| 单词 | prairie fire |
| 例句 | Sometimes open leads of water in all directions were wreathed with wisps of frost smoke as the water began to freeze, and Shackleton commented that the effect resembled the smoke from a prairie fire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They also have deep root systems that help them to recover quickly from grazing or prairie fire. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “About the prairie fires? About how sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But it’s just such a dangerous strategy. Because you cannot control where the prairie fire is going.” How the culture war co-opted a free-market zealot | 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z "A single spark can start a prairie fire." Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Fight for rights. A single spark can start a prairie fire.” Students protest as discontent rises over China’s zero-COVID 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, one national wildfire management incident team continued to oversee a large prairie fire in Nebraska, where more than 200 firefighters were battling a blaze that has been burning since last week. Dry Southwest braces for stiffer winds, ‘epic’ fire danger 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, one national incident team continued to oversee a large prairie fire in Nebraska, where more than 200 firefighters were battling a blaze that has been burning since last week. Dry Southwest braces for stiffer winds, ‘epic’ fire danger 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z One team was overseeing a large fire in Nebraska, where more than 200 firefighters battling a prairie fire that has been burning since last week. Gusty winds, dryness could fan spring U.S. wildfires again 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z More than 200 firefighters in that state were battling a prairie fire that has been burning since last week. Fire crews prepare for dry thunderstorms, erratic winds 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z As Mao Zedong said, a single spark can start a prairie fire. American Basketball vs. Chinese Hardball. Guess Who Won. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The tree exists because it was able to survive prairie fires, she said. Chicago photographer draws inspiration from Kansas prairies 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Like carbon dioxide, prairie fire is a friend until it’s turned into an enemy. The Mail 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “This is a prairie fire that is going to spark here and go across the country,” Daley told the volunteers. Billionaires join fight over Michigan's 'rigged' voting map 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z News outlets did not cover the prairie fires extensively, the way they do California fires. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Eastern red cedar trees traditionally survived on steep, north-facing slopes in canyons where prairie fires couldn’t reach. Nebraska lawmakers to address fast-spreading tree problem 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Eastern red cedar trees traditionally survived on steep, north-facing slopes in canyons where prairie fires couldn’t reach. Eastern red cedar trees spread out of control 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z As nativism spreads like a prairie fire, an anti-immigrant president from New York rises to power. This is the US president most like Trump 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z During that time, they built a house and stables and survived a visit by wolves, clouds of mosquitoes, a prairie fire and occasional visits by Osage Indians, on whose reservation the family settled. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ cabin to be rebuilt in Kansas 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The biggest prairie fire in Texas history burned about a million acres on the Panhandle in 2006. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “Through amalgamating financial, patriotic, and racist interests, the Klan spread like a prairie fire,” Gordon writes. Conspiracy theories, fake news, racism fueling KKK’s rise — in the 1920s 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Trump has also ignited a prairie fire of grassroots activism, almost all of it against him. Night thoughts on Trump and America 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In a twist of ironic justice, the Donald’s deep darkness has sparked a prairie fire of mass opposition, raging political activism and movement organizing for the long haul. The ultimate guide to anti-Trumpism: Turn all that spontaneous outrage into concerted action 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z During that time, they built a house and stable and survived a visit by wolves, clouds of mosquitoes, a prairie fire and occasional visits by Osage Indians, on whose reservation the family settled. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ cabin in need of makeover 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Deke Arndt, a meteorologist and a climate scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has written on NOAA’s Web site about prairie fires. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The human-caused prairie fire burned 64 square miles of grassland, killed nearly 300 cattle and destroyed numerous rural buildings. Ranchers hurt by Cottonwood Fire to get some aid this week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "A single spark can start a prairie fire," he said, referencing a civil war slogan of Mao Zedong. Hong Kong small-caps: ready for China fever? 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Another rider, herding cattle ahead of a raging prairie fire, pauses to openly marvel that he’s still doing this in the 21st century. Hell or High Water answers the questions No Country For Old Men asks Hell or High Water answers the questions No Country For Old Men asks 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z He seeks to ignite a populist prairie fire that will burn a path to the White House. Why Peter Thiel Really Supports Trump 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z People say that Native Americans sometimes used prairie fires as an environmental tool. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In his mind, Mr. Trump may still envision a populist prairie fire carrying him to the White House. Trump’s Would Be No Ordinary Defeat 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Intriguingly, this was a year before the Tea Party movement seemingly sprang from nowhere and spread like a prairie fire to the thirty-nine state capitals where the Franklin Center now operates its news sites. Inside the right-wing lie factory: Secrets of a Koch-funded propaganda machine more insidious than Fox News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z I don’t need a drone to deliver me a pizza, but I’d like to be able to fly one over a prairie fire, blizzard or a train wreck. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Weaver chimed in: “We’re going to show that prairie fire beats firewall.” How Bernie Sanders is plotting his path to the Democratic nomination 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z In the Midwest, prairie fires—like those shown in the spring of 2014—are often prescribed burns intended to keep grasslands healthy. Watch Western Wildfires Burn After Years of Drought 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z "We call it 'prairie fire,' where I come from," says Lake, a Montana native. New Insurgents, Old Problems 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z In this combustible mix, Beijing's announcements were the proverbial sparks that lit the prairie fire. Hong Kong protests: Has Beijing won? 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Finally, he got to the point: “The prairie fire from Texas, Ted Cruz!” Seeking to revive his Senate campaign, Pat Roberts turns to ‘The Man’ — Ted Cruz It was projected in the “spectacular” special effects of Buffalo Bill’s sideshow, which included simulated prairie fires, a sunset and the cyclone. Our sick gun fetish is destroying us: Tea Party fantasies kill kids 2013-12-14T13:15:00Z Kopseng is a conservative Republican, and like many North Dakotans, he includes government regulation in the same category of pleasant experiences as droughts, floods, grasshoppers and prairie fires. North Dakota Went Boom 2013-01-31T12:00:12Z Then, he called Mr. Romney’s speech here last week warning of a “prairie fire of debt” more like “a cow pie of distortion.” Obama Leaps Into Direct Attacks 2012-05-25T02:19:22Z When Republican Romney decried the “prairie fire” of U.S. debt Tuesday, he ignored some of the sparks that set it ablaze. Mitt: The real European 2012-04-27T12:00:00Z Rapid in its pursuit as a prairie fire, it was only the swift who could escape it. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z When the tidings reached Oregon it was as though a prairie fire were running over the country. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z I looked over my claim and found it just as I had left it the fall before, excepting that a prairie fire during the winter had burned the grass. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z "A prairie fire," he cried apprehensively, and urged his teams forward toward Dallas. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z George and Harry Wright and Barnes and Spalding, and a lot of others just as good, went over the country like a prairie fire. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z One dark night, in particular, I remember the prairie fire lent quite a mournful grandeur to p. 230the scene. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z A little further up we witnessed a great prairie fire, 290 on the left bank. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The sky at night in the vicinity of Apple Creek, in Dakota, a few weeks ago, was red all around the horizon, and the people knew that the prairie fires were burning. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z A prairie fire with the wind behind it as this was, would bid no good for Dallas, and once there he could be of a little service, since he knew how to fight it. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z They can be indifferent and gigantic as the prairie fire and typhoon. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z She was not afraid of prairie fires, which, as a rule, can be avoided easily, but this one would necessitate her making a round. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z This appalling tragedy chanced to occur at the same time as vast prairie fires in Minnesota, and the terrible conflagration which destroyed Chicago. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z We passed through a prairie fire, when the atmosphere was so hot and dense that extra pressure of steam was put on our locomotive to rush our train through it. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But in the fall when the grass is dry and crisp, and the surface below is warm and dry, is the time of prairie fires. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z The prairie fire could be handled in most cases if it caught in the short prairie or buffalo grass. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Emerging on YouTube a few days ago but spreading like a drought-struck prairie fire by last night, the video was certainly jarring. The Caucus: Cain Campaign Manager Says Smoking Video Is No Hoax 2011-10-25T14:58:35Z So here this was the last prairie fire of any consequence in that part of the country. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z In a moment it became evident that the biggest kind of a prairie fire was started. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z On all sides lay the black carcases of the countless victims which this prairie fire had destroyed, and many animals struggling with death were rolling in their agony on the plain. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The Indian was not the only risk—there was the prairie fire, the Texas fever, and numerous other dangers confronting one at every step. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Nevertheless, the kopje once gained, the men rushed along the crest and entrenched themselves in a spot that looked as though it had been overtaken by a prairie fire. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z "We had high winds, we're under a burn ban because of extensive prairie fires, brush fires, and in they rolled with the idea of blowing up things." Texas county official says "stupid" feds sparked fire 2011-05-13T22:22:02Z A short time after this a great prairie fire came, driven by a strong wind, and swept over the place where this unjust woman and her family were camping. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z These birds regularly follow the prairie fires in large numbers, in order to eat its countless small four-footed denizens, after the fire has passed over them, and either rendered them helpless or killed them. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Only those who have seen a prairie fire in tall grass with a stiff wind blowing, can picture the scene as it actually happened. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z You prairie-dwellers have, I am told, two great elements of danger—the blizzard and the prairie fire?” The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z The origin of the name is commonly given as referring to the blackening of their moccasins by the ashes of the prairie fires. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z As if this were not enough, several prairie fires crept up, and the flames augmented the general discomfort. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z Forest and prairie fires in Wisconsin and Michigan. 15,000 persons were made homeless; 1000 lives lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The blazing doors had fired the straw on which the wounded lay, and the interior was like a prairie fire. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z You know all about prairie fires and I am quite useless. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z After a prairie fire, similarly, new flowers spring up that were not there before. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Telegram No. 2.—Please omit lions, tigers, poisonous serpents, swords, battle-axes, revolvers, thunderbolts, prairie fires and cheek. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z The east blazed like the forefront of a prairie fire when we reached the top. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The second figure is this year’s federal budget deficit, which has touched off a prairie fire of public protest and emerged as the central issue of the newly installed Republican House. The White House Looks for Work 2011-01-20T16:25:47Z He was more at home fighting a prairie fire than caring for a woman in hysteria. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Thus the spirit of democracy has really escaped among the coloured people and it is running abroad like a prairie fire. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z The old poles were of red cedar taken from the ca�ons and were all burned black by the prairie fires. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Why, she was raging like a prairie fire when they brought her here. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z We went on steadily all night, passing a large prairie fire. A Kut Prisoner It was a sort of natural barrier, stretching across the plain as if put there to check the sweep of "norther" storms and prairie fires, and any sort of stampedes. The Red Mustang His father took a claim; dry seasons, big mortgage and prairie fires killed the mother and the father, too. Dolly's College Experiences Tall prairie grass waved like the ocean and prairie fires were greatly feared. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The sun was going down, and the lake, seen through a gap in the trees, looked like a prairie fire. A Yankee from the West A Novel With protection from prairie fires, woody vegetation had encroached onto areas that were formerly grassland, and, later, fencing against livestock permitted dense thickets of undergrowth to develop. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana "There is great heat and noise and smoke like a prairie fire." The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Memories, doubts, regrets—all went scurrying before it, like wild things before the onrush of a prairie fire. Shadows of Flames A Novel I am sorry to say that most of the money and labor were lost for prairie fires almost completely destroyed the hedge. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z "I bet it will beat a prairie fire," I said. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure For some 80 years, since the time the land was first settled and prairie fires were brought under control, woody vegetation has been encroaching into areas that were formerly grassland. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana Having read about prairie fires, we decided to protect our stack by burning away the short stubble around it. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant On a windless plain there is no danger from a prairie fire. The Story of the Trapper Things grew fast; it was only the prairie fires that had kept the land a desert so long, and year by year these fires had enriched the soil. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z So the chairs were pushed back, after Nora had brought in some snow cream, which was something like ice cream only made with snow instead of ice, and Uncle Frank told about a prairie fire. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds Woody vegetation, already favored by protection from the prairie fires originally important in the ecology of this region underwent further development as a result of protection from browsing. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana The heat from the prairie fire was most oppressive. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Natural history tells of nothing sadder than a buffalo herd overtaken by a prairie fire. The Story of the Trapper On the way to Grand Island one of the party accidentally started a prairie fire six miles east of Grand Island. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z I've got an appetite on me like a prairie fire, and if you fellers are really glad116 to see me you'll hustle up here all the grub in the Commissary Department. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro They rushed for the door like panic-stricken cattle before a great prairie fire, biting and trampling upon one another in their haste. A Monk of Cruta How it had escaped the prairie fires through its years of sturdy growth is a marvel, for it commanded the highest point of the whole divide. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Spooks and I awoke to find ourselves surrounded by a prairie fire. The Plow-Woman Western life was strange and exciting with always the possibility of an Indian raid, and dangerous prairie fires. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z A two years' drouth had destroyed the crops, and prairie fires had swept away the little which was left. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years You wolves went through that lunch like a prairie fire. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold The word that I had gone away started from Conlow's shop and swept through the town like a prairie fire through a grassy draw. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Why, Jane thinks all this yellow haze comes from a prairie fire. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The first exciting event was a prairie fire. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z While the people in Russia starved or slew one another their terrible missionaries went about the world preaching chaos as the new gospel and fanning the always smoldering discontent of labor into a prairie fire. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Meantime, the devouring wrath of Ames swept like a prairie fire over the dry, withering stalks of the smart set. Carmen Ariza Those who early observed and explored the grassy savannas of Indiana and Illinois, always maintained that they were kept denuded of trees and forests by the action of the great prairie fires. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 I do think a big prairie fire is one of the most terrifying sights, especially at night. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The following spring the warm days brought out millions of little ones, which a prairie fire later destroyed. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z And the effects were spreading with the speed of a prairie fire before a high wind. Prologue to an Analogue There was a thrill of apprehension in the bosom of- 303 - many present, who had heard terrible accounts of prairie fires, but this speedily subsided at the calm manner of Mr. Hardy. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers A fiery line, like the light of a distant prairie fire, hovered upon the horizon. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country They were not, as we at first thought, prairie fires, but the homesteader getting rid of the great mounds of stalk left by the threshing, the usual method. Westward with the Prince of Wales The first settlers deemed it important to locate on a stream where firewood could be obtained, and they were subject to high waters, prairie fires, constant fear of the Indian, and lack of provisions. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Starting in small groups of men, I saw it spread out over the mass with the speed of a prairie fire. The Harbor But, as Sarah says, when the washing don’t dry white there’s mostly a prairie fire somewheres around. The Hound From The North “It’s not a prairie fire,” the Padre went on. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills The little building, that had been saved in the prairie fire by the well-trodden oval around it, was crowded with the people of the district, assembled to enjoy their first public entertainment and tree. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The burning lodges, the whiskey in his blood, the hatred in his heart, all ran together so that Raoul felt like a prairie fire racing after the British Band. Shaman I remember the date well, for on that day the great Sisseton prairie fire burned up the town of Lone Tree. Track's End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher's Strange Winter Spent There As Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full "It must be as bad as a prairie fire." Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California All I can remember is that my folks were farmers, but got burnt out in a prairie fire, and—burnt to death. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills They had gone through their schedule with the smaller colleges like a prairie fire, and the scores they piled up had been amazing. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron The law of inverse squares by no means holds from a prairie fire for instance, or from a lighthouse, or from a street lamp in a fog. Pioneers of Science The great Jesuit missionary, Francis Xavier, introduced the religion of the Nazarene into Japan in 1849, and it spread like a prairie fire. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The news of the sad disaster had spread like a prairie fire. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness But omit not, O truthful and ecstatic one, to mention that dull rage which grew from small beginnings in the major's breast until it became furious and all-consuming, like a prairie fire. It, and Other Stories They had no fear of distance, nor storm, nor prairie fire, nor blizzard. Winning the Wilderness If we start next year with the same team we ought to go through the league like a prairie fire. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour The government made every effort to cope with the situation but the difficulties were tremendous and the scourge spread like a prairie fire. Birdseye Views of Far Lands There have never been those prairie fires of public opinion in England which often sweep over America. What I Saw in America It was like a prairie fire—they had not realized it could be so terrible and menacing until they actually saw it. The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Behind the scout came a patient, brave-hearted band of settlers who, against loneliness and distances and drouth and prairie fire and plague and boom, slowly but gloriously won the wilderness. Winning the Wilderness Their patients were almost legion; their fame spread like a prairie fire. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark A Puna fire does not, however, present the imposing spectacle of the prairie fires, as described by travellers in North America, possibly because the Puna straw is shorter, and is always somewhat damp. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Then there came an October afternoon which she never forgot because it burned across her life like a prairie fire and left a scarred track of memory behind it. Virginia The most of them were munching peanuts, and the crush of hulls under heavy feet added a subnote to the confusion like the crackle of a prairie fire. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Across a reach of level land, miles wide, a prairie fire was sweeping in the majesty of mastery. Winning the Wilderness Mrs. Parry's tongue still raged like a prairie fire. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story The news soon reached the States, and spread like a prairie fire on a windy day. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier To this nameless village, long ago swept away by the prairie fires, went Jasper the Parable, with his cobbling-tools, his stories, and his gospel of universal love and good-will. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk It's to teach Mrs. Granger that Texas has something besides bucking bronchos and prairie fires. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch There’s a prairie fire sweeping in on this wind somewhere. Winning the Wilderness There they had established a junta, independent of the government; and continued to launch forth their proclamations, powerless as the glow of the prairie fire after its flames have been extinguished. The Tiger Hunter This disaster was exactly what was needed to awaken the people of the state to the necessity of providing means for the prevention of forest and prairie fires and the preservation of our forests. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier With the cessation of the prairie fires, forest growths have steadily increased. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Indians and prairie fires and bucking bronchos and buffaloes. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch We don’t care for hot winds, nor cold winds, nor prairie fire, nor even a hailstorm, if it would only come. Winning the Wilderness But the prairie fire was slow to light. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Gigantic rolling clouds of flame were sweeping before the roaring wind like some vast prairie fire across the firmament. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The story of Daniel Boone inspired him in these latter novels, and he tells of such scenes as the great prairie fire and the panther fight with the vividness of an eye-witness. Historic Boyhoods And one day in the midst of the Opening, a prairie fire broke out, sweeping at forty miles an hour over the land the people had come to claim, sweeping straight toward Dallas. Land of the Burnt Thigh The weed-grown bed of Grass River was swept as by a prairie fire. Winning the Wilderness In fact, as several of the customers remarked, Miss Bell was in a fine temper that morning, and her tongue raged round like a prairie fire. The Bishop's Secret "Here is a sunset I painted a long time ago—" "It looks like a prairie fire," murmured the older sister, gravely eyeing the highly-colored sheet upside down. Heart of Gold It is like a prairie fire: once kindled it is beyond our power to stamp it out. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The western fever became an epidemic that spread like a prairie fire. Land of the Burnt Thigh When he has tamed all these things—prairie fire, storm and drouth, winds and lonely distances, why, there isn’t any more wilderness. Winning the Wilderness The whole settlement was roused by the astounding news, which spread like a prairie fire throughout the length and breadth of the valley. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico It might be far off—for the wind will carry the smoke of a prairie fire a long distance—but I had an unpleasant suspicion that it was not distant. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse And say, listen: there's a smell in the air like a prairie fire running through a Georgia goober-king's plantation. From Place to Place We were living in the Land of the Burnt Thigh, the famous hunting ground of the Brulé Indians, whose name was derived from a great prairie fire which had once swept the land. Land of the Burnt Thigh We slept in the bed of our wagon-box that night while the crew rode away to fight a prairie fire. A Daughter of the Middle Border The plot develops rapidly, and is illustrated by exciting incidents of river freshets, shipwreck on one of the great lakes, and a prairie fire. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Moreover, prairie fires had burned the hay intended for the Police, and the Hudson's Bay Company, having lost their supply also, could not assist. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police In the distance we could see a prairie fire, gradually eating its way towards the river; but we felt safe near the water and lay down to sleep. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The prairie fire had not got me down, but at the thought of that box I went to bed and stayed there three days. Land of the Burnt Thigh Away to the south the Tiger Hills were veiled in blue smoke, as if some distant prairie fire was raging through the meadows beyond. The Second Chance Far in the distance many prairie fires stretched like miles of blazing serpents over the distance. Memoirs And when once infection or inflammation has occurred at any point in it, there is nothing to prevent its spreading like a prairie fire, all over the entire abdominal cavity from diaphragm to pelvis. Preventable Diseases It was not long before I saw that my dawn was a prairie fire. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History But at least we had checked the prairie fire. Land of the Burnt Thigh The drouth was due, no doubt, to the frequent prairie fires which swept the country; these found birth in the camp-fire coals left by ignorant or careless settlers on their way in. Deep Furrows One of General Sherman's veteran soldiers was once describing a prairie fire. The Story of Garfield Farm-boy, Soldier, and President The other, where it spreads rapidly over the surface just under the skin, after the fashion of the prairie fire, producing erysipelas. Preventable Diseases A few days after our arrival a prairie fire came from the west and with a brisk wind swept the whole country with a very besom of destruction. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History It lay in ashes, destroyed by a prairie fire. Land of the Burnt Thigh The days of prairie fires that ran amuck gave way to thriving crops; but at thirty and forty cents per bushel the thriving of those who sowed them was another matter. Deep Furrows We knew that prairie fires often took place, and we had seen some on a smaller scale; but this appeared to us more extensive than any we had heard of. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory “Then we’ll make our way to yonder knoll, where it is shorter,” said Burnett, who was not to be put out by Indians, locusts, or prairie fires. The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America When I was ready to start, the tavern keeper told me that I had better stay the night, for a prairie fire was sweeping from the northwest. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History But every time I stooped to take a drink the barrels went rattling across the plain into a prairie fire. Land of the Burnt Thigh I remembered the appearance of the prairie fire from which I had before so narrowly escaped, and I now became convinced that we were about to encounter a similar danger. Afar in the Forest By degrees we approached the prairie fire and the flames were leaping up three or four feet in a line many hundred yards long. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Pointing it out to Burnett, he asked— “Can that be produced by a prairie fire?” The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America The rush inside the cabin, the closing of the doors, and taking stand at the windows, have been done in that haste with which men retreat from a tiger or flee before a prairie fire. The Lone Ranche All at once a crowd had gathered, attracted by the leaping flames on what had been the settlement of Ammons, running to fight the threatening prairie fire. Land of the Burnt Thigh The easiest thing in the world is for a high wind to sweep a prairie fire. The Masques of Ottawa He said he saw a prairie fire once92 and it looked like the waves of the sea. Peggy in Her Blue Frock Business would suffer; it would be as dead here as a grasshopper after a prairie fire while readjustment to new conditions shaped. Trail's End Proud and arrogant, he sent despatches through the whole of the Sudan, and his summons to a holy war flew like a prairie fire over North Africa. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People In my own mind, I had no doubt the villain had been in that company we pursued through the prairie fire. Lords of the North When the big circular tumble weeds are bounding over the plains then is the time to look out for prairie fires; and woe betide the man caught in a blizzard in these lonely regions. Ranching, Sport and Travel On the other side of the wide creek the prairie fire burned itself out. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys The word ran like a prairie fire from those who heard the order given, that they were going to shoot Craddock for his crimes and bury him on the spot. Trail's End It isn't every day they see a prairie fire, and they'll never forget it. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's I rode over like a prairie fire to let you folks know. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis You see the big prairie fire from your place last night? My Ántonia It was dusk, and the prairie fire was almost out. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys Sometimes the jealousy in his heart flamed up like a prairie fire when it comes to a brush heap. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North There's a big prairie fire started some miles south of here, and the wind is blowing it right this way. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's Lonely I sit and watch the fitful burning Of prairie fires, far off, through gathering gloom; While the young moon, and one bright star returning Down the blue solitude, leave Night their room. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems The news of Paul's arrival on the coast seemed to have spread with the rapidity of a prairie fire all over Skibbereen, and people commenced gathering from all parts of the town around the hotel. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World "All you'll have to do will be to escape from a prairie fire." The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys And then that conversation spreads like a prairie fire, and the men knot up into a cluster, and hard words are used, and a lot more friendships go into the back shop for repairs. Homeburg Memories Then Mr. Bell told about a big prairie fire. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's A prairie fire and the death of the worthless husband are especially well handled.—A. The Quirt A number of prairie fires threw some light on the water, but barely enough to make the passage among snags and sand bars feasible. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Elaborate preparations had been made for this prairie fire picture. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys Far and near the fields lay scorched, withered, burnt to a crisp as if by the fast and furious blast of a raging prairie fire. The Way of the Wind The dread, wind-driven flame of the prairie fire, planned by the Sioux to burn out the defence, to serve as their ally, had been turned to their grave detriment. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier There was a big coulee among the hills, an', one summer, when there'd been a prairie fire that wiped out a lot o' feed, a bunch o' cattle was headed into this coulee. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters At last they discovered that a number of large prairie fires were raging to the eastward and the reflection of the flames on the sky, caused the apparent dual sunset. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World In the early days of the West prairie fires were one of the terrible features. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys "But it was hard work, too,—especially when that prairie fire came a little too close for comfort." The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real It is no easy matter to check a prairie fire against a prairie gale when every human aid is summoned. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier That shot had kindled a fire of patriotism that swept across the North like a prairie fire. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Jones, a Wesleyan, had only to drop the spark that “lit a prairie fire.” The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Then a suitable location for the "prairie fire" was found and a little rehearsal held. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys It started a fire that gathered strength each second, for all the world like a prairie fire, and the scenic effect was that of a titanic fireworks exhibition. S.O.S. Stand to! It wasn't his kind of love in the least that she wanted; it differed from his as the light of the sun differs from the blaze of a prairie fire. The Miller Of Old Church Sung first in the Empire Theatre on the Broadway by Abe Gideon, the bark-blocks comedian, ten days after the mare's victory and defeat, it had raged through the land like a prairie fire. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs These Indians were once caught in a prairie fire, many burned to death, and others badly burned about the thighs; hence the name Si-can-gu 'burnt thigh' and the sign. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Well, these films may never be developed," observed Russ, grimly, as took his camera off the tripod, "but I'm going to get a picture of this prairie fire. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys "We don't have cyclones and prairie fires in winter," her mother said, calmly. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 News that there is a woman to be found situated such as you are spreads through the ranks of them like—like—like a prairie fire. Sally Bishop A Romance The whole mob was soon stampeded and the rioters fled like animals before a prairie fire. The Harris-Ingram Experiment The news of your contumacy will spread like prairie fires. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) He had taken up a section of land, built himself a rude house, and was living there with his family when the prairie fire came, and he was forced to flee. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys I wish there would be a cyclone or a blizzard, or a prairie fire! Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 The sun rose high; the dry runs reminded us unpleasantly of our increasing thirst, and the puffing wind blew hot as from a distant prairie fire. The River and I The fame of it swept like prairie fire, far and wide. The Furnace of Gold The terror of hunger spread through the large cities and through the army at the front like prairie fire. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy For several days we had not been able to have a camp-fire, owing to the wind and dryness of the prairie, for had we started a prairie fire it might have done great damage. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The spreading of a prairie fire is slow compared to the speed with which news runs through the bazaar. The Hawk of Egypt The custom of puffing tobacco has spread like a prairie fire and it is now so common in the East that very few realise it was not always found there. Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children The foe fell before them as the withered grass before the prairie fire. The Empire of Russia Bolshevism is spreading with the rapidity of a prairie fire. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference A prairie fire was burning among them, and lit up the road for us. The Voyage of the Rattletrap She was a small and active chestnut mare, with a tawny fleece, a mane like a prairie fire, and a tail like a comet. Mount Music The enthusiasm of the people was like a great conflagration, like a prairie fire before a wild tornado. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him The last I heard of him he had just ridden through a prairie fire, and says the people out there think nothing of it. The Amateur Poacher It was like a prairie fire that spread and blazed up, higher and brighter. The Dark House In the high country a great prairie fire usually or quite often was followed by a heavy rainstorm. The Covered Wagon Between prairie fire and fight they had the most exciting time of their lives. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits If he's really guilty, as we believe, why, of course, he'll not wait on the order of his going, but skip out like a prairie fire, and we'll be shut of him. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant But just when we felt that the worst was over, simultaneously half a dozen prairie fires broke out in different portions of the pasture, calling every man to a fight that lasted three days. Reed Anthony, Cowman That was the spirit that raged like a prairie fire. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Worse than plumed warriors was yonder broken undulating line of the prairie fire. The Covered Wagon The smell of smoke grew stronger, and I knew there was a prairie fire burning to the westward. Vandemark's Folly "Drought killed the crops, prairie fires burned the hay, of course the cattle starved." O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Here and there prairie fires burned, and the red glow warred with the moon's radiance. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The blazing doors had turned the straw on which they lay into a prairie fire. With the Allies She never had seen it, but knew what it must be--the prairie fire! The Covered Wagon They were fleeing from the great prairie fire of 1859, which swept Monterey County from side to side, and never stopped until it struck the river over in the next county. Vandemark's Folly No frontiersman, in a land where prairie fires spread as the breath of scandal, ever leaves fire alive when out of his sight; and to this instinct the Indian was true. Where the Trail Divides There were tempests, droughts, famines, stampedes of the stock, prairie fires, and Indian forays. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West It looked as though a cyclone had uprooted its houses, gardens, and orchards and a prairie fire had followed. With the Allies The firing becomes faster and faster; then suddenly swells into a roar and now comes the phenomenon of trench warfare: "wind up"—the prairie fire of the trenches. Bullets & Billets I have seen prairie fires in Montana and Western Canada; but they do not compare to the prairie fires of old Iowa. Vandemark's Folly They are trying to escape from poverty, from a disaster worse than any prairie fire or other physical danger. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers The cave men and Sagoths in the dugouts seemed to wither before that blast of death like dry grass before a prairie fire. Pellucidar The snow had thawed a little and formed an icy crust, and over this fresh snow had fallen, which a northwest wind swept over the surface like ashes after a prairie fire. Old Indian Days The passion that awoke in him that day, when he saw her at the gate, swept along like an avalanche, or like a prairie fire, or like anything that drives headlong over all obstacles. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories You have seen a prairie fire where the flames have swept every trace of grass or plant from the surface of the earth and left only a blackened waste. The Poison Belt The strike spread with the speed of a prairie fire over most of the northern roads between New England and the Mississippi. The United States Since the Civil War This report, judiciously started, ran like prairie fire; and the house was all the afternoon in a pleasant state of excitement. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life It does not rage like a prairie fire. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 With fire-water, that itself burns with a blue flame and consumes the soul like a prairie fire, that leaves nothing behind it but red sand. The Road to Damascus Men rode uneasily here and there, and when they met they talked of prairie fires and of fire guards and the direction of the wind, and of the faint prospect of rain. Lonesome Land The Red Thought burst into a flame that swept North and South, as a prairie fire sweeps the stubble of autumn. The Man in Gray That was the policy which carried Christianity through the empire like a prairie fire. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Not if we light a prairie fire behind it and set another in front. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis Like the flame of a prairie fire, it went with a zip! The War Romance of the Salvation Army There's nothing grander to look at than a prairie fire at night. Lonesome Land Your real, devastating row has many points of resemblance with a prairie fire. Mike I sent the three men away, and then opened the sty gate and beckoned Sandy to come—which she did; and not leisurely, but with the rush of a prairie fire. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. The prairie fire is terrible while it sweeps along, but it soon burns out. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 2 You have, perhaps, seen a prairie fire sweep through the tall grass across a plain. Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training The charm connected with cowboy life is found in the disregard of strict rules of etiquette and ceremony, and in the amount of fun which is considered to be in place around the prairie fire. 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 "Look here, aunt, you know very well that prairie fire is met with a back-fire." American Indian stories Not a breath stirred in the trees, and the prairie fire that smouldered so indolently was surely the gentlest of its race. Purple Springs The prairie-dwellers have a way of fighting a prairie fire which is very effective. The Black Creek Stopping-House Often had they talked of prairie fires as a spectacle of grandeur. 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" He was shortly afterwards captured in a prairie fire, in which he was in great danger of being destroyed; nothing but the daring of his horse saved his life. 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 The prairie fires quite lovely, on all sides, quivering high flames for miles, and the night being dark, they looked very bright. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Over all was the pervading Spring smell of fresh earth, and the distant smoulder of prairie fires. Purple Springs "It is a fire—regular prairie fire," Bud murmured. The Boy Ranchers on the Trail There was a thrill of apprehension in the bosom of many present, who had heard terrible accounts of prairie fires, but this speedily subsided at the calm manner of Mr. Hardy. On the Pampas Knowing there was scant danger of a prairie fire during a storm, Henry took out his hunting-knife and cut up a small portion of the buffalo. On the Trail of Pontiac The prettiest things to see here are the prairie fires at night. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba It was very hot at Safed in the daytime; and when we left the next day we had a most trying ride across a country burnt black with the recent prairie fire. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II "There must have been some wonderful sights out here, years ago, when there were millions of buffalo, and when there were prairie fires, miles in width, driving them before it." The Boy Ranchers on the Trail They caught sight of the lonely little figure in the background, and his cry went to their hearts, and a great wave of rage and shame swept the line like a prairie fire. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism He had not seen many prairie fires, but he knew something of their danger. Cowboy Dave All of them had seen the labour of months go for naught in the blight of an evening's frost, or the sweep of a prairie fire. West Wind Drift He has faced prairie fires, stampeded buffalo herds, and met dangers by flood and field. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The soldier, of course, had nothing to do with the prairie fire, and who set it, if it was set, was not discovered. The Boy Ranchers on the Trail Also, America entered the war, and a wave of patriotic excitement swept like a prairie fire over the country. 100%: the Story of a Patriot The air was gradually clearing of the smoke from the prairie fire, though far off it could be observed burning yet. Cowboy Dave It had the appearance in one place of a great prairie fire, rising from the surface and getting higher as it drifted off before the wind in heavy, dark, rolling masses. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition These tuiles often catch on fire in the fall and early winter, when everything is comparatively dry, and fairly rival the prairie fires of the Western plains in the fierceness of the flames. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran The hot breath of the prairie fire had brought the color to his blanched cheeks. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail It was too much in one spot to be a prairie fire; and as we drove on the sad apprehension that it was a stack of hay was confirmed. Minnesota and Dacotah Plowing and burning a strip are the two principal methods used in fighting prairie fires. Cowboy Dave Away on the southern horizon we could faintly perceive the floating yellow haze of the prairie fires lit by the Mashonas. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Here had been a huge construction camp; and the bare and squalid place looked as if it once had been a town of crudest make, suddenly wrecked by a cyclone and burned by prairie fire. The U. P. Trail The pony dashed out into a broad, open water course, whose dry, glistening sands would prove an effectual barrier to the prairie fire. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail We saw that the usual precaution against prairie fires had been taken. Minnesota and Dacotah It would be the worst possible procedure to leave loose in the country so desperate a character as one who would deliberately start a prairie fire. Cowboy Dave Here the ashes of the prairie fires discoloured their moccasins and turned them black, and, in consequence, they were called the Blackfeet Indians. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada He was prepared to continue to wait because he knew his love to be so great that it must eventually catch hold of her like the licking flame of a prairie fire. Who Cares? a story of adolescence In the geography books of my youth prairie fires were always portrayed as taking place in long grass, and all living things ran before them. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography The terrible prairie fires, which every autumn waste the western plains, are frequently started through the gross carelessness of people who camp out, and leave their fires burning. Minnesota and Dacotah And off to the west glowed, roared and crackled the menacing prairie fire. Cowboy Dave Yes," said the Commissioner, "that saved a settler's wife and child—a prairie fire. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail In prairie fires thousands were blinded and would go tumbling down banks into streams or lie down to die. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars It is also said that prairie fires sweeping across the plains destroyed the little trees whenever they sprouted. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America If the West in general was uneasy, Kansas yeas in the throes of a mighty convulsion; it was swept as by the combination of a tornado and a prairie fire. The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics Of course where a strong wind is blowing a prairie fire toward one, another method of escape can be taken. Cowboy Dave In the long run, by this simple device of backfiring, which may well have been a reminiscence of prairie fire days in the West, the Commission obtained enough money to carry on. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times At the election McClellan carried but one Northern State—New Jersey, where he was born—President Lincoln sweeping the country like a prairie fire. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller And it was tinted like a chromo of a prairie fire. Further Adventures of Lad The sun had dropped low, and the two boys, as Mrs. Wheeler watched them from the kitchen window, seemed to be walking beside a prairie fire. One of Ours It spread like wildfire through the town--just like a prairie fire out West. Pillars of Society A running series of questions were asked and answered; saddles were shaken out of gunny-sacks and cinched on waiting horses as though we were starting to a prairie fire. The Outlet She was out on the prairie at night, miles away from any house, driving a water-wagon for the men to put out a prairie fire. Her Prairie Knight In my opinion this war is going to spread like a prairie fire. The Agony Column Florence Grace Hallman had, upon one of her periodical visits among her "clients," warned them of the danger of prairie fires and urged them to plow and burn guards around all their buildings. The Flying U's Last Stand Then an August prairie fire, sweeping up from the southwest, leaped the narrow fire-guard about the one building and burned up everything there, except Dean Fenneben. A Master's Degree Several times the rain ceased entirely, when the phosphorus, like a prairie fire, appeared on every hand. The Outlet The cavalry swept through the village like a prairie fire, and pursued the flying Indians until darkness put an end to the chase. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister This was one of the hall-marks of that terrible Montana prairie fire through which he had fought to save the life of a child. Light of the Western Stars The cook and horse-wrangler were included, and the activities of the outfit in saddling and getting away were suggestive of a prairie fire or a stampede. The Outlet |
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