英语词汇“sage brush”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Beyond the fire true night had set in, blue-black as a bruise, stretching over the steppe and sage brush country of the southern British Columbia interior. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

As she recalled, “I wrote juniper, sage brush, chili, mountains and sky and I said, ‘This is not the Chrysler Building.’” The Queen of Change 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Chief Financial Officer Brian Buckham recently described wildfire mitigation efforts as substantial: caution is the rule during the dry season, when even the undercarriage of a utility truck can ignite crackly sage brush. Hawaiian Electric CEO's bonus lacked incentive to cut wildfire risk, documents show 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

Migrating golden eagles routinely soar through the sage brush flats that define the region, where hundreds of wind turbines have gone up over the past 15 years. Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

“The court indeed expects that Lithium Nevada unfortunately will soon begin ripping out sage brush that will not grow back for a very long time,” she wrote. US judge won’t block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

The rabbits need dense sage brush and deep soil to survive. Can drones count endangered rabbits in Central WA better than people can? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

Pronghorn antelope roam amid the sage brush that spreads for miles in Thacker Pass, nestled between the Montana and Double H mountain ranges. California's electric car revolution, designed to save the planet, also unleashes a toll on it 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Once over, I returned to the sandy road and drove a few miles through the tumbleweeds and sage brush. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV is wonderful. But at $325,000, it should come with a driver 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

About 100 firefighters continued to battle the blaze that was burning mostly in sage brush Tuesday. Crews gaining on huge Nevada wildfire visible from space 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

The blaze is 10% contained and is feeding on sage brush as well as pinyon-juniper forest as it moves into higher elevations. Whitney Portal campgrounds evacuated as Georges fire grows in Inyo County 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Over half the sage brush on which the grouse feeds has been lost and much of what remains has been degraded by agriculture, industry and invasive grasses fortified by global warming. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Sheep graze many winter ranges where the big sage brush forms almost pure stands. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

Carlisle directs two crew members carrying a 60-foot long mist net through the cactus and sage brush, looking for a lost bird. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

About 400 years above that, in the 12,600 year old layer, they started seeing traces of bison, hare and sage brush — the things that would live in an emerging tundra steppe environment. How did the first Americans get here? A story of boats, bones and ice 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The BLM created an extensive rehabilitation plan to help growth of sage brush and grass in Owyhee County, but months after the fire, ranchers are skeptical about the BLM’s chance of success. A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

After spending the winter huddled in sage brush, a twiggy shrub that carpets the plains and is the backdrop to a thousand Westerns, male grouse gather on patches of open ground known as leks. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

The deal allows limited drilling for natural gas on top of the 84-square-mile plateau, renowned for its forests, sage brush country, streams and wildlife. US unveils plan to limit drilling on Colorado’s Roan Plateau 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Growing more sage brush is particularly important because some key Greater Sage Grouse habitat was lost to the Soda Fire. State land rehab plan for Soda Fire area released 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

Omak, Washington Extended drought and lightning strikes have kindled fires sweeping through sage brush and forest, prompting President Obama to declare a state of emergency in Washington. 'It's unrelenting': inside the Washington town surrounded by raging wildfires 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

The BLM also stated in the plan that fire lines, fuel breaks and other fire preventative methods will be sought to help keep the burned acres safe while sage brush is re-established. A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

Swirls of searing reds, oranges and yellow fold into a bowl that visitors from around the world seek out on an unmarked path past sandstone buttes and sage brush. Hike to richly colored geological upheaval along Arizona-Utah border not without danger 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Conservationists and federal officials say preservation and good management of Greater Sage Grouse is key because it means the sage brush that so many animals depend on is likewise well managed. There are only 400,000 sage grouse left. Here’s the government’s new plan to save an awesome bird 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Thomas said he noticed an outcropping of an ancient lava flow, with some very tall sage brush growing in front of it, indicating very deep sediment deposits. Eastern Oregon Dig Uncovers Ancient Stone Tool 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Cover that concrete doorway with sage brush, and you will be all set for World War III. Parcel for Sale: Plenty of Space. Very Quiet. Light? Well ... 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

“It might be a clearing in the sage brush, an expanse of which might expand for hundreds of miles on every side.” The $9 Million (and Counting) Chicken Fight Over the Sage Grouse 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Rupert is the metropolis of the Government Minidoka Irrigation Project on the Snake River, a region which eight years ago was a sage brush desert, but which now is a densely settled farming community. Evolution versus Creation; Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Finally, the private and public partnerships will work to lower the threat of range fires that destroy sage brush, especially in the Great Basin region of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California. There are only 400,000 sage grouse left. Here’s the government’s new plan to save an awesome bird 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

About the size of a chicken, the sage grouse is considered an indicator species for the larger sage brush ecosystem, which is threatened by oil and gas, mining and renewable energy development. Wyoming, BLM reach first agreement on sage grouse habitat

The sage brush flourished on the Brookses’ ranch, with nearly a 90 percent survival rate, though not all of the 5,000 seedlings planted in area ranches did so well. Ranchers, agencies work to help sage grouse 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

"Farther north and west, across Oklahoma and southeastern Colorado, reports indicate sage brush and large trees dying and even some cacti turning brown," the Drought Monitor said. U.S. Drought Grows for Fourth Week; South Driest in Weeks 2013-07-11T18:15:05.560Z

We strongly oppose the listing of the dune sage brush lizard either as a threatened or an endangered species. US election 2012: Romney and Obama avoid the climate change elephant 2012-08-24T13:39:42Z

With guns and garments, but few of the latter probably, on their heads, they swam across and climbed up the bank to the level of the sage brush plain. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z

Indeed, the country seems to take on a beautiful and cheerful appearance; civilization and beautiful farms take the place of the wilderness, sage brush and skulking coyotes. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z

All the roses fade, the beautiful green trees lose their leaves, and there is nothing in the heart but sage brush. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z

Later wagon trains and travelers have complained, and justly, of sage brush and the difficulties of this route. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z

The sun poured its stifling heat down on the great desert, where nothing save an occasional clump of sage brush could be seen. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z

We passed through sage brush and sand, and all of that kind of country looked desolate to me, but once in awhile, we would come to prairie land. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z

On all sides stretched the same monotonous view, sage brush, mesquite, cactus, scattered tufts of grass, and the brown plain, endless, flat, wearying. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z

When the city was first settled its site was a “barren tract of sand, thinly covered with buffalo-grass and patches of sage brush.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z

The sage brush, willow, and grease-wood had been cut and cleared away for a considerable distance around, to prevent any Indians getting near the fort without being discovered. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z

It is only found in the sage brush districts of the high altitudes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z

We were jaunting along rapidly enough, and the rattling of the buckboard disturbed the repose of a coyote that was lying in the sage brush along the trail. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z

I had a spell of mountain fever just before the Fourth and Gould dosed me with sage brush tea, the vilest concoction I ever had to take. Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education 2011-10-05T02:00:19.377Z

It’s nothing but a trail through sage brush.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z

We were twenty-six hours on horseback, having stopped but six hours to rest; we tied our horses to the sage brush, to prevent them from leaving us to hunt for water. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z

Was there anywhere else in the world such a wide sweep of country, such plains and prairies and desert sands covered with sage brush and cacti? The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire 2011-08-31T02:01:23.303Z

The leader was fitted with a red saddle blanket decorated with sage brush for a war bonnet, with a few cat tails for plumes. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z

As I peered out of the tiny window, the land became increasingly arid and fewer roads disrupted the sea of creeping grass and sage brush. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z

Now a trail is a very subtle and illusive thing, once it’s lost, and one’s imagination plays many strange tricks in a desert of sage brush. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z

Only a little toe, the nail gone, a partially healed wound, showing where the cruel snag of the hated sage brush had torn its way into her very flesh and blood. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z

They skirted the Cole ranch, eyeing the Mexicans who were at work clearing sage brush, and a mile further on halted their horses ... rode forward, halted again, rode forward ... stopped. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z

The animals now having satisfied their thirst were nibbling gingerly at the scant growth of sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

I think, though I am not sure, that it was before we crossed the Colorado line when we saw our first 'dobe house, our first sage brush, and our first tumbleweed. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z

The road writhed on through the sage brush sixteen miles from Ranger before it branched. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z

He followed Onawa along a trail which bewildered with innumerable twistings, and after an hour's sharp walking they reached an untrodden bed of sage brush glistening upon the flats. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z

It touched sage brush and after moments of struggle he clamped his fingers about the stalk and dragged himself on, gritting his teeth against the pain. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z

Ned Rector rescued a can of pickled pigs' feet from the shadow of a sage brush, while their guide discovered a sombrero that belonged to Stacy Brown. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Across this sun-bitten solitude of sand and sage brush extend two parallel steel lines—the branch of the Southern Pacific which at Truxton takes a bold plunge into the white solitudes of the dry country. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z

Mallinger had a quadruple-bogey 9 on the 616-yard 9th -- dropping twice from unplayable lies after driving wide left into the trees and sage brush -- en route to a 77 and a tie for 21st. Bettencourt Wins Reno-Tahoe Open by 1 Stroke 2010-07-19T02:10:00Z

She led him along a cliff path, across a flat, again into sage brush, and finally into more forest. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z

Standing in the desert with nothing about it but sand and sage brush, Jack spied the cactus she sought. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold

Ned and Tom Parry cooked the supper over a sage brush fire. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

There were acres and acres of sage brush, sometimes a field of wild buckwheat and once in a while a small grove of live oak shrubs or of red and blue gum trees. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

In what appeared to be slow, lazy, flight it usually drifted off to the west, to more upland areas of short grass and sage brush. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas

Jim and Jack saw nothing moving in the sage brush or beyond it and there was no one in sight. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series

Suggesting a sage brush with a turkey and also something abominable is not the only pain there is in so much provoking. Geography and Plays

The fresh milk procured in Eureka was strong with the sage brush taste, as was almost everything else in that barren country. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Here, too, instead of grass, they found only sand, sage brush, greasewood, and cacti. Campmates A Story of the Plains

We had seen him disappear down the valley, his machine finally hidden in acres of grey-green sage brush. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

The earth dipped slightly on the farther side and a thicket of low sage brush covered the rise in the land beyond. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series

The goats make their own living on the tops of the sage brush, which protrude through the snow. Practical Angora Goat Raising

Not a thing save clumps of sage brush met peering eyes of the Pony Rider Boys. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Its sandy soil only supported a thick growth of sage brush, that yielded a strong aromatic fragrance when bruised or broken, and which rendered the running of the line peculiarly toilsome. Campmates A Story of the Plains

His mistress told me that he was one of the greatest hunters in Nevada, and that he was anxious to go off in the sage brush on a grand chase. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

There was no place for her to hide, for the plain stretched on, covered only with grass and low sage brush. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series

This picture was taken on the range and one can see the fine fibered sage brush on which the goats feed. Practical Angora Goat Raising

Very proudly the lads dragged their trophies to camp, where, after heaping fresh sage brush on the fire, the youngsters stretched the carcasses out full length that Professor Zepplin might see. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Night was falling as we cleared the forests and sailed out upon a wilderness of sage brush. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel

We learned about the "shad scale" which the sheep eat, and about certain kinds of sage brush that are very nutritious. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

But I learned from one of those present, that they found Esau down in the sage brush on the bottoms that lie between the abrupt corner of Sheep mountain and the Little Laramie river. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories

In Colorado under a sage brush, a nest was found which had been scooped in the sand and lined warmly with down evidently taken from the bird’s own breast, which was plucked nearly bare. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897

As they did so, some dark object bounded from the water tank and leaped away into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Two or three days before I was found, while ascending a steep hill, I fell from exhaustion into a sage brush, without the power to rise. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871

The high, grey-green deserts of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming stretch before us once more, and we can smell the clean, pungent sage brush. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

Buck Barry came bounding out of the sage brush, and seized his rifle from under the bush where we had kept them. Gold

How was Santa to draw his gift-laden sleigh over barren stretches of sage brush and sand? Little Tales of The Desert

Old, dried-up water sinks lay white and glistening here and there, framed by vast areas of sage brush, while on beyond in the blue distance lay miles and miles of monotonous, billowing hills and mountains. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

The town consisted of merely a few, straggling, unpainted buildings, while in every direction extended the apparently interminable stretches of undulating prairie, partially covered with sage brush and wild cactus. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West

And once we saw a beautiful antelope leaping and bounding over the sage brush so lightly that he looked in the distance like a phantom animal made of thistle down. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

Found generally in sage brush and thickets where it nests in bushes or on the ground laying three or four bluish white eggs like those of the last. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.

Mr. Boyle hauled us a load of sage brush, and the boys chop wood mornings and noons––it’s a punishment when they don’t behave, or if they miss their lessons. Rim o' the World

"Looks to me more like a landscape of German measles," averred Stacy, as they moved along through scattering sage brush and open sandy stretches. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Taking an opportunity to seize his tail, I followed him around about over the plain and through the sage brush at a rapid gait; finally he slackened pace and I again became master. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

They halted for a nooning; the oxen browsed a little on sage brush and dried grass; the men lunched on crackers, cold coffee and the remnants of breakfast, but our water keg was empty. A Gold Hunter's Experience

But there are treeless regions where the trail must be marked; regions of sage brush and sand, regions of rock, stretches of stone, and level wastes of grass or sedge. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts

Stock is extensively grazed in its vicinity, feeding on sage brush in the winter and such grass as they can get; but excellent grazing is found in the summer. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier

They were now in a broad valley, the rolling hills covered with a sparse growth of sage brush rising gradually on each side. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Once Dave caught Jim under the ribs with his right horn, which was bent forward and stood out nearly straight, and tossed him over some sage brush near by. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

As she did not move, I said to Tom: "You stay here while I creep out to that sage brush and I'll get a picture of her at fifty yards." Wild Animals at Home

Our route lay through the sage brush of the Bad Lands, and some of the party were very anxious to stop at a mountain stream and catch some trout. The Sheep Eaters

It stands in the midst of a desert—a dusty, treeless plain covered with sparse low sage brush and enclosed by rocky ridges. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899

"I'm sure I'll have to take back some sage brush with me to flavor my food after we leave the desert," scoffed Ned. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Grand Coulee Dam has made feasible the irrigation of about 1-1/4 million acres of sage brush, bunch grass, and marginal wheat lands. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953

The old avenue of cottonwoods, once four miles long, was now ragged and unwatered, and the great parade ground had gone back to sand and sage brush. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado

It is a problem of how to bring the precious rills of water on to the alkali and sage brush. The Frontier in American History

I've been in this yere country Since late in fifty-nine, I know every foot o' sage brush Clear to the southern line. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp

The air grew suddenly hot and depressing, while a gentle breeze stirred the sage brush on the higher places. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

The temperature was measured by the Experiment Station in Eastern Oregon, where they are trying to grow some fruit and nut trees so they will have something else to eat besides sage brush. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953

The gold-hunters crossed, in stages or caravans, enormous prairies, alkaline deserts dotted with sage brush and seamed by deep cañons, and passes through gigantic mountain ranges. Brief History of English and American Literature

In spite of the cold of the night, Drew was wet with sweat as they threaded through heady sage brush. Rebel Spurs

There was much alkali and sage brush along their trail, and only here and there in scanty patches any of the rich, nutritious bunch grass which the roving animals so eagerly sought. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.

The boys spread out, calling and searching excitedly over the sand, peering into the sage brush and cactus shadows. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Under the influence of irrigation it has spread, in one instance cited, into sage brush soil, and there, along with timothy and red top, has aided in producing fine crops. Clovers and How to Grow Them

This is done by frequent feeding with small bits of sage brush or other fuel. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228

Dreary wastes of sage brush greeted us on every hand, walled in by the mountains that, bare of verdure, raised their heads above the horizon some thirty miles away. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson

"Pull up, Bob; I sure glimpsed something moving, out there in the sage brush!" The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain

The guide had by this time gathered a heap of sage brush, to which he touched a match, that they might the better examine their surroundings. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

The world shone a radiant floor out of which each sage brush rose a floating, feathered tuft, but of gleam or trickle of water there was none. The Emigrant Trail

Cottonwood and willow boughs in foliage, grease-wood, sage brush, and rabbit brush are laid with stems upward in even rows against these saplings to a height of 6 or 7 feet. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228

He was glad when he reached the Colorado River and wound up into California, leaving the alkali and sage brush and yucca palms of the Mojave well behind him. Never-Fail Blake

There they go, pushing through the sage brush, Frank. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain

"Do you know, I'm beginning to like the sage brush taste in the food," said Walter. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

At midday a blot of black lay at the root of every sage brush. The Emigrant Trail

The mule lay rolling in the sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

The only vegetation was sage brush, while the trail, scarcely visible to the eye, would circle here and there among grotesque formations, and occasionally seemed to disappear altogether. The Strange Case of Cavendish

The blue grass region of Kentucky or the rich, black soil of Illinois—the painted desert, the home of the sage brush and the coyote! History of the United States

"You'll like that and the sage brush taste in your mouth more and more as you get to know them better." The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z

Such unpromising materials as dust and sage brush had not quenched their inventive power or hampered their imaginations. The Emigrant Trail

The ashy earth, the dusty sage brush, the orange sand hills, the silver strip on the far sky line flecked by the purple and opal loomed and wavered and writhed in a white flame. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

He seized her skirt and dragged her to safety, clinging to a friendly sage brush. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope

But turning about, in an effort to face the animal away from the worst of the blizzard, he kicked a clump of sage brush arched fairly over by its burden of snow. Bruvver Jim's Baby

The earth was dry and parched, and in all directions, as far as the eye could see, grew only the sage brush—the mark of the desert. Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks

Our journey is through ghostly deserts, sage brush and alkali, and rocks without form or color, a sad corner of the world. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls

He was beginning to rejoice in the vast spacious relentless Desert with its fierce struggle of life against death; the cactus, the greasewood, the brittle sage brush, all matching themselves against the heat-death. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

He had discovered the result, but not the cause; so he began rooting among the sage brush of the sand downs for the foundation stone of his social submergence. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope

Adams county is in the center of southeastern Washington, cut out of the once great desert plateau, covered with sage brush. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909

They saw him whirl half around, and look down at his left arm; but as he dropped lower, he rested his rifle on a bit of sage brush, and fired once more. Heart's Desire

George sent for sage brush, and got a stuffed sage hen, and photographs of sage-plains, to give Esther the local color for her picture. Esther

It was a dirty leaf from a note book fouled by the Desert winds and lodged in the sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

Worst, perhaps, was the way in which the gaunt sage brush scratched his unclothed legs when he was compelled to cross a patch on some coulee bottom. The Happy Family

The desert lay all about him like a calmed sea on which were dim half-lights of sage brush or alkali flats. The Rules of the Game

This they followed rapidly, crossing wide plains of sage brush and cactus throughout the day. Heart's Desire

I dismounted from my horse and tied him to a sage brush, and then I crept to the top of the hill to see how many there were of them. Chief of Scouts

The sand lay fine as sifted ashes dotted with clumps of bluish-green sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

In the next bottom—and he was long getting to it—the sage brush grew dishearteningly thick. The Happy Family

The surrounding country was either a desert given over to sage brush and jack rabbits, or raised crops only according to the amount of rain that fell. The Rules of the Game

Every time he saw a jack rabbit or a bunch of sage brush, he'd snort and take a pasear sideways as far as the rope would let him go. Heart's Desire

There was no timber in sight as far as one could see; there was nothing to see but sage brush, but there was plenty of good water and fine grass. Chief of Scouts

Where the cut-way widened and lost itself in an alkali sink, the hoof prints of the fugitives' horses led out again to the open country of gray torrid earth dotted by sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

A night ride over the Alkali Plains of Nevada, famous for their sage brush, was a novelty, and in the clear atmosphere they looked like fields of snow. By the Golden Gate

The country was broken and strange, with its wide, free sweeps, its sage brush, its stunted trees, but it was not mountainous as Bob had conceived mountains. The Rules of the Game

The grass was thinner, and sage brush took the place of timber. Death Valley in '49

I hid myself in a little bunch of sage brush and waited until they fed up to within fifty yards of me. Chief of Scouts

He shuffled through the ash with dragging steps; and the sage brush crackled brittle where the trail led out from the silt across the baked earth. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

But it was really so, and luminous and clear, so that we could see perhaps a hundred miles, all a vast sea of sage brush. Elizabeth Visits America

At the end of an hour the basalt gorge opened out to a wide steep slope of talus on which grew in clumps the first sage brush of the desert. The Rules of the Game

By night we were far up the mountain, near the perpendicular rough peak, and far above us on a slope we could see some bunches of grass and sage brush. Death Valley in '49

I will take all the men but you and two others, and I will station them all along on that little ridge at the edge of sage brush. Chief of Scouts

He aimed his revolver at a green rattlesnake lying under a sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness

There is not a blade of living thing rowing but the sage brush. Elizabeth Visits America

Now through waving grass up to their knees, now through stretches of sage brush the hunters rode. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains

The plain was thinly scattered with sage brush, and up near the base of the mountain some greasewood grew in little bunches like currant bushes. Death Valley in '49

I once came across an old wrinkled woman, who was crouched in the sage brush, crying and lamenting for some one, as if her heart would break. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People

It afforded shelter enough from the wind, which was still blowing, to allow us to build a fire of dry sage brush. Out of Doors—California and Oregon

As he neared the sage brush toward which he had been making, Mr. Shirk looked back and to his relief saw the Indian off his horse. Reminiscences of a Pioneer

"You got the lay of the land down to the last sage brush," declared the foreman. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains

The country round about seemed volcanic, with no timber, but plenty of sage brush, in which we were able to shoot an occasional sage hen. Death Valley in '49

Here the hills rose again and the road that we followed wound sharply round a turn into a deep gorge, bordered with rocks and sage brush. Further Foolishness

While proceeding along an unfrequented road, with sage brush on each side of it, we ran across a rattlesnake, about four feet long, and of good circumference, twisted up into a most peculiar position. Out of Doors—California and Oregon

Willows had grown up along the edge of the stream that flowed out into the dun sage brush plain. Reminiscences of a Pioneer

Retracing our steps for a quarter of a mile, and taking a cut-off through the sage brush, we followed another trail upon our right up through a steep, dry coulee. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park

It was a poor camp; no grass, poor water and scattering, bitter sage brush for food for the cattle. Death Valley in '49

But there was a grim reality about the glittering knives, the rifles and the maxim guns that I saw concealed in the sage brush beside the road. Further Foolishness

It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen. Arizona Sketches

Along past midnight all the captives excepting Johnny were securely bound to the juniper with green rawhide, a mass of sage brush collected and the captives roasted alive. Reminiscences of a Pioneer

Their sledges were never in the public road but at least 10 to 20 rods outside of the road in the sage brush and cactus, leaving the road free for the Stage Company's mail coach. The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail

We found some good large sage brush which made a pretty good fire, and if we could have had a little fresh meat to roast we thought we were in a good position for supper. Death Valley in '49

You're all out of the picture and hidden by that there sage brush. Further Foolishness

There was nothing in sight but long stretches of sage brush, touched here and there by the sun's last gleams. A Woman Tenderfoot

He declared he would "kill me if he had to lay behind a sage brush and shoot me in the back." Reminiscences of a Pioneer

The country was barren in the extreme, being covered only with patches of sage brush. In the Heart of the Rockies

The meat was tough and stringy as basswood bark, and tasted strongly of bitter sage brush the cattle had eaten at almost every camp. Death Valley in '49

But I got it from one of those present, that they found Esau down in the sage brush on the bottoms that lie between the abrupt corner of Sheep Mountain and the Little Laramie River. Remarks

I cast another despairing glance around and saw, almost at my feet and half hidden by sage brush, several inches of rusty iron—blessed be the passing teamster who had thrown it there. A Woman Tenderfoot

Instantly the red devil, with sage brush tied round his head raised up about ninety yards from me and again fired. Reminiscences of a Pioneer

Frost himself is one of the finest of Western types; born and raised in the sage brush country, a hunter of big game ever since he was large enough to hold a gun. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow

Bearing to the left over a high, barren range of rocky mountains, and down into a plain of sand, sage brush, and cactus. Death Valley in '49

They won't if they are let alone, and allowed to fill the sage brush and line the banks of the Jordan with juvenile nom de plumes. Remarks

The bad lands on either side are interrupted here and there by patches of Artemisia, or sage brush. Canyons of the Colorado

The savages were searched out from among the sage brush and shot like rabbits. Reminiscences of a Pioneer

Over the little hills it ran through the sage brush. The Way of an Indian

Such a poor soil as this we were anxious to get away from, and walk once more on a soil that would grow something besides stunted sage brush. Death Valley in '49

Then Esau got madder and sulked away down the valley among the little sage brush hummocks and white alkali waste land to nurse his wrath. Remarks

Sometimes this is made a hundred yards in length, and is placed in a half-circular position, with wings of sage brush. Canyons of the Colorado

It was a rough, hard run, and was made especially lonely by the uninhabited stretches of sand and sage brush, and the echoes from the high granite walls of the narrow cañon. 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

Having carefully reconnoitered and considered the place, they left their horses in a dry washout and crawled toward it through the sage brush. The Way of an Indian

They came out of the brush at last into the open bottom land where the brook sank out of sight in the sand, and sage brush appeared all about. Death Valley in '49

A rancher came into town and telegraphed to Curtis' father, and then a half dozen citizens went out to help capture the herder, who had fled to the sage brush of the foot-hills. Remarks

It is an ideal sheep country—rough, varying from sage brush desert, out of which rises an occasional pine ridge butte, to bad lands, and the mountains of the Black Hills. American Big Game in Its Haunts

Then he bolted into the shadows of the oaks and sage brush. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch

"Bury me out on lone prair-ee Out where the snakes and the coyotes be; Drop not a tear on my sage brush grave Out on the lone prair-e-e-e-e-e!" The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings

She had learned to crop every spear of grass she came to, and every bit of sage brush that offered a green leaf was given a nip. Death Valley in '49

Tad was heading for a clump of sage brush, so that their operations might be the better masked. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim

The sheep annually eat off the grass tops and prevent seeding down; they trample out of life what they do not eat; along the principal valley routes even the sage brush is destroyed. American Big Game in Its Haunts

I had an uncle that died of thirst in the sage brush because a negro stole his horse. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

Rim of dawn the darkness losing Trail of blackened soil; Perfume of the sage brush oozing On the air like oil. Flint and Feather

There was larger sage brush in the wash than elsewhere, and no doubt Brigham had thought this a good place to seek for some extra blades of grass. Death Valley in '49

Once more did Jimmie set up a loud whinny, and to Tad's surprise and delight, the signal was answered by a similar call off in the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim

Jim claimed that his horse scared at something in the sage brush. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West

The reason for his sudden change of plans was that no sooner had the door opened than several thirty-eight calibre bullets were fired from the sage brush outside. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail

He was an interesting fellow, that stage driver, who had been a buccaroo all his life and apparently knew all about the sage brush country. Vignettes of San Francisco

Says the driver, 'Them mules is into the sage brush. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return

All at once, however, the keen-eyed boy discovered a slight movement in the sage brush, a few rods to the rear of where he had been sitting. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim

The Lieutenant fired six shots and killed five Indians and wounded the sixth one, while riding at full speed, and in this country in places the sage brush is waist high to a man. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West

A sudden fusillade was emptied into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail

When crushed, sage brush emits an odor which isn't exactly magnolia and equally isn't exactly polecat but is a sort of compromise between the two. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866)

The youth hid in the sage brush and when the sheep came directly toward him, he aimed his arrow at them. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest

The bow twanged viciously, and the arrow sped straight into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim

There was no trail, and a road had to be cut through the greasewood and sage brush. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901

Some of the sage brush that Kris Kringle had brought down to light up the cave lay outside on the ledge. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail

Darkness shut him out from my view in less than a minute, and within the next minute I lost the road and got to wandering in the sage brush. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866)

This in turn grew brilliant, and everywhere the sage brush glittered like foliage carved in gray-green quartz. The Seventh Man

Once again she saw him, when her machine swept round a curve and she could look back without seeming to do so, limping across through the sage brush toward a little hillock near the road. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West

The wind, humming through a hundred leagues of sage brush and mesquite, closed their ears to the city's staccato noises. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million

Cheer after cheer echoed through the chambers and reached the ears of a dozen desperadoes who were skulking amid the sage brush without. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail

"Then we'll starve you out," replied the man in the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail

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例句	sage brush Beyond the fire true night had set in, blue-black as a bruise, stretching over the steppe and sage brush country of the southern British Columbia interior. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z As she recalled, “I wrote juniper, sage brush, chili, mountains and sky and I said, ‘This is not the Chrysler Building.’” The Queen of Change 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Chief Financial Officer Brian Buckham recently described wildfire mitigation efforts as substantial: caution is the rule during the dry season, when even the undercarriage of a utility truck can ignite crackly sage brush. Hawaiian Electric CEO's bonus lacked incentive to cut wildfire risk, documents show 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Migrating golden eagles routinely soar through the sage brush flats that define the region, where hundreds of wind turbines have gone up over the past 15 years. Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “The court indeed expects that Lithium Nevada unfortunately will soon begin ripping out sage brush that will not grow back for a very long time,” she wrote. US judge won’t block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The rabbits need dense sage brush and deep soil to survive. Can drones count endangered rabbits in Central WA better than people can? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Pronghorn antelope roam amid the sage brush that spreads for miles in Thacker Pass, nestled between the Montana and Double H mountain ranges. California's electric car revolution, designed to save the planet, also unleashes a toll on it 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Once over, I returned to the sandy road and drove a few miles through the tumbleweeds and sage brush. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV is wonderful. But at $325,000, it should come with a driver 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z About 100 firefighters continued to battle the blaze that was burning mostly in sage brush Tuesday. Crews gaining on huge Nevada wildfire visible from space 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The blaze is 10% contained and is feeding on sage brush as well as pinyon-juniper forest as it moves into higher elevations. Whitney Portal campgrounds evacuated as Georges fire grows in Inyo County 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Over half the sage brush on which the grouse feeds has been lost and much of what remains has been degraded by agriculture, industry and invasive grasses fortified by global warming. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Sheep graze many winter ranges where the big sage brush forms almost pure stands. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Carlisle directs two crew members carrying a 60-foot long mist net through the cactus and sage brush, looking for a lost bird. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z About 400 years above that, in the 12,600 year old layer, they started seeing traces of bison, hare and sage brush — the things that would live in an emerging tundra steppe environment. How did the first Americans get here? A story of boats, bones and ice 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The BLM created an extensive rehabilitation plan to help growth of sage brush and grass in Owyhee County, but months after the fire, ranchers are skeptical about the BLM’s chance of success. A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z After spending the winter huddled in sage brush, a twiggy shrub that carpets the plains and is the backdrop to a thousand Westerns, male grouse gather on patches of open ground known as leks. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The deal allows limited drilling for natural gas on top of the 84-square-mile plateau, renowned for its forests, sage brush country, streams and wildlife. US unveils plan to limit drilling on Colorado’s Roan Plateau 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Growing more sage brush is particularly important because some key Greater Sage Grouse habitat was lost to the Soda Fire. State land rehab plan for Soda Fire area released 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Omak, Washington Extended drought and lightning strikes have kindled fires sweeping through sage brush and forest, prompting President Obama to declare a state of emergency in Washington. 'It's unrelenting': inside the Washington town surrounded by raging wildfires 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The BLM also stated in the plan that fire lines, fuel breaks and other fire preventative methods will be sought to help keep the burned acres safe while sage brush is re-established. A mix of hope and skepticism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Swirls of searing reds, oranges and yellow fold into a bowl that visitors from around the world seek out on an unmarked path past sandstone buttes and sage brush. Hike to richly colored geological upheaval along Arizona-Utah border not without danger 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Conservationists and federal officials say preservation and good management of Greater Sage Grouse is key because it means the sage brush that so many animals depend on is likewise well managed. There are only 400,000 sage grouse left. Here’s the government’s new plan to save an awesome bird 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Thomas said he noticed an outcropping of an ancient lava flow, with some very tall sage brush growing in front of it, indicating very deep sediment deposits. Eastern Oregon Dig Uncovers Ancient Stone Tool 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Cover that concrete doorway with sage brush, and you will be all set for World War III. Parcel for Sale: Plenty of Space. Very Quiet. Light? Well ... 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “It might be a clearing in the sage brush, an expanse of which might expand for hundreds of miles on every side.” The $9 Million (and Counting) Chicken Fight Over the Sage Grouse 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Rupert is the metropolis of the Government Minidoka Irrigation Project on the Snake River, a region which eight years ago was a sage brush desert, but which now is a densely settled farming community. Evolution versus Creation; Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Finally, the private and public partnerships will work to lower the threat of range fires that destroy sage brush, especially in the Great Basin region of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California. There are only 400,000 sage grouse left. Here’s the government’s new plan to save an awesome bird 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z About the size of a chicken, the sage grouse is considered an indicator species for the larger sage brush ecosystem, which is threatened by oil and gas, mining and renewable energy development. Wyoming, BLM reach first agreement on sage grouse habitat The sage brush flourished on the Brookses’ ranch, with nearly a 90 percent survival rate, though not all of the 5,000 seedlings planted in area ranches did so well. Ranchers, agencies work to help sage grouse 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "Farther north and west, across Oklahoma and southeastern Colorado, reports indicate sage brush and large trees dying and even some cacti turning brown," the Drought Monitor said. U.S. Drought Grows for Fourth Week; South Driest in Weeks 2013-07-11T18:15:05.560Z We strongly oppose the listing of the dune sage brush lizard either as a threatened or an endangered species. US election 2012: Romney and Obama avoid the climate change elephant 2012-08-24T13:39:42Z With guns and garments, but few of the latter probably, on their heads, they swam across and climbed up the bank to the level of the sage brush plain. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Indeed, the country seems to take on a beautiful and cheerful appearance; civilization and beautiful farms take the place of the wilderness, sage brush and skulking coyotes. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z All the roses fade, the beautiful green trees lose their leaves, and there is nothing in the heart but sage brush. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Later wagon trains and travelers have complained, and justly, of sage brush and the difficulties of this route. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z The sun poured its stifling heat down on the great desert, where nothing save an occasional clump of sage brush could be seen. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z We passed through sage brush and sand, and all of that kind of country looked desolate to me, but once in awhile, we would come to prairie land. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z On all sides stretched the same monotonous view, sage brush, mesquite, cactus, scattered tufts of grass, and the brown plain, endless, flat, wearying. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z When the city was first settled its site was a “barren tract of sand, thinly covered with buffalo-grass and patches of sage brush.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The sage brush, willow, and grease-wood had been cut and cleared away for a considerable distance around, to prevent any Indians getting near the fort without being discovered. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z It is only found in the sage brush districts of the high altitudes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z We were jaunting along rapidly enough, and the rattling of the buckboard disturbed the repose of a coyote that was lying in the sage brush along the trail. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z I had a spell of mountain fever just before the Fourth and Gould dosed me with sage brush tea, the vilest concoction I ever had to take. Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education 2011-10-05T02:00:19.377Z It’s nothing but a trail through sage brush.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z We were twenty-six hours on horseback, having stopped but six hours to rest; we tied our horses to the sage brush, to prevent them from leaving us to hunt for water. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Was there anywhere else in the world such a wide sweep of country, such plains and prairies and desert sands covered with sage brush and cacti? The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire 2011-08-31T02:01:23.303Z The leader was fitted with a red saddle blanket decorated with sage brush for a war bonnet, with a few cat tails for plumes. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z As I peered out of the tiny window, the land became increasingly arid and fewer roads disrupted the sea of creeping grass and sage brush. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Now a trail is a very subtle and illusive thing, once it’s lost, and one’s imagination plays many strange tricks in a desert of sage brush. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Only a little toe, the nail gone, a partially healed wound, showing where the cruel snag of the hated sage brush had torn its way into her very flesh and blood. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z They skirted the Cole ranch, eyeing the Mexicans who were at work clearing sage brush, and a mile further on halted their horses ... rode forward, halted again, rode forward ... stopped. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z The animals now having satisfied their thirst were nibbling gingerly at the scant growth of sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z I think, though I am not sure, that it was before we crossed the Colorado line when we saw our first 'dobe house, our first sage brush, and our first tumbleweed. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The road writhed on through the sage brush sixteen miles from Ranger before it branched. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z He followed Onawa along a trail which bewildered with innumerable twistings, and after an hour's sharp walking they reached an untrodden bed of sage brush glistening upon the flats. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z It touched sage brush and after moments of struggle he clamped his fingers about the stalk and dragged himself on, gritting his teeth against the pain. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Ned Rector rescued a can of pickled pigs' feet from the shadow of a sage brush, while their guide discovered a sombrero that belonged to Stacy Brown. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Across this sun-bitten solitude of sand and sage brush extend two parallel steel lines—the branch of the Southern Pacific which at Truxton takes a bold plunge into the white solitudes of the dry country. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Mallinger had a quadruple-bogey 9 on the 616-yard 9th -- dropping twice from unplayable lies after driving wide left into the trees and sage brush -- en route to a 77 and a tie for 21st. Bettencourt Wins Reno-Tahoe Open by 1 Stroke 2010-07-19T02:10:00Z She led him along a cliff path, across a flat, again into sage brush, and finally into more forest. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Standing in the desert with nothing about it but sand and sage brush, Jack spied the cactus she sought. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold Ned and Tom Parry cooked the supper over a sage brush fire. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z There were acres and acres of sage brush, sometimes a field of wild buckwheat and once in a while a small grove of live oak shrubs or of red and blue gum trees. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines In what appeared to be slow, lazy, flight it usually drifted off to the west, to more upland areas of short grass and sage brush. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas Jim and Jack saw nothing moving in the sage brush or beyond it and there was no one in sight. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Suggesting a sage brush with a turkey and also something abominable is not the only pain there is in so much provoking. Geography and Plays The fresh milk procured in Eureka was strong with the sage brush taste, as was almost everything else in that barren country. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Here, too, instead of grass, they found only sand, sage brush, greasewood, and cacti. Campmates A Story of the Plains We had seen him disappear down the valley, his machine finally hidden in acres of grey-green sage brush. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The earth dipped slightly on the farther side and a thicket of low sage brush covered the rise in the land beyond. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series The goats make their own living on the tops of the sage brush, which protrude through the snow. Practical Angora Goat Raising Not a thing save clumps of sage brush met peering eyes of the Pony Rider Boys. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Its sandy soil only supported a thick growth of sage brush, that yielded a strong aromatic fragrance when bruised or broken, and which rendered the running of the line peculiarly toilsome. Campmates A Story of the Plains His mistress told me that he was one of the greatest hunters in Nevada, and that he was anxious to go off in the sage brush on a grand chase. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway There was no place for her to hide, for the plain stretched on, covered only with grass and low sage brush. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series This picture was taken on the range and one can see the fine fibered sage brush on which the goats feed. Practical Angora Goat Raising Very proudly the lads dragged their trophies to camp, where, after heaping fresh sage brush on the fire, the youngsters stretched the carcasses out full length that Professor Zepplin might see. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Night was falling as we cleared the forests and sailed out upon a wilderness of sage brush. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel We learned about the "shad scale" which the sheep eat, and about certain kinds of sage brush that are very nutritious. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway But I learned from one of those present, that they found Esau down in the sage brush on the bottoms that lie between the abrupt corner of Sheep mountain and the Little Laramie river. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories In Colorado under a sage brush, a nest was found which had been scooped in the sand and lined warmly with down evidently taken from the bird’s own breast, which was plucked nearly bare. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 As they did so, some dark object bounded from the water tank and leaped away into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Two or three days before I was found, while ascending a steep hill, I fell from exhaustion into a sage brush, without the power to rise. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 The high, grey-green deserts of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming stretch before us once more, and we can smell the clean, pungent sage brush. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Buck Barry came bounding out of the sage brush, and seized his rifle from under the bush where we had kept them. Gold How was Santa to draw his gift-laden sleigh over barren stretches of sage brush and sand? Little Tales of The Desert Old, dried-up water sinks lay white and glistening here and there, framed by vast areas of sage brush, while on beyond in the blue distance lay miles and miles of monotonous, billowing hills and mountains. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The town consisted of merely a few, straggling, unpainted buildings, while in every direction extended the apparently interminable stretches of undulating prairie, partially covered with sage brush and wild cactus. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West And once we saw a beautiful antelope leaping and bounding over the sage brush so lightly that he looked in the distance like a phantom animal made of thistle down. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Found generally in sage brush and thickets where it nests in bushes or on the ground laying three or four bluish white eggs like those of the last. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Mr. Boyle hauled us a load of sage brush, and the boys chop wood mornings and noons––it’s a punishment when they don’t behave, or if they miss their lessons. Rim o' the World "Looks to me more like a landscape of German measles," averred Stacy, as they moved along through scattering sage brush and open sandy stretches. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Taking an opportunity to seize his tail, I followed him around about over the plain and through the sage brush at a rapid gait; finally he slackened pace and I again became master. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail They halted for a nooning; the oxen browsed a little on sage brush and dried grass; the men lunched on crackers, cold coffee and the remnants of breakfast, but our water keg was empty. A Gold Hunter's Experience But there are treeless regions where the trail must be marked; regions of sage brush and sand, regions of rock, stretches of stone, and level wastes of grass or sedge. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Stock is extensively grazed in its vicinity, feeding on sage brush in the winter and such grass as they can get; but excellent grazing is found in the summer. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier They were now in a broad valley, the rolling hills covered with a sparse growth of sage brush rising gradually on each side. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Once Dave caught Jim under the ribs with his right horn, which was bent forward and stood out nearly straight, and tossed him over some sage brush near by. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail As she did not move, I said to Tom: "You stay here while I creep out to that sage brush and I'll get a picture of her at fifty yards." Wild Animals at Home Our route lay through the sage brush of the Bad Lands, and some of the party were very anxious to stop at a mountain stream and catch some trout. The Sheep Eaters It stands in the midst of a desert—a dusty, treeless plain covered with sparse low sage brush and enclosed by rocky ridges. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 "I'm sure I'll have to take back some sage brush with me to flavor my food after we leave the desert," scoffed Ned. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Grand Coulee Dam has made feasible the irrigation of about 1-1/4 million acres of sage brush, bunch grass, and marginal wheat lands. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The old avenue of cottonwoods, once four miles long, was now ragged and unwatered, and the great parade ground had gone back to sand and sage brush. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado It is a problem of how to bring the precious rills of water on to the alkali and sage brush. The Frontier in American History I've been in this yere country Since late in fifty-nine, I know every foot o' sage brush Clear to the southern line. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp The air grew suddenly hot and depressing, while a gentle breeze stirred the sage brush on the higher places. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The temperature was measured by the Experiment Station in Eastern Oregon, where they are trying to grow some fruit and nut trees so they will have something else to eat besides sage brush. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The gold-hunters crossed, in stages or caravans, enormous prairies, alkaline deserts dotted with sage brush and seamed by deep cañons, and passes through gigantic mountain ranges. Brief History of English and American Literature In spite of the cold of the night, Drew was wet with sweat as they threaded through heady sage brush. Rebel Spurs There was much alkali and sage brush along their trail, and only here and there in scanty patches any of the rich, nutritious bunch grass which the roving animals so eagerly sought. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. The boys spread out, calling and searching excitedly over the sand, peering into the sage brush and cactus shadows. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Under the influence of irrigation it has spread, in one instance cited, into sage brush soil, and there, along with timothy and red top, has aided in producing fine crops. Clovers and How to Grow Them This is done by frequent feeding with small bits of sage brush or other fuel. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 Dreary wastes of sage brush greeted us on every hand, walled in by the mountains that, bare of verdure, raised their heads above the horizon some thirty miles away. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson "Pull up, Bob; I sure glimpsed something moving, out there in the sage brush!" The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain The guide had by this time gathered a heap of sage brush, to which he touched a match, that they might the better examine their surroundings. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The world shone a radiant floor out of which each sage brush rose a floating, feathered tuft, but of gleam or trickle of water there was none. The Emigrant Trail Cottonwood and willow boughs in foliage, grease-wood, sage brush, and rabbit brush are laid with stems upward in even rows against these saplings to a height of 6 or 7 feet. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 He was glad when he reached the Colorado River and wound up into California, leaving the alkali and sage brush and yucca palms of the Mojave well behind him. Never-Fail Blake There they go, pushing through the sage brush, Frank. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain "Do you know, I'm beginning to like the sage brush taste in the food," said Walter. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z At midday a blot of black lay at the root of every sage brush. The Emigrant Trail The mule lay rolling in the sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness The only vegetation was sage brush, while the trail, scarcely visible to the eye, would circle here and there among grotesque formations, and occasionally seemed to disappear altogether. The Strange Case of Cavendish The blue grass region of Kentucky or the rich, black soil of Illinois—the painted desert, the home of the sage brush and the coyote! History of the United States "You'll like that and the sage brush taste in your mouth more and more as you get to know them better." The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z Such unpromising materials as dust and sage brush had not quenched their inventive power or hampered their imaginations. The Emigrant Trail The ashy earth, the dusty sage brush, the orange sand hills, the silver strip on the far sky line flecked by the purple and opal loomed and wavered and writhed in a white flame. The Freebooters of the Wilderness He seized her skirt and dragged her to safety, clinging to a friendly sage brush. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope But turning about, in an effort to face the animal away from the worst of the blizzard, he kicked a clump of sage brush arched fairly over by its burden of snow. Bruvver Jim's Baby The earth was dry and parched, and in all directions, as far as the eye could see, grew only the sage brush—the mark of the desert. Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks Our journey is through ghostly deserts, sage brush and alkali, and rocks without form or color, a sad corner of the world. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls He was beginning to rejoice in the vast spacious relentless Desert with its fierce struggle of life against death; the cactus, the greasewood, the brittle sage brush, all matching themselves against the heat-death. The Freebooters of the Wilderness He had discovered the result, but not the cause; so he began rooting among the sage brush of the sand downs for the foundation stone of his social submergence. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Adams county is in the center of southeastern Washington, cut out of the once great desert plateau, covered with sage brush. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 They saw him whirl half around, and look down at his left arm; but as he dropped lower, he rested his rifle on a bit of sage brush, and fired once more. Heart's Desire George sent for sage brush, and got a stuffed sage hen, and photographs of sage-plains, to give Esther the local color for her picture. Esther It was a dirty leaf from a note book fouled by the Desert winds and lodged in the sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Worst, perhaps, was the way in which the gaunt sage brush scratched his unclothed legs when he was compelled to cross a patch on some coulee bottom. The Happy Family The desert lay all about him like a calmed sea on which were dim half-lights of sage brush or alkali flats. The Rules of the Game This they followed rapidly, crossing wide plains of sage brush and cactus throughout the day. Heart's Desire I dismounted from my horse and tied him to a sage brush, and then I crept to the top of the hill to see how many there were of them. Chief of Scouts The sand lay fine as sifted ashes dotted with clumps of bluish-green sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness In the next bottom—and he was long getting to it—the sage brush grew dishearteningly thick. The Happy Family The surrounding country was either a desert given over to sage brush and jack rabbits, or raised crops only according to the amount of rain that fell. The Rules of the Game Every time he saw a jack rabbit or a bunch of sage brush, he'd snort and take a pasear sideways as far as the rope would let him go. Heart's Desire There was no timber in sight as far as one could see; there was nothing to see but sage brush, but there was plenty of good water and fine grass. Chief of Scouts Where the cut-way widened and lost itself in an alkali sink, the hoof prints of the fugitives' horses led out again to the open country of gray torrid earth dotted by sage brush and greasewood. The Freebooters of the Wilderness A night ride over the Alkali Plains of Nevada, famous for their sage brush, was a novelty, and in the clear atmosphere they looked like fields of snow. By the Golden Gate The country was broken and strange, with its wide, free sweeps, its sage brush, its stunted trees, but it was not mountainous as Bob had conceived mountains. The Rules of the Game The grass was thinner, and sage brush took the place of timber. Death Valley in '49 I hid myself in a little bunch of sage brush and waited until they fed up to within fifty yards of me. Chief of Scouts He shuffled through the ash with dragging steps; and the sage brush crackled brittle where the trail led out from the silt across the baked earth. The Freebooters of the Wilderness But it was really so, and luminous and clear, so that we could see perhaps a hundred miles, all a vast sea of sage brush. Elizabeth Visits America At the end of an hour the basalt gorge opened out to a wide steep slope of talus on which grew in clumps the first sage brush of the desert. The Rules of the Game By night we were far up the mountain, near the perpendicular rough peak, and far above us on a slope we could see some bunches of grass and sage brush. Death Valley in '49 I will take all the men but you and two others, and I will station them all along on that little ridge at the edge of sage brush. Chief of Scouts He aimed his revolver at a green rattlesnake lying under a sage brush. The Freebooters of the Wilderness There is not a blade of living thing rowing but the sage brush. Elizabeth Visits America Now through waving grass up to their knees, now through stretches of sage brush the hunters rode. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains The plain was thinly scattered with sage brush, and up near the base of the mountain some greasewood grew in little bunches like currant bushes. Death Valley in '49 I once came across an old wrinkled woman, who was crouched in the sage brush, crying and lamenting for some one, as if her heart would break. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People It afforded shelter enough from the wind, which was still blowing, to allow us to build a fire of dry sage brush. Out of Doors—California and Oregon As he neared the sage brush toward which he had been making, Mr. Shirk looked back and to his relief saw the Indian off his horse. Reminiscences of a Pioneer "You got the lay of the land down to the last sage brush," declared the foreman. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains The country round about seemed volcanic, with no timber, but plenty of sage brush, in which we were able to shoot an occasional sage hen. Death Valley in '49 Here the hills rose again and the road that we followed wound sharply round a turn into a deep gorge, bordered with rocks and sage brush. Further Foolishness While proceeding along an unfrequented road, with sage brush on each side of it, we ran across a rattlesnake, about four feet long, and of good circumference, twisted up into a most peculiar position. Out of Doors—California and Oregon Willows had grown up along the edge of the stream that flowed out into the dun sage brush plain. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Retracing our steps for a quarter of a mile, and taking a cut-off through the sage brush, we followed another trail upon our right up through a steep, dry coulee. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park It was a poor camp; no grass, poor water and scattering, bitter sage brush for food for the cattle. Death Valley in '49 But there was a grim reality about the glittering knives, the rifles and the maxim guns that I saw concealed in the sage brush beside the road. Further Foolishness It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen. Arizona Sketches Along past midnight all the captives excepting Johnny were securely bound to the juniper with green rawhide, a mass of sage brush collected and the captives roasted alive. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Their sledges were never in the public road but at least 10 to 20 rods outside of the road in the sage brush and cactus, leaving the road free for the Stage Company's mail coach. The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail We found some good large sage brush which made a pretty good fire, and if we could have had a little fresh meat to roast we thought we were in a good position for supper. Death Valley in '49 You're all out of the picture and hidden by that there sage brush. Further Foolishness There was nothing in sight but long stretches of sage brush, touched here and there by the sun's last gleams. A Woman Tenderfoot He declared he would "kill me if he had to lay behind a sage brush and shoot me in the back." Reminiscences of a Pioneer The country was barren in the extreme, being covered only with patches of sage brush. In the Heart of the Rockies The meat was tough and stringy as basswood bark, and tasted strongly of bitter sage brush the cattle had eaten at almost every camp. Death Valley in '49 But I got it from one of those present, that they found Esau down in the sage brush on the bottoms that lie between the abrupt corner of Sheep Mountain and the Little Laramie River. Remarks I cast another despairing glance around and saw, almost at my feet and half hidden by sage brush, several inches of rusty iron—blessed be the passing teamster who had thrown it there. A Woman Tenderfoot Instantly the red devil, with sage brush tied round his head raised up about ninety yards from me and again fired. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Frost himself is one of the finest of Western types; born and raised in the sage brush country, a hunter of big game ever since he was large enough to hold a gun. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Bearing to the left over a high, barren range of rocky mountains, and down into a plain of sand, sage brush, and cactus. Death Valley in '49 They won't if they are let alone, and allowed to fill the sage brush and line the banks of the Jordan with juvenile nom de plumes. Remarks The bad lands on either side are interrupted here and there by patches of Artemisia, or sage brush. Canyons of the Colorado The savages were searched out from among the sage brush and shot like rabbits. Reminiscences of a Pioneer Over the little hills it ran through the sage brush. The Way of an Indian Such a poor soil as this we were anxious to get away from, and walk once more on a soil that would grow something besides stunted sage brush. Death Valley in '49 Then Esau got madder and sulked away down the valley among the little sage brush hummocks and white alkali waste land to nurse his wrath. Remarks Sometimes this is made a hundred yards in length, and is placed in a half-circular position, with wings of sage brush. Canyons of the Colorado It was a rough, hard run, and was made especially lonely by the uninhabited stretches of sand and sage brush, and the echoes from the high granite walls of the narrow cañon. 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 Having carefully reconnoitered and considered the place, they left their horses in a dry washout and crawled toward it through the sage brush. The Way of an Indian They came out of the brush at last into the open bottom land where the brook sank out of sight in the sand, and sage brush appeared all about. Death Valley in '49 A rancher came into town and telegraphed to Curtis' father, and then a half dozen citizens went out to help capture the herder, who had fled to the sage brush of the foot-hills. Remarks It is an ideal sheep country—rough, varying from sage brush desert, out of which rises an occasional pine ridge butte, to bad lands, and the mountains of the Black Hills. American Big Game in Its Haunts Then he bolted into the shadows of the oaks and sage brush. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch "Bury me out on lone prair-ee Out where the snakes and the coyotes be; Drop not a tear on my sage brush grave Out on the lone prair-e-e-e-e-e!" The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings She had learned to crop every spear of grass she came to, and every bit of sage brush that offered a green leaf was given a nip. Death Valley in '49 Tad was heading for a clump of sage brush, so that their operations might be the better masked. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim The sheep annually eat off the grass tops and prevent seeding down; they trample out of life what they do not eat; along the principal valley routes even the sage brush is destroyed. American Big Game in Its Haunts I had an uncle that died of thirst in the sage brush because a negro stole his horse. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet Rim of dawn the darkness losing Trail of blackened soil; Perfume of the sage brush oozing On the air like oil. Flint and Feather There was larger sage brush in the wash than elsewhere, and no doubt Brigham had thought this a good place to seek for some extra blades of grass. Death Valley in '49 Once more did Jimmie set up a loud whinny, and to Tad's surprise and delight, the signal was answered by a similar call off in the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim Jim claimed that his horse scared at something in the sage brush. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West The reason for his sudden change of plans was that no sooner had the door opened than several thirty-eight calibre bullets were fired from the sage brush outside. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail He was an interesting fellow, that stage driver, who had been a buccaroo all his life and apparently knew all about the sage brush country. Vignettes of San Francisco Says the driver, 'Them mules is into the sage brush. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return All at once, however, the keen-eyed boy discovered a slight movement in the sage brush, a few rods to the rear of where he had been sitting. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim The Lieutenant fired six shots and killed five Indians and wounded the sixth one, while riding at full speed, and in this country in places the sage brush is waist high to a man. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West A sudden fusillade was emptied into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail When crushed, sage brush emits an odor which isn't exactly magnolia and equally isn't exactly polecat but is a sort of compromise between the two. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) The youth hid in the sage brush and when the sheep came directly toward him, he aimed his arrow at them. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest The bow twanged viciously, and the arrow sped straight into the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim There was no trail, and a road had to be cut through the greasewood and sage brush. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Some of the sage brush that Kris Kringle had brought down to light up the cave lay outside on the ledge. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail Darkness shut him out from my view in less than a minute, and within the next minute I lost the road and got to wandering in the sage brush. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866) This in turn grew brilliant, and everywhere the sage brush glittered like foliage carved in gray-green quartz. The Seventh Man Once again she saw him, when her machine swept round a curve and she could look back without seeming to do so, limping across through the sage brush toward a little hillock near the road. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West The wind, humming through a hundred leagues of sage brush and mesquite, closed their ears to the city's staccato noises. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Cheer after cheer echoed through the chambers and reached the ears of a dozen desperadoes who were skulking amid the sage brush without. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail "Then we'll starve you out," replied the man in the sage brush. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail
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