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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... feet of that mineral without admixture ; sometimes a ferru- ginous tint can be distinguished between the different layers . In several spots soft rocks are to be found which seem good for use as whet - stones for large tools ; they seem ...
... feet of that mineral without admixture ; sometimes a ferru- ginous tint can be distinguished between the different layers . In several spots soft rocks are to be found which seem good for use as whet - stones for large tools ; they seem ...
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... feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle Rivière and this place is 45 miles from Pittsbourgh . In the evening of the same day arrived at Buffalo Creek . 79 Miles from Pittsburgh . · The 17th passed by Willing [ Wheeling ] 92 ...
... feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle Rivière and this place is 45 miles from Pittsbourgh . In the evening of the same day arrived at Buffalo Creek . 79 Miles from Pittsburgh . · The 17th passed by Willing [ Wheeling ] 92 ...
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... feet from the bank of the river to the level of the lands bordering on it and through which it runs . am told that in flood - time it rises to a height of 40 feet in one day . On arriving there one would think himself between two ranges ...
... feet from the bank of the river to the level of the lands bordering on it and through which it runs . am told that in flood - time it rises to a height of 40 feet in one day . On arriving there one would think himself between two ranges ...
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... feet . feet . Muddy clay is met with to a depth of Then feet of siatey rock . When the rock is pierced the salt water is found at a depth of more than feet . This slate burns in the fire as if impreg- nated with bitumen or entirely made ...
... feet . feet . Muddy clay is met with to a depth of Then feet of siatey rock . When the rock is pierced the salt water is found at a depth of more than feet . This slate burns in the fire as if impreg- nated with bitumen or entirely made ...
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... feet high . The 15th passed Cape St Côme153 at the foot of which the Mississipi makes an angle . Fish is caught here in abundance ; the distance from Kaskaskia is eighteen Miles . Camped at Girardeau154 17 leagues from Kas- kaskia . 162 ...
... feet high . The 15th passed Cape St Côme153 at the foot of which the Mississipi makes an angle . Fish is caught here in abundance ; the distance from Kaskaskia is eighteen Miles . Camped at Girardeau154 17 leagues from Kas- kaskia . 162 ...
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