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He not only had _not_ made preparation to house the explorers; but he refused to permit them inside the stockades of the miserable huts at Okhotsk, which he called his fort.
Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903
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Near his cottage he pointed out the remains of an ancient structure, which he called the fort.
Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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There isn't a man reading this that didn't have a special place he called his fort.
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At the Sulaymaniyah we turned off the main road into a byway, and ascended by narrow lanes the rough heights of Jabal Hindi, upon which stands a small whitewashed and crenellated building called a fort.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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These walls inclose a considerable area, which by courtesy is called a fort.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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"Want us there," said Oonamoo, starting down the ridge on his peculiar trot, and moving off toward what may now properly be termed a fort.
The Riflemen of the Miami Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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Slight barracks have been erected within the last two years on the same side near the Falls and at Chippewa, with breastworks at the latter place, but nothing, he believes, above the work first named on the Niagara which can be termed a fort.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren 1878
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Slight barracks have been erected within the last two years on the same side near the Falls and at Chippewa, with breastworks at the latter place, but nothing, I believe, above the works first named on the Niagara which can be termed a fort.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren 1878
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Aboard the ships, as long as they lasted, the hulls and raised deck acted as a wall of sorts, turning each ship into a kind of fort.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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"They wanted to see if we were still on guard," and he explained about the "fort."
The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Willard F. Baker
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