carrying place
Americannoun
noun
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We had now come to the great carrying place, 4 miles and 50 perches over.
From An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775 by Stocking, Abner
We carried over a long carrying place to Medoctock Fort, which stands on a bank of St. John’s river.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
To the last, the Miamis clung to their old carrying place.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Barce, Elmore
Three leagues up the marshy and oats-choked Fox River, constantly widening to little lakes and receding to a throat of a channel, brought the explorers to the portage, or carrying place.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
After getting over the carrying place, we found the water more still.
From An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775 by Stocking, Abner
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