Memoir of the Rev. Elias CorneliusPerkins & Marvin, 1833 - 348 páginas |
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... mound on the north side of the High Tower river , about one mile distant . We took breakfast at the place where we supped the night before , and in the same style , and started , eight or nine Indians being in com- pany , to see the mound ...
... mound on the north side of the High Tower river , about one mile distant . We took breakfast at the place where we supped the night before , and in the same style , and started , eight or nine Indians being in com- pany , to see the mound ...
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... mound is precisely the same with the soil on the flat . The mound appeared to be circular , but as we approached it , we found it was not strictly so . Three parapets projected from the main body , only one of which formed a con- tinued ...
... mound is precisely the same with the soil on the flat . The mound appeared to be circular , but as we approached it , we found it was not strictly so . Three parapets projected from the main body , only one of which formed a con- tinued ...
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... mound is covered with trees of great size , all of which appear as ancient as any on the river - flat . Near the summit , I measured a beach tree which is ten feet nine inches in circumference . The tree stands upon the sloping part of ...
... mound is covered with trees of great size , all of which appear as ancient as any on the river - flat . Near the summit , I measured a beach tree which is ten feet nine inches in circumference . The tree stands upon the sloping part of ...
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... mound itself . This parapet is obviously intended for protection . Across the centre another parapet has been erected , which divides the whole into two parts . At no great distance from this is a similar mound . The entrenchment which ...
... mound itself . This parapet is obviously intended for protection . Across the centre another parapet has been erected , which divides the whole into two parts . At no great distance from this is a similar mound . The entrenchment which ...
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... mounds , at the but - end of which the owner counted two hundred growth , or circles , in the wood . Each of these , according to received opinion , represents one year of its age ; therefore it seems the mound must have been two ...
... mounds , at the but - end of which the owner counted two hundred growth , or circles , in the wood . Each of these , according to received opinion , represents one year of its age ; therefore it seems the mound must have been two ...
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