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Chapter XXXVII
WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN. On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.” On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand? No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.” They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
not any; not one
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They rode entirely around the cone and scanned the plain in all directions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
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From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
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From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No one was in sight as they approached the butte which the Indians called “Sacred Mountain.”
which person or people
From this reading On the appointed day Buffalo Bill and the pards who accompanied him on the previous trip rode northward to visit the “Daughter of the Moon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WONDERS OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On the way out the pards wondered if the “Queen of the Stars” would be there to greet them, or were they going on a fool’s errand?
