| 单词 | prairie grass |
| 例句 | Plug’s hooves crunched against the stubby prairie grass, speckled with little cactus. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A hot breeze carried the sweet scent of prairie grass through the open door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z On the plains of the American west, where steer 534 was born, bison and the prairie grasses lived together in partnership for thousands of years. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Hale rode up fiercely on his horse, emerging from the tall prairie grasses. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the most exposed portions there was only sand tufted with marine and prairie grasses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As I listened to the wind bending over the prairie grass, I realized I’d never have my leg as good as new. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He could have heard us coming last Tuesday the way the prairie grass sang as we whipped through it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The truck’s headlights catch tire tracks and prairie grass and insects weaving back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Ben, stirring something in the kitchen, and Joon, mending a net with some prairie grass on a rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s amazing what you can hear when you’re stretched out on the prairie grass. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The breeze, still cool, carried the morning scent of prairie grasses and moist soil. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The rain had finally stopped, but the wind carried on, whipping the prairie grass. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not that this place is ‘just like’ the book,” Tim Wolles said, gesturing to a nearby cornfield and the expanse of prairie grass he was standing in at the Ingalls Homestead. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z Reconstructed or relocated shanties, barns and an 1880s schoolhouse are spread across an expanse of open prairie grass. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z Just a dirt road stretching out as far as you could see, with prairie grass on either side. Not Getting with the Program: An Interview with Meghan Daum 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It was a huge snapping turtle, its shell covered with a mix of mud and dried prairie grass. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Shiitake and oyster mushrooms grow on hardwood logs, and the crops are all surrounded by prairie grass. For a new generation of farmers, accessing land is the first step toward tackling consolidation 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Looking at the long, golden prairie grass spreading into the distance and the rose-peach dawn sky, one might wonder how something so ugly could happen here. A Museum Takes a New, Unvarnished Look at a Massacre 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The trails run past such only-on-the-Great-Plains sights as prairie grass meadows and backyard teepees. Discovering well-designed Fargo, N.D. Cranberry-pickers were like butchers who “rake the tongues of bison out of the prairie grass”. Bacon and eggs for every meal: absurd diets of the rich and famous 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z There was nothing on the horizon but prairie grass and poplar trees, sage and clover and chamomile, a small herd of wild horses grazing nearby. Television: Common Stars in AMC?s ?Hell on Wheels? 2011-10-23T05:06:36Z “The seasons seem to bring a mood change to the landscape,” Garczynski writes, “with the brown prairie grasses turning a lush green in early summer.” Review | If you can’t visit a national park this summer as planned, here’s a charming alternative 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Drive into these undulating hills of native prairie grasses waving in the near constant breeze and you will feel your blood pressure drop and the cares of the day melt away. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The server, a young woman with dreadlocks, packed up my dinner, and I took it to the bustling rooftop, where I looked out to the city and watched the prairie grass sway in the breeze. At Fargo’s Hotel Donaldson, an introduction to the city’s artistic side 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The company planted prairie grasses and wildflowers and threaded walking paths through the foot-high meadow that now needs mowing only twice a year. Corporate Landscaping Lets Its Hair Down 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The cage sits on short prairie grass, next to a hole with dirt around the rim. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After being freed from their vines, nine oaks now shelter two kinds of camas, plus alliums, trillium, red flowering currant and more, among prairie grasses. Why conservation groups are trying to restore Native prairies in WA 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The construction, paid for by the company, is part of an $80 million carbon-reducing demonstration project funded by the Department of Agriculture to produce methane from manure mixed with prairie grasses planted on marginal lands. A Push to Turn Agriculture and Farm Waste Into Fuel 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The area will still host an operating electrical substation and transmission lines, but the plant site will likely be seeded with prairie grass and restored with vegetation, Marshall said. Explosives topple former coal-fired power plant in Minnesota 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “During the summer, the tall grass, the prairie grass is going full,” he said. The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Enough Truck Drivers 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Iftner and his wife, Kaye, planted an acre of native prairie grasses — milkweed, goldenrod, bee balm — to resemble what the ground looked like before it was plowed. New Philadelphia, Ill., was a formerly enslaved man’s vision for an integrated town 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “A big thing here since the field we had sat so long without anything in it, the fields tend to go acidic with prairie grass in them.” Kansas farmers defy odds, make hops into crops 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z In summer 2020, cutting across rolling hills of prairie grass under wide-open skies, the pipe was put in well away from her house. The Keystone XL pipeline is dead. Now what? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The Nimíipuu roamed widely through abundant lands and waters, adapting the horse by the 17th century, and building large herds of spry and strong Appaloosas fattened on prairie grass. Salmon People: A tribe’s decades-long fight to take down the Lower Snake River dams and restore a way of life 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The well-traveled water allows alfalfa, wheat and cattle farms to flourish in what would otherwise be an arid landscape of prairie grass and sagebrush. A Canal That Opened the Montana Prairie May Soon Dry Up 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Follow that spider: Comanche National Grassland in southeastern Colorado contains prime conditions for spotting tarantulas: no agricultural development to upset their habitat, arid land and short prairie grass. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z At the time, the airport’s use of prairie grasses was seen as an innovative and inexpensive way of keeping troublesome Canada geese out of flight paths. As an Ohio City Struggles, Some See Salvation in a Prairie 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z “This was all native prairie grass that they tore,” he said. The Keystone XL pipeline is dead. Now what? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The native prairie grasses funded by the Conservation Reserve Program prevent erosion and sequester carbon in their deep roots. The Mail 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z There had been almost no precipitation for six months; before that, however, a lot of rain had fallen, and now the plentiful prairie grasses stood up tall and tinder-dry. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z You used to run a calf on 40 acres of prairie grass; now it takes 100. Politicians say nothing, but US farmers are increasingly terrified by it – climate change 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Over the past 24 years, the preserve has become a beacon of biodiversity, filled with hundreds of native plants, including big bluestem prairie grass and Indian grass. As an Ohio City Struggles, Some See Salvation in a Prairie 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z In the online video, yellow sodium lights glinted off the cracked windshield as Oscar High Elk and Tiffanie Pieper drove their truck through prairie grass in South Dakota toward a construction site. The Keystone XL pipeline is dead. Now what? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “Soon there will be 19 wells that I will be able to see from my home,” she said, gesturing to a vacant lot covered with yellowing prairie grass located just 500 feet from her neighborhood. Intense fight over Colorado oil and gas setbacks could end with national precedent 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The nation’s newest national wildlife refuge, filled with swaying prairie grass and home to a herd of elk, is slated to open next month just outside Colorado’s largest city. Amid plutonium fears, schools ban visits to new Colorado wildlife refuge 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Laura, falling asleep, “began to drift over endless waves of prairie grasses”; Pa’s voice, singing, “was like a part of the night and the moonlight and the stillness of the prairie.” Caroline Fraser’s new biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder takes a close look at fact vs. fiction in the ‘Little House’ books 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The fire started north of Malta Thursday afternoon and spread across dry prairie grass and low shrubs. Farmers, firefighters stop grass fire near Malta 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z At the 209-acre Mount Pisgah Arboretum, nature runs rampant on an abandoned dairy farm latticed with oaks, firs, prairie grasses and other Willamette Valley flora. You’re going where? Eugene, Ore. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In advance of that visit, Bob and I took turns on a tractor mowing the tall prairie grasses to indicate the proposed tee, fairway and green of each hole. U.S. Open: Previewing Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z A windswept, nearly treeless expanse of dunes, waving prairie grass, and fast, undulating turf, the new place has every attribute of a links except cawing sea birds and an ocean. Trinity Forest Golf Club promises to be the PGA Tour's most unique venue - Golf Digest 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z West Lafayette Parks Department set prairie grasses on fire during the burn Friday at Celery Bog. Prescribed burn at Celery Bog lets plants return stronger 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z For many months, the prairie grass provided the only accommodations. At Standing Rock, the nation's most famous environmental protest, not just any toilet will do 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “It’s not just about shooting. It’s the amazing things you see hunting. The prairie grasses, the tress, the signs of animals around and the trails.” Medical executive helps make hunting available to all 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z A display of green tubes is meant to represent prairie grasses that were native to the Walla Walla Valley and nearby Palouse before the introduction of modern agriculture. Dale Chihuly artwork brightens the Walla Walla tasting room of Long Shadows Vintners 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The wild buffalo were no more, just a few scattered bones whitening in the prairie grasses. The Race of the Century that Marked the End of the Wild West 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z It perched atop a coneflower before disappearing into the prairie grass. Minnesota prairies see decline in butterflies 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z One project that shows BHM’s work is the native prairie grasses with identifying signage in front of the Fremont Public Library. Seeding ministry aims to restore northern Indiana landscape 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Native prairie grasses and wildflowers flourish on an intensive green roof atop Chicago’s City Hall. For St. Patrick’s Day, Pictures as Green as the Shamrock 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z When Peabody Coal stopped mining at the site in 2002 and reclaimed it, the site’s lush mix of prairie grasses and oaks was a nesting paradise for Northern Harrier hawks and short-eared owls, McCoy said. Still-young Patoka River wildlife refuge comes into its own 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Assorted prairie grasses and sunflowers sink their roots deep into soil near Salina, Kansas. 14 Dirty Photos That Show Why Soil Matters 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Ample rain during the spring and summer made matters worse by encouraging prairie grass to grow into deep, thick wildfire fuel. Amid hot, dry fall, grass fires bring destruction from Wyoming to Iowa; no rain in sight 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z City crews killed off the green, manicured meadow grass weeks ago in order to plow up the soil and hydroseed 3.9 acres of native prairie grass. Sioux Falls sets lofty goals for Big Sioux River 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Native prairie grasses and wildflowers flourish on an intensive green roof atop Chicago’s City Hall. For St. Patrick’s Day, Pictures as Green as the Shamrock 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z A concrete slab sits among waist-high prairie grass. Survivor recalls 1965 missile silo fire that killed 53 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z The nonvenomous, insect-eating snakes are a rich green color, which helps camouflage them in tall prairie grasses and marshlands. Chicago zoo releases native green snakes in McHenry County 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z The native plants that characterize the High Line—especially the tall prairie grasses and weedy wildflowers that were growing in this country long before the Pilgrims arrived—are the freshest young things among horticulturists. Native Plants You’d Never Mistake for Weeds 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z There is a roadmap, and the prairie grasses are on it. Sioux Falls sets lofty goals for Big Sioux River 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Native prairie grasses and wildflowers flourish on an intensive green roof atop Chicago’s City Hall. For St. Patrick’s Day, Pictures as Green as the Shamrock 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Cattle can thrive on native prairie grasses, but fields are often planted in fescue, McKenzie said. Pea Ridge altering vegetation to attract dwindling bobwhites 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z In Kyle’s black pickup, they drove to Rough Creek Lodge and Resort, which sits on 11,000 acres of rolling hills scattered with scraggly trees and prairie grasses. Trial comes for Eddie Ray Routh, Marine accused of killing ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z And in two years, areas turned beige by hay that protects seeds will grow into native prairie grass. After 2 years of construction, Maggie Daley Park opens 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Shoemaker said there are 10 to 15 species of flowering plants and four or five prairie grasses. EXCHANGE: Prairie blooming near Lexington 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z By the 1930s, southwest Kansas was blowing dust, thanks to the large amount of prairie grass that was plowed up by homesteaders. Hard-hit county embodies drought’s toll on region 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z It is a carpet of sand, weeds and prairie grass sloping down to the river, interrupted only by a low ridge of broken bedrock. Prime Lot, Empty for Years (Yes, This Is Manhattan) 2013-08-20T00:46:46Z So don’t expect a sea of prairie grasses or cranberries ripening in the Pine Barrens just yet. In the Garden: Native Flora Garden Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2013-06-12T22:57:31Z Vast tracts are marked by burned-out homes and empty lots on which prairie grasses and trees grow. Detroit: after decades of urban blight, technology boom gives Motor City hope 2013-01-12T14:22:05Z Because the cattle being sold now are younger and lighter than those fed all summer on prairie grass, ranchers are losing $200 to $400 for each one they are dumping early. Heat Forces Ranchers to Sell Herds to Cut Losses 2012-07-16T01:28:22Z Price also has new fencing and a showcase variety of the water-trapping native prairie grasses. Ranchers, farmers seeking solutions to U.S. water worries 2012-06-30T19:26:12Z From the airport in Kansas City, it’s a half-day’s drive down Highway 69, the industrial sprawl giving way to fields of sunflowers and prairie grass. Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town 2012-05-21T04:38:51Z Before its withering blast the victims fell like prairie grass before an autumn blaze. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z They set fire to the prairie grass in front of us and on all sides in order to delay us as much as possible. The Aventures of Buffalo Bill 2012-02-13T03:00:13.357Z Mr. Calhoun went to work chinking his stable, and the cattle revelled in the fresh prairie grass and rested. Pioneer Day Exercises 2011-10-19T02:00:21.770Z The second-largest U.S. brewer has been helping him build fences for new grazing rotations and plant native prairie grasses that grow thick, retain rainwater and limit runoff. Ranchers, farmers seeking solutions to U.S. water worries 2012-06-30T19:26:12Z There was a strong wind from the northwest, such as was common in spring in those days, and the prairie grass was thoroly dried out and very abundant. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z It was a huge affair of sticks, lined with dry prairie grass, almost as high as his shoulders, and four feet across. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Great herds of buffaloes wandered about, feeding on the tall prairie grass, while here and there little red children ran in and out of their 110 wigwams, and danced about the camp-fires. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Nests are placed on the surface of the ground at bases of bunch grasses, saplings, trees, or posts, under cover of prairie grasses, forbs, or small woody plants. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z I galloped round the ponds and saw the royal brute making enormous leaps through the tall prairie grass toward the mountains. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z It would be like burning up a few handfuls of prairie grass. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z It was sparsely covered with oaks, standing at long distances apart, with the intervening spaces profusely covered with prairie grass and flowers. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z No, her quick ear caught the sound of horse's hoofs, muffled by the soft prairie grass. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z She heard the sound of blows and the incessant shuffling of feet through the tall prairie grass. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The road to the San Saba Mountains through the tall prairie grass was one of the unpleasantest I ever followed. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The hill was green with the prairie grass and spangled with the beautiful wild flowers of the prairie. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z It was covered with high, coarse, prairie grass, and its occasional nodding clusters of prairie flowers run to seed. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The prairie grass was burned in spots, but that was all. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z There was a late twilight glow in the northern sky and the smell of dew on the prairie grass filled the air when Spoof decided it was time to go home. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Czar, on the contrary, felt very jolly, had abundant food in the prairie grass, and snorted every now and then so lustily, that the old turkeys round us were startled from their sleep. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z So he became quiet and breathed gentle breezes which passed over the prairie grasses whispering and humming little songs of gladness. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Trees occasionally appeared, but were in no place so thickly diffused as to prevent the growth of a beautiful carpet of prairie grass. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z There, beyond a stretch of prairie grass, lay a small village. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z In front of this was a lurid, unearthly glare, clear and bright, of a greenish tinge; the dense prairie grass around might have contributed to this effect. Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 2011-02-25T03:01:12.137Z But many of them were dropped silently at long range, and fell upon the soft bed of prairie grass, bleeding from a mortal wound. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z When the hills began to be green from the new prairie grass, the people planted the kernels of this strange plant, having first built mounds like the one out of which the first plant grew. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z And he pointed towards a clump of bushes some little distance in advance of them across the fresh green prairie grass. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Tall prairie grass waved like the ocean and prairie fires were greatly feared. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z And so, on a recent morning, I captained the family minivan an hour out of town to Landscape Alternatives, a small nursery specializing in prairie grasses, wildflowers and other native plants. In the Garden: Conquering the Strip Between Sidewalk and Street 2010-05-26T23:24:00Z For a time it was switchgrass, a prairie grass that needs little cultivation. A New Life For Jatropha 2010-02-24T11:00:00Z In the autumn, when the prairie grass had turned brown, the stalks and leaves of this plant turned brown also. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Though the revolt in the province of Santiago de Cuba looked trifling, he knew it was like a tiny blaze kindled in the dry prairie grass. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Their blankets, head-gear and everything else were the color of dead and dried prairie grass. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z How to tether a horse with a rope of prairie grass, made in a moment, but strong enough to last for long.” The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Every thicket, and matted tangle of prairie grass, seemed to conceal one. Dusty Star A hundred yards further and Joe came to another slope, covered with prairie grass. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck The chaos ran around the world like a fire in prairie grass. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 He drove through prairie grass as high as the oxen's back. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z We have traveled 200 miles without grass or hay, but have cut dry prairie grass where we could find it. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 The night was windless and very still, the few vagrant wafts of air which occasionally stirred the prairie grasses, flowing softly from the west. Dusty Star Spring is upon us, the prairie grass is getting longer all the time, and Independence is as busy and crowded as an ant hill. Bring Me His Ears That night before the firing had ceased a dozen Indians had crawled out of the ditches and set fire to the long prairie grass behind the Mexican troops. Geronimo's Story of His Life The first habitation of any sort, was constructed of poles surrounded by prairie grass. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The soil is warm and fertile, the wild prairie grass growing as high as a man's waist on the uplands. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 West from this, there was neither track nor field to break the tindery sweeps of prairie grass, until the strip of breaking on the north boundary of the pasture was reached. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Sunshine and prairie grass–well in the foreground. In the Heart of a Fool Perhaps the brisk wind, rustling the palms and prairie grass, drowned the noise of my impetuous rush, for she did not turn. Wings of the Wind Week after week the little band of Frenchmen struggled on, now through a sea of prairie grass, now wading through deep savannahs, and presently swimming or fording streams which blocked their progress. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Camped at night for the first time, on a small brook; could get no hay—had to cut dry prairie grass with our knives. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Clumps of white elderberry blossoms spilled their fragrance, and the wind rustling through the long stems of the weeds and prairie grass droned monotonous tunes. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Here abideth these three: sunshine and prairie grass and blue sky, cloud laden. In the Heart of a Fool Immediately following it came the crack of a rifle, and guided by this I saw, above the prairie grass four hundred yards away, the head and shoulders of a man. Wings of the Wind Fed to repletion on the succulent prairie grasses they know nothing but contentment. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country In summer they might be seen cropping the prairie grass, or plunging and rolling about in muddy 'wallows.' The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba In winter this turns a lighter brown than the prairie grass and you can see the trail for miles, distinctly.” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John And love witched the dreams and visions of those who toiled in the sunshine and prairie grass under the blue sky cloud laden. In the Heart of a Fool Its nests are concealed under overhanging brush or placed under a large tuft of prairie grass, and are generally lined with a few grasses or leaves. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The valley was narrowing, and the rich prairie grass was changing to a lank tangle of weedy tufts. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The wheels began to rattle over the hummocky surface of the prairie grass. The Law-Breakers They took their toll of the salmon, and fed their ponies on the natural prairie grass. The Greater Power Rather should the dreams and visions of the pioneers, of those who toiled under the sunshine and in the prairie grass have symbolized our strength. In the Heart of a Fool Presently the whole thing ceased to move, and sat still like a great loathsome toad—a silent, uncanny heap amidst the lank prairie grass. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The poor brute was too tired to move from where he stood, nipping at the rich prairie grass about his feet. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Farther on the country was open, and a wide stretch of prairie grass spread out without cover of any sort. The Law-Breakers On this summit lay the French and Indians concealed by the prairie grass and timber, and from this situation, in almost perfect security, they fired down upon Braddock’s men. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Once upon a time, let us say, there was a land of sunshine and prairie grass. In the Heart of a Fool To the north it stretched again, unpopulated and unmarked until it merged into prairie grass and again into mountains. Louisiana Lou A Western Story They had passed the limits of the village when his prisoner suddenly pointed with his bound hands at a pile of soil rising amidst the level of the prairie grass. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Horses splashing water, mud and pebbles on them, long knives shouting curses and threats, the three Sauk stumbled out of the creek and through shoulder-high prairie grass into the militia camp. Shaman Now, it chanced that some careless hunter, firing into the dry prairie grass on the other side of the town, had started a fire. The Cabin on the Prairie But the most beautiful thing he sees as the old year winds the passing panorama of life for his eyes is the sunshine and prairie grass. In the Heart of a Fool In the prairie grass he was concealed, but the den was on a bare mound, and the horseman caught a glimpse of a whitish thing disappearing down the hole. Wild Animals at Home The prairie grass had come to the death of the autumn and it too creaked amid the stones. The Vanishing Race Against the lighter prairie grass, men on horseback were dark shapes rushing at him from the horizon. Shaman In the fields grazed the herds, and among them white herons gravely promenaded, or sat tranquil on the backs of sleepy oxen beatifically chewing their cuds of prairie grass. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere To the left the prairie grass rises upon a low hill, belted with limestone and finally merges into the mirage on the knife edge of the far horizon. In the Heart of a Fool "Let's make up a bed of the prairie grass and take turn about sleeping and keeping watch." The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The prairie grasses had shortened to brown stubble interspersed with bare sandy soil rising here and there into low hills. Desert Dust The camp was in the midst of prairie grass almost as high as a man's head. Shaman The prairie grass looks coarse and unsavory, and yet our horses and cattle will thrive well on it. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West And so as in the beginning, there was blue sky and sunshine and prairie grass at the end. In the Heart of a Fool In fact, the marks in the prairie grass appeared more numerous than a single horse would be likely to make. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains The rafters were covered with willow matting, and upon this was spread a layer of prairie grass. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest He saw the black shapes of more horses and riders swimming through the prairie grass. Shaman They learned, also, how to "ride herd," "ride line" and how to live in the open, with the prairie grass for a bed and the star-studded sky for a blanket, their saddle forming the pillow. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X The prairie grass was leaving Harvey when Grant Adams came, and the meadow lark left in the year that Jasper came. In the Heart of a Fool The prairie grass between the two armies took fire. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The Spring of 1857 was late, and we did not pull out until May 17th, when the prairie grass was grown sufficiently to afford feed for the stock, and summer weather was assured. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method Rings of gray domes began near the trees where he stood and spread into the tall yellow prairie grass. Shaman A Pawnee Pict village on the Red River, with its five or six hundred beehive-like wigwams of poles, thatched with prairie grass, much pleased me. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians It has come far from the sunshine and prairie grass where it started. In the Heart of a Fool The road was crowded at first, and the prairie grass grew green and high, full of wild strawberries, pink wild roses, and meadow larks. The Windy Hill Failing to arrive at the lake, we finally camped in the prairie grass, without wood or water; and, the rations being short, we went to sleep, supperless, after marching until 10 o'clock at night. History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry Boots clumped through the prairie grass all around him. Shaman The school-house was a simple building of logs and prairie grass, with oiled paper for windows, and a door that opened out and afforded a view of the vast prairie-sea to the west. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk They whined impatiently as they sailed across the prairie grass under the befogged sunshine between the settlements, but always they brought up with their loads at Harvey. In the Heart of a Fool The man was he who had been found by the girls in the prairie grass. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch The path led through prairie grass, gay at that season with flowers. Heroes of the Middle West The French A curtain of prairie grass fell away ahead of him and swished shut behind him. Shaman The prairie grass was dry, though still mingled with a green undergrowth. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk There in the sunshine upon the prairie grass it was as real and vital a part of his soul’s aspiration as though it had been reiterated in some glad symphony. In the Heart of a Fool Already the sun was low in the west, a huge ball of fire just ready to drop into the sea of prairie grass. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Hesitate not," he said, "or I will destroy you as fire does the prairie grass! Heroes of the Middle West The French Sheep roamed over low hills and cropped the prairie grass to its very roots. Shaman But a dark cloud of flesh came bounding over the prairie grass, bellowing, with low heads and erect tails. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk It’s a long weary way from the sunshine and prairie grass, child! In the Heart of a Fool Over the yellow glare of the dead prairie grass his eyes rested on the deep green with the affection of a long-absent friend. The Return of Blue Pete The prairie grass was burnt brown and dry. Thirty Indian Legends In the land of the pale eyes the tall prairie grass was burned away and the trees were cut down. Shaman Today there is an infinite deal of talk about dust bowls, of prairie grass which should never have been plowed under for farming, of land which should be abandoned. Land of the Burnt Thigh A small band of Indians began here and there to set fire to the prairie grass, and before the cattlemen realized what was happening, thousands of acres of winter feed lay blackened and desolate. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands As the pursuers were cautiously advancing, they came to a remarkable bend in the stream, where there was a large and open space, with prairie grass very high. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky The prairie grass, even at this time of year, is knee-deep, and, as I was informed, yields, without cultivation, from two to four tons to the acre. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Kneeling, he could see only a patch of blue directly overhead, framed by the tassels of the prairie grass that rose up all around him. Shaman With cretonnes we made pillows, stuffed with prairie grass; hung bright curtains at the little windows, which opened by sliding back between strips of wood. Land of the Burnt Thigh In a minute the girth buckles flew open, our saddles were lifted off, and our panting horses were cropping the curly bunches of the prairie grass, within the circles of their cabriestos. The Scalp Hunters "Sign!" cried the negro; and at Ruth's name, A sudden madness leaped along his nerves, Like flame among the dry prairie grass. Stories in Verse O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep,15 Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! The Ontario High School Reader The farmhands had planted corn last spring, but the Sauk raiders had burned it, and some prairie grass had come back. Shaman It was late summer and the sun beat down on the hot prairie grass and upon our heads. Land of the Burnt Thigh That cry was like the touching of a torch to dry prairie grass. Frank Merriwell's Bravery The breeze and the sun played with the prairie grasses, the breeze riffling them over, and the sun silvering their under surfaces thus exposed. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life A forty acre prairie right in the midst of dense woods covered with wild flowers and prairie grass. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Some of the hands had cut a track through the shoulder-high prairie grass for the funeral procession to follow. Shaman If we ran out of coal we pulled the dried prairie grass to burn in the little two-hole monkey stove, which we had bought with the cot. Land of the Burnt Thigh For twenty miles inland the prairie grass lay prostrate. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Now in the fall, when the prairie grass turned brown, the leaves of this plant turned brown also. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Though nothing on a highroad, it was good going over the prairie grass, with occasionally to have to make our way through woods and across streams. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory He bent forward and put out his hands to grip the land at the roots of the prairie grass. Shaman The ground was deep with prairie grass, as dry as tinder, and scattered throughout were innumerable holes in the ground made by the ant-bears and wart-hogs. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Whenever we camped our horses were turned loose in the luxuriant prairie grass, the only precaution taken being to “hobble” them, as the work of tying their forefeet together is called. By Canoe and Dog-Train Here the noble forests of the eastern states and the prairie grasses of the plains were replaced by sage-brush and cactus. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation For the horse had suddenly stopped pivoting and started off like a streak, not up or down the trail, but across a stretch of prairie grass. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma Keeping on her buffalo-hide cloak, her doeskin dress and leggings, she lay down on her own pallet, padded with blankets and prairie grass. Shaman A soft west wind has set the prairie grass rippling like a green sea between the fort and the sun hanging low at the western sky line. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The noontide sun scorched the parching earth with a blistering heat, drinking up the last moisture which the tall prairie grass sought to secrete at its attenuated roots. The Forfeit And here we'd been makin' hay, and makin' hay, the ranch people thanking Providence that prairie grass cures on the stem, while we cussed, for we were sick of the sight of hay. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters It was like a fire starting slowly in the still prairie grass, which by its own heat creates a breeze that in turn gives birth to a gale that whips it forth in uncontrollable fury. The Cow Puncher The cutting down and clearing away of forests removes the shelter and homes of others, as does also the turning under of prairie grasses. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. They move parallel with us, but prefer to walk upon the prairie grass rather than these beach pebbles. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country The matted prairie grass under foot would render the act noiseless. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier The air was close and oppressive, and not a breath of wind rustled the dry prairie grass. Bert Wilson in the Rockies The fierce rays of the sun, which had turned the prairie grass into a lifeless-looking dusty brown, continued to pour pitilessly down on the horde of perspiring workmen, exhausted Indian ponies, and long-eared morose mules. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Sometimes I think I am the oldest bus in all the world, and that I ought to be enjoying myself in the Smithsonian, instead of dragging out my existence bumping over boulders and prairie grass. Fifth Avenue I turned abruptly from him, and strode forward across the sand-ridge out into the short prairie grass beyond, shaping my course westward by the stars. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country There was nota cloud in sight, and the stars still shone down calmly and unruffled, while the wind cut and hissed through the long prairie grass all about us. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The flames, which charged forward as they do through the dry prairie grass, had passed by, and the brother and sister had now the opportunity to attempt to reach home. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 Ginger displayed no inclination to leave the particular patch of prairie grass he had chosen for his luncheon. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The prairie grass was vanishing before the corn. Children of the Market Place Timber fringed the creeks and the river bottoms, while the prairie grass grew rank over soil of unsuspected fertility. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics He was a very large bull, whose black shaggy mane and dewlaps nearly brushed the short prairie grass beneath him. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Crimson flowers flecked the prairie grass, the wild barley waved its bristling ears along the trails, saskatoons glowed red in the shadows of each bluff. Ranching for Sylvia Yet when he is thus indifferent to its welfare, the individual self grows more stalwart and robust, like the prairie grasses and the trees of untrodden forests. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold The sweet winds, bending the prairie grasses for miles and miles! Children of the Market Place Sunbright knows this; an' when she runs ag'in the Black Cloud in her flight, she seats herse'f in the long prairie grass an' covers her head with her blanket an' speaks never a word. Wolfville Nights She was pointing down the road which lay like an écru ribbon thrown down across the prairie grass, bordered beyond by the timber-grown bluffs of the Missouri. The Covered Wagon For all of us who were well worked mightily to save our plague-stricken comrades, whose couches were of prairie grass and whose hospital roof was the starlit sky. Vanguards of the Plains For the outside of the palmetto, like most of those that grow on prairies, had been turned into charcoal by the burning of the prairie grass. Dick in the Everglades After they disbanded, the members of the Convention went out and sat down on the prairie grass to eat their dinner, which each took from his pocket, or his wagon. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler They built fires, and the fires spread and burned the prairie grass on which the buffalo fed. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) During all that time their horses had been deprived entirely of grain feed and had been compelled to subsist upon prairie grass. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War They would set fire to the prairie grass to burn the grasshoppers, and pick them up and eat them. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days They bent the prairie grasses low And made a place to play. Fires of Driftwood They broke directly through the thicket on the opposite side of the road, and came out into the tall prairie grass. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World To delay us as much as possible they set fire to the prairie grass in front and on all sides of us. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) If it were daylight, you could pass around the deep drifts, even in this chaos; but now a drift looks the same as the prairie grass swept bare. Vandemark's Folly Rinderpest, a highly contagious and very destructive disease of horned cattle, was introduced in 1888 and spread like fire in prairie grass. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) And of them all the years take toll; they pass As shadows flit above the prairie grass. Fires of Driftwood "No. I'm all right, thanks to the prairie grass," replied the younger of the brothers. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains To his right, behind him, ahead of him was not a tree nor a shrub nor a rock the height of a man's head; only ungrazed, yellowish-green sun-dried prairie grass. Where the Trail Divides His hair is like the dead prairie grass. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People They came on and on, just over the tops of the prairie grass. Old Indian Legends So butchers rake the tongues of bison out of the prairie grass, regardless of the torn and drooping plant. Walden He didn't need it, now; he would lie on wire springs, instead of on the crisp, prairie grass. Chip, of the Flying U For years it had lurked behind every chance shrub they passed, in the depths of every ravine, in the darkness of night, from every tangle of rank prairie grass in broad daylight. Where the Trail Divides These poles were first covered over with willow matting, upon which prairie grass was overspread, and over all a deep covering of earth. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Yea, if you find no flower divine With prairie grass or hardy pine. Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses One-half was covered with vegetation, varying from the luxuriant prairie grass to the sage-brush of the shadeless plains, plains roamed by beasts clothed with valuable robes. The French in the Heart of America I went with Harney's command, and, for the most part of the time, had no hay, and was forced to subsist our animals on dry prairie grass, and had a poor supply of even that. The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put They set fire to the prairie grass in front of us, and on all sides, in order to delay us as much as possible. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide A bed of prairie grass suffices for the man, while the women and children rest in the covered wagon. 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" Even the wind, which could be seen in the motion of the clouds and trees and in the waving fields of grain and prairie grass, was of a truth not seen at all. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Once or twice he pawed the prairie grass, but that was all. On the Trail of Pontiac The summer passed and again the catalpa trees shed their broad leaves, while the prairie grass took on the reddish brown of early fall. That Printer of Udell's His eyes smarted from the acrid fumes of the burning prairie grass, and his mouth was parched. Cowboy Dave Her oldest boy sickened and died while passing through Illinois, and they laid him to rest beneath the waving prairie grass. 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" It is sown for one or two years, and then the land lies fallow till it is again overgrown with prairie grass. What Men Live By and Other Tales That night a fire somehow started in the prairie grass about half a mile from camp. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra Already the cattle, sheep, and horses are fattening on the prairie grasses. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The long prairie grass sometimes brushed the feet of the horsemen, and coveys of prairie chickens flew up and scurried away as the three outlaws galloped past. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Flint and Feather The news sped from house to house and hamlet to hamlet like fire in prairie grass. Taken Alive The west wind, blowing fierce and strong, carried the flames in great surging gusts through the tall prairie grass. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra Without a word they spurred down the slope, and after a time Billinger swept to the right and Philip to the left, each with his eyes searching the low prairie grass. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police Then we camped and turned our live stock out to rest and crop the prairie grass. 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 Above, at the height of a man's head, a roof of bark was reared on poles, and prairie grass, aided by skins, formed very comfortable barrack-beds beneath. Oak Openings The track was plain enough in the morning dew, where ten or a dozen mules and horses had brushed through the low prairie grass. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Our shaggy ponies racked along at a five-mile gait over the dewy prairie grass. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Swiftly Cameron ran to the top, and, lying prone among the prairie grass, watched them for some time as they took the trail that ran straight westward. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail By your mountains steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep, Now fold in slumber your laggard wings, For soft is the song my paddle sings. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Desiring to call in some of the surrounding Indian tribes, they here set fire to the dry prairie grass, that being the customary signal for a meeting of different bands of roving peoples. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 We even fed him for a week on prairie grass, just like the Marquis had been eating. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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