| 单词 | Llano Estacado |
| 例句 | Wayland Baptist University and the Museum of the Llano Estacado will break ground June 24 on the Jimmy Dean Museum addition to the museum on the Wayland campus in Plainview, Dean’s hometown. Jimmy Dean Museum planned for Wayland Baptist 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The second day after leaving Stinking Springs, we came to the "Kid's" noted "Castle" at Los Potales, on the western edge of the great "Llano Estacado." A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z El Llano Estacado, or the Llano, as it is frequently termed, is about 500 miles across from north to south, and 280 miles wide from east to west. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z "The Jiccarilla Apaches, I think; the worst set of scamps this side of the Llano Estacado." Through Apache Lands In the Comanche of the Llano Estacado, or the Pawnee of the Platte, he would have found an exact counterpart of the Ishmaelitish wanderer over the sandy plains of the Sa�ra. The Boy Slaves Therefore the early Spanish called it El Llano Estacado—the Palisaded Plain; but the Americans believed that the name was given because the only trails across it were marked by stakes. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The days went by, and late springtime found the Man from Bitter Creek in the upper river country which lies just west of the great Llano Estacado. When the West Was Young This boy was born on the fragrant fresh soil, out on the open prairie, under the steely sun and the cool wind from off the Llano Estacado. Valley of Wild Horses "My days were filled," he remembers, "with monotonous rounds of what seemed an endless, heart-breaking war with drought and frost and dust-storms, poison-weeds and hail, for the sake of survival on the Llano Estacado." The Cosmic Express Perhaps there are none now, but in 1884 there were supposed to be still a few on the Llano Estacado or Stakes Plain. A Tramp's Notebook In the Comanche of the Llano Estacado, or the Pawnee of the Platte, he would have found an exact counterpart of the Ishmaelitish wanderer over the sandy plains of the Saara. The Boy Slaves They said that they had followed the trail to the Pecos, where the Indians had crossed, and that the savages had continued on towards the Llano Estacado. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The trappers recognised an affluent of the Rio Bravo, running from the north—from the high steppe of the Llano Estacado. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The road is excellent over the "Llano Estacado," or Staked Plain. 34-1/2. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions But the trouble was to reach the Pecos across the ninety intervening miles of waterless plateau called the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Pope told a flattering tale Which proved to be bravado, About the streams that spout like ale On the Llano Estacado! The Long Roll As Carlos said this, he pointed to a number of ragged ridges that from the brow of the Llano Estacado jutted out into the plain. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Behind him was broken country; ahead of him was the terrible land that men have called the Llano Estacado. Kid Wolf of Texas As next morning’s sun breaks over the Llano Estacado they descend its western slope into the valley of the Rio Pecos. The Lone Ranche The perils of the Llano Estacado were behind them, but they were now in the domain of the Comanche and in hourly danger of ambush or open attack. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier They seemed to be moving northward, along the level meadows that stretched between the butte and the Llano Estacado. The Boy Hunters They passed down the valley, and struck out in the direction of the Llano Estacado. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Out on the great Llano Estacado, The Kid managed, by superior horsemanship, to give the balance of his pursuers the slip. Kid Wolf of Texas Were it so, there would not be much likelihood of their ever reaching the Del Norte or leaving the Llano Estacado alive. The Lone Ranche To see on the map of the Union "Llano Estacado" is to give, as it were, the initials of heroic names. A Hero and Some Other Folks It was the eastern escarpment of the famous “Llano Estacado,” or “Staked Plain.” The Boy Hunters It is to be a long one, I heard, as he is to take a new route over the Llano Estacado.” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Instinctively Kid Wolf knew that he was looking at the dread scourge of the Llano Estacado—The Terror of the Staked Plains! Kid Wolf of Texas After their affair with the Tenawas, the Texan Rangers directed their course towards the Llano Estacado. The Lone Ranche This is owing to the body of water to the eastward of it, and to the dry and elevated plain of the Llano Estacado, and the lofty mountains which lie to the westward. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 “Yonder!” cried François; “yonder they go!” and he pointed far out upon the prairie where several reddish-looking objects were seen flying like the wind toward the far bluffs of the Llano Estacado. The Boy Hunters At the south the Llano Estacado tapers to a point, declining into the mezquite plains and valleys of numerous small streams that debouch into the Lower Rio Grande. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The rider was doing well to avoid the Llano Estacado. Kid Wolf of Texas It is the fourth day after forsaking the couch among the shin oaks, and the two fugitives are still travelling upon the Llano Estacado. The Lone Ranche I heard once of a man banished from New England to the Llano Estacado, the great summer-bitten plains of Texas. Life's Enthusiasms The northeastern section of this extensive country is composed of that stupendous level tract known as the "Llano Estacado," or "Staked Plain." Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" The “Llano Estacado,” or “Staked Plain” of the hunters, is one of the most singular formations of the Great American Prairie. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Giving his mount a touch of spur, the horseman turned the animal westward toward the Llano Estacado. Kid Wolf of Texas After what has happened, I hate New Mexico, and would prefer staying in the Llano Estacado.” The Lone Ranche Once more his steed the maguey spurned, Once more the sky above him burned, On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 West of the Pecos River Texas extended a vast wild region, barren in the north where the Llano Estacado spread its shifting sands, fertile in the south along the Rio Grande. The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border So perilous is the “Jornada,” or crossing of the Llano Estacado, that throughout all its length of four hundred miles there are only two places where travellers can effect it in safety! The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico It was Kid Wolf's second day on the Llano Estacado, and his usual good spirits had returned. Kid Wolf of Texas Another sun rises over the Llano Estacado, his beams gilding with ruddy glow the brown basaltic cliffs that enclose the valley of the Arroyo de Alamo. The Lone Ranche He turned his face, and rode away Toward the grave of dying day, And vanished with its parting ray On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Animals are rare upon the Llano Estacado, although the prong-horn antelope—true denizen of the desert—is there found, as also its enemy, the Mexican jackal, or coyote. The Lone Ranche Steep and difficult as it was, it could be scaled by the black horse; and, once on the wide plain of the Llano Estacado, Carlos could laugh at his soldier-pursuers. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico It was no wonder that the Spanish padres, who had crossed this enormous plateau long before, had named it the Llano Estacado—the Staked Plains. Kid Wolf of Texas On the sterile Llano Estacado it took scarce a minute for the dark Mexican maiden to subdue the heart of Hamersley. The Lone Ranche His mouth was black with blood and sweat— Heaven! how he longed his lips to wet On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 So long as he carries a gun, with ammunition to load it, you need have no fear he or his companion will perish from hunger, even on the Llano Estacado.” The Lone Ranche On going back to his cave he had crossed a fresh trail coming in from the northern end of the Llano Estacado. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico The elevated table-land known as Llano Estacado is in length over three hundred miles, with an average width of sixty or seventy. The Lone Ranche Still, on the Llano Estacado, lord of all, save when confronted by the grizzly bear—then he becomes a cat. The Lone Ranche But well he knew If empty it should meet her view, Her scorn—but still his longing grew On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 There, upon the Llano Estacado, so rarely trodden by human feet, and even shunned by almost every species of animal, she could not. The Lone Ranche Not less brilliant fell those beams where no harvest was ever known—upon the wild plain of the Llano Estacado. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico In a great city he would be taken for a savant, though difficult to tell what he may be, seen in the Llano Estacado surrounded by a desert. The Lone Ranche By what sinister combination of circumstances has the military commandant of Albuquerque made his home in the midst of a howling wilderness, for such is the Llano Estacado? The Lone Ranche While upon cushioned couch you lie, Oh, think how hard it is to die, Beneath the cruel, cloudless sky On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 For months he had made up his mind to have her for his wife—long before their forced flight into the Llano Estacado. The Lone Ranche The setting sun saw that long line of Indian warriors filing from the valley, and heading for the plain of the Llano Estacado. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico For it lay across a sterile tract—the great gypsum bed of North-western Texas, on which abut the bluffs of the Llano Estacado. The Lone Ranche You have been lost upon the Llano Estacado?” The Lone Ranche That night in the Presidio, Beneath the torchlight's wavy glow, She danced—and never thought of him, The victim of a woman's whim, Lying, with face upturned and grim, On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Having crossed the Rio Pecos bottom, and climbed up the bluffs to the higher bench of the Llano Estacado, they strike out over the sterile plain. The Lone Ranche He spared not spur, he drew not rein, Across that broad, unchanging plain, Till he the Mustang spring might gain, On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Was that a skull that gleamed and shone On the Llano Estacado? The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 It is upon a creek called “Pecan,” a confluent of the Little Witchita river, which heads about a hundred miles from the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado. The Lone Ranche |
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