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Brewer's: Rascal

Originally applied in the chase to a lean, worthless deer, then a collective term for the commonalty, the mob; and popularly to a base fellow. Shakespeare says, “Horns! the noblest deer…

The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Wooing

Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast Hiawatha's Wooing "As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 11, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 10, 1805May 12, 1805May 11, 1805 Saturday May 11th 1805. Set out this morning at an early hour, the courant strong; and river very crooked;…

The Song of Hiawatha: The Ghosts

The Death of Kwasind The Famine The Ghosts Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison, But another vulture, watching From his high…

Lee de Forest

Lee de Forest Born: 1873Birthplace: Council Bluffs, Iowa Audion amplifier—De Forest inserted a third electrode between the cathode and anode to make his audion tube. Radio signals are picked…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 23, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 22, 1805August 24, 1805August 23, 1805 Friday August 23rd 1805. This morning I arrose very early and despatched two hunters on horseback…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 8, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 7, 1805August 9, 1805August 8, 1805 Thursday August 8th 1805. We had a heavy dew this morning. as one canoe had been left we had now more…