carrying place
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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On October 12, Colonel Enos and the rear guard reached the Twelve Mile carrying place.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Blaisdell, Albert F.
Around this dam is the last carrying place between this and Mud Lake, over which our boatmen trudged with their boats, like great turtles with their shells upon their backs.
From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by Hammond, S. H. (Samuel H.)
Camp after camp they passed, which the old man's explanations pacified, till they at length came to the carrying place.
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
The stream was low, in spite of heavy rains that had drenched them on the carrying place.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
Here was a carrying place of three and a half miles through a wilderness without any tract to guide us.
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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