Matchlocks were primed, cartridges rammed home, and swords loosened in their sheaths. Was it the Tuaregs again across our path? But Mohammed, the keen-eyed, shouted joyfully— “The oasis, the oasis! I see the palm-trees.”
this would be the answer because of the way that they are over joyed when they find the Oasis.
I remember this from fifth grade. We were learning like the kids at Ron Clark Academy, its Reducing Information!
Northwest ordinance was an important step in limiting slavery
Apostrophe and Simile i think.