The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts |
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At least, I found it so, on the present occasion ; the day of my arrival was my birth day, and it required but little stretch of imagination to convert the scene upon which I had now entered, into a new world. It was new to me.
At least, I found it so, on the present occasion ; the day of my arrival was my birth day, and it required but little stretch of imagination to convert the scene upon which I had now entered, into a new world. It was new to me.
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It was covered with forest trees of the native growth, some of which were several feet in diameter, and it 'ad indeed, essentially the same look and character, which I found it to present, twenty- five years afterwards, ...
It was covered with forest trees of the native growth, some of which were several feet in diameter, and it 'ad indeed, essentially the same look and character, which I found it to present, twenty- five years afterwards, ...
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Shawneetown is a word which brings to mind one of the North American tribes, who, between 1632 and the present time, figure as one of the frontier actors in our history. They have, in this time, with the ubiquity of one of their own ...
Shawneetown is a word which brings to mind one of the North American tribes, who, between 1632 and the present time, figure as one of the frontier actors in our history. They have, in this time, with the ubiquity of one of their own ...
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... below Shawneetown, too, that the cliffs of the Cave-in-Rock-Coast present themselves on the west shore — with their associations of the early robber-era which has been commemorated by the pen of fiction of Charles Brockden Brown.
... below Shawneetown, too, that the cliffs of the Cave-in-Rock-Coast present themselves on the west shore — with their associations of the early robber-era which has been commemorated by the pen of fiction of Charles Brockden Brown.
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souri coasts, at Grand Tower, would have converted into an inland sea the principal area of the present states of Illinois, Indiana, and Southern Ohio. The line of separation in this latitude is not great. It constitutes the narrowest ...
souri coasts, at Grand Tower, would have converted into an inland sea the principal area of the present states of Illinois, Indiana, and Southern Ohio. The line of separation in this latitude is not great. It constitutes the narrowest ...
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Страница 421 - I was. The garret was separated from the room below only by a layer of single boards, at once the flooring of the one and the ceiling of the other. I could therefore hear everything that passed; and the Indians no sooner came in than they inquired whether or not any Englishman were in the house.
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Страница 80 - He was now sure that he had come the right path, for the aged man had told him of this. There were also shining paddles. He immediately entered the canoe, and took the paddles in his hands, when to his joy and surprise, on turning round, he beheld the object of his search in another canoe, exactly its counterpart in everything.
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| Заглавие | The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts |
| Автор | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft |
| Издател | Wanzer, Foot and Company [Buffalo, printed], 1851 |
| Оригиналът е от | Оксфордският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 1 Дек 2006 |
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