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'I have a mind to go down among the cane-brakes by the river.'
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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It is heard of on the cotton-fields of Texas, in the cane-brakes of
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Once or twice they came into a great lake, full of cypress stumps and knees, and of alligators also, and several times, on the edges of the cane-brakes which they sometimes passed, were bears and deer and quantities of smaller animals, as well as birds.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Various
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The river in summer is only a deep, sandy ravine, with a clear and rapid stream of water running at its bottom, and in the rear of the plantations, instead of swamps, are high rolling cane-brakes.
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Among the rest there came along quite a rough looking individual fresh from the cane-brakes of Arkansas.
The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters
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The melody echoed from the misty Kentucky hills, lingered under the overhanging trees, rambled through the sighing cane-brakes, loitered among the murmuring rushes -- thus growing ever fainter, sweeter, wilder, sadder, as it came.
Round Anvil Rock A Romance Nancy Huston Banks
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Following the course of the river, they soon entered the region of cane-brakes, so thick that no animal larger than a cat could penetrate them; and of cotton-wood forests of immense size and of unparalleled density.
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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"Three days, and four nights, and part o 'another day, jest as true as buffaloes run in cane-brakes, and Injen varmints shoot white folks whensomever they git a chance," replied Mrs. Younker, with great volubility.
Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life Emerson Bennett
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The swaying of the cane-brakes -- near and far -- signalled the secret movements of the wingless wild things which had only stealth to guard them against the cruelty of nature and against one another.
Round Anvil Rock A Romance Nancy Huston Banks
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Numerous islands are interspersed through this river; and from the mouth of the Ohio, tall cotton-wood trees and cane-brakes grow in immense quantities along the banks; the latter, being evergreens, have a pleasing effect in the winter season.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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