Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...standing graceful as a mountain...
...this town were beset by many foes. Among them were "goodies" and "pocos," who dwelt in the town itself, and a race of fierce savages, called "Port peelers," who infested a high mountain near the place called "Mt. Auburn," whence they frequently descended, and bearing away every one whom they met, buried them alive on the slopes of the hill. Query: Was "port" an abbreviation of porto? The men had also a feud with a certain Yale, of which nothing more is known. Men are often spoken of as "deading"; may they not have been killed in these contests...
Fiercely o'er the mountain ridges...
...ghastly light leaps o'er the mountain-peaks...
Storm-fed on hailstones, thunders, mountain...