Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volumen 2R. Phillips, 1808 |
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... but directed him cautiously to separate the rattle from the body , and lay it carefully up . I also extended the whole animal , though he was far from being dead , and found his length to be , allowing for rattle and head AMERICA . 21.
... but directed him cautiously to separate the rattle from the body , and lay it carefully up . I also extended the whole animal , though he was far from being dead , and found his length to be , allowing for rattle and head AMERICA . 21.
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... extended in the figure of a triangle , composed of two acute and one obtuse angle - the obtuse forming the centre and front of the plain . The exact length of the sides I could not ascertain , both from obstruc- tion and their extent ...
... extended in the figure of a triangle , composed of two acute and one obtuse angle - the obtuse forming the centre and front of the plain . The exact length of the sides I could not ascertain , both from obstruc- tion and their extent ...
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... extend my enquiries on this subject , and with some small hopes of success , as I learn that Colonel Ludlow of Cincinnati , has found balls of a similar composition and structure , and perhaps under circumstances that may assist to ...
... extend my enquiries on this subject , and with some small hopes of success , as I learn that Colonel Ludlow of Cincinnati , has found balls of a similar composition and structure , and perhaps under circumstances that may assist to ...
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... extended and fertile tracts were noted as proper places for the exertion of the most decid- edly active and industrious , and water- falls , cataracts and rapid streams descend- ed and flowed for the benefit of mills , the 74 TRAVELS IN.
... extended and fertile tracts were noted as proper places for the exertion of the most decid- edly active and industrious , and water- falls , cataracts and rapid streams descend- ed and flowed for the benefit of mills , the 74 TRAVELS IN.
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... unprecedented degree , and to extend its fame to the widest bounds . This un- exampled character and success was the operation of two years . On the third , the settlers who retired to the back coun- try , 78 TRAVELS IN.
... unprecedented degree , and to extend its fame to the widest bounds . This un- exampled character and success was the operation of two years . On the third , the settlers who retired to the back coun- try , 78 TRAVELS IN.
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Página 62 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Página 63 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 61 - Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia.
Página 124 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, — the most unremitting despotism on the one part and degrading submissions on the other.
Página 61 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend to the whites.
Página 63 - I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear; Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 258 - Indiana is included between 37° 41' and 41° 46' north latitude, and between 84° 44' and 88° 6' west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the parallel which is ten miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan; on the east by the meridian of the mouth of the Great Miami River; on the south by the Ohio, and on the west by the Wabash River and the meridian of Vincennes. Its extreme length is 250 miles, its average width 145 miles, its area, .36,350 square miles.
Página 148 - ... have all the glass struck out by boys in the day, and the inside torn up by rogues and prostitutes who frequent them at night.
Página 279 - I shall mention it to you because it conveys a general idea of the mode of living through the State. On entering the house, which was a log one, fitted up very well, the Kentuckyan never exchanged...
Página 280 - The dinner consisted of a large piece of salt bacon, a dish of hominy, and a tureen of squirrel broth. I dined entirely on the last dish, which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed...