Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Том 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... produced ice from 3 to 4 lines thick , this plant was not at all injured by it . In this territory are two places , one called Flat lick and the other Stinking Creek . Saw near the Carcass of a Stag the ( Corvus corax ) . Davissas ...
... produced ice from 3 to 4 lines thick , this plant was not at all injured by it . In this territory are two places , one called Flat lick and the other Stinking Creek . Saw near the Carcass of a Stag the ( Corvus corax ) . Davissas ...
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... produces only black oaks . 30 Miles . The 24th passed by Big Barren River . The man who keeps the Ferry is well supplied with provisions.115 The distance is 3 Miles from [ Drake ] Creek . Crossed the Barrens and slept on the ground ...
... produces only black oaks . 30 Miles . The 24th passed by Big Barren River . The man who keeps the Ferry is well supplied with provisions.115 The distance is 3 Miles from [ Drake ] Creek . Crossed the Barrens and slept on the ground ...
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... produces those acrid humors that render expectoration more difficult . The 15th traveled 27 Miles and arrived at Nashville . Supper , bed and breakfast 2 shillings . The 16th started to go and visit Colonel Hays170 a wealthy inhabitant ...
... produces those acrid humors that render expectoration more difficult . The 15th traveled 27 Miles and arrived at Nashville . Supper , bed and breakfast 2 shillings . The 16th started to go and visit Colonel Hays170 a wealthy inhabitant ...
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... PRODUCE OF THOSE COUNTRIES : TOGETHER WITH Particulars relative to the Commerce that exists between the above- mentioned States , and those situated East of the Mountains and Low Louisiana , UNDERTAKEN , IN THE YEAR 1802 , UNDER THE ...
... PRODUCE OF THOSE COUNTRIES : TOGETHER WITH Particulars relative to the Commerce that exists between the above- mentioned States , and those situated East of the Mountains and Low Louisiana , UNDERTAKEN , IN THE YEAR 1802 , UNDER THE ...
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... . - Animals in Kentucky . CHAP . XIX Different kinds of culture in Kentucky . - Exportation of colonial produce . - Peach trees . - Taxes 222 228 237 [ x ] CHAP . XX Particulars relative to the 1802 ] F. A. Michaux's Travels 113.
... . - Animals in Kentucky . CHAP . XIX Different kinds of culture in Kentucky . - Exportation of colonial produce . - Peach trees . - Taxes 222 228 237 [ x ] CHAP . XX Particulars relative to the 1802 ] F. A. Michaux's Travels 113.
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