into the surrounding blackness. Heritage of the Desert He gathered all the dead greasewood in the vicinity, replenished the fire, and rolled in his blanket, back to the blaze. The Rainbow Trail The licking flames of dry greasewood burning, with a pungent odor in my nostrils when the wind blew the smoke my way. The Trail of the White Mule And to think," he added wonderingly, "that it was the root of a pesky greasewood bush that saved your life! The New Boy at Hilltop He stood just outside a clump of greasewood and cactus. Wildfire The "pulpy-leaved thorn" mentioned in the journal is the greasewood; and both of these shrubs flourish in the poverty-stricken, sandy, alkaline soil of the far West and Northwest. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Then for a time a high growth of greasewood hid the surroundings from Shefford's sight. The Rainbow Trail He kicked a stub of greasewood branch back into the flames and laughed. The Trail of the White Mule "Miss Hammond, I suppose that prize horse of yours—White Stockings—would spoil his coat if he were heah to roll in this greasewood and cactus." Light of the Western Stars She had hidden the packs near the tallest bunch of greasewood along the trail; and when she halted behind it she had no fear of being seen from the corrals. Wildfire He started off to gather dead branches of greasewood; and Casey, having prepared the way for possible disappointment, turned toward the car. The Trail of the White Mule For miles a dark-green growth of greasewood covered the valley, and Shefford could see where the green thinned and failed, to give place to sand. The Rainbow Trail The arrow pointed to the right where a narrow, little-used trail angled crookedly away through the greasewood. The Trail of the White Mule Bunches of greasewood and cactus plants were interspersed here and there in the grass. Light of the Western Stars |
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