Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
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Winds blowsouth, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river!
Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all time, minding
Earth of shine and dark, mottling the tide of the river!
Let books take the place of trees, animals, rivers, clouds!
What rivers are these? What forests and fruits are these?
see the four great rivers of China, the Amour, the Yellow River, the Yiang-tse, and the Pearl; I see
O boating on the rivers! The voyage down the Niagara, (the St.
Earth of shine and dark, mottling the tide of the river!
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS.
What rivers are these? what forests and fruits are these?
four great rivers of China, the Amour, the Yellow River, the Yiang-tse, and the Pearl; I see where the
Let books take the place of trees, animals, rivers, clouds!
Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river!
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS.
I see the long river-stripes of the earth, I see the Amazon and the Paraguay, I see the four great rivers
River and sunset and scallop-edg'd waves of flood-tide?
O boating on the rivers, The voyage down the St.
Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river!
FROM PENT-UP ACHING RIVERS.
I see the long river-stripes of the earth, I see the Amazon and the Paraguay, I see the four great rivers
River and sunset and scallop-edg'd waves of flood-tide?
O boating on the rivers, The voyage down the St.
Winds blowsouth, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river!
the pale green leaves of the trees prolific, In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river
Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or white come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
there atwixt the banks of the Arkansaw, the Rio Grande, the Nueces, the Brazos, the Tombigbee, the Red River
native thoughts looking through smutched faces , Iron-works, forge-fires in the mountains, or by the river
Winds blow South, or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains
Winds blow South, or winds blow North, Day come white, or night come black, Home, or rivers and mountains