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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... remains of a very ancient settlement . They consisted of , first , a wall or rampart of earth , of about nine feet perpendicular elevation ,, and thirty feet across the base . The rampart was of a semi - circular form ; its diameter one ...
... remains of a very ancient settlement . They consisted of , first , a wall or rampart of earth , of about nine feet perpendicular elevation ,, and thirty feet across the base . The rampart was of a semi - circular form ; its diameter one ...
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... remains are dis- tinct , when taken in one point of view , they should represent a semi - circle , whose base would be exactly above the camp . On each side of the mountain and parallel with the mounds are two barrows nearly thirty ...
... remains are dis- tinct , when taken in one point of view , they should represent a semi - circle , whose base would be exactly above the camp . On each side of the mountain and parallel with the mounds are two barrows nearly thirty ...
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... remains of a human skeleton , which fell into impalpable powder when touched and exposed to air . Towards the base of the barrow , we came to three tier more of substances placed in similar rotation and regularity . And , as the ...
... remains of a human skeleton , which fell into impalpable powder when touched and exposed to air . Towards the base of the barrow , we came to three tier more of substances placed in similar rotation and regularity . And , as the ...
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... every where abound . The towns from which they were banished , and the villages in which they were immolated at the shrine of insatiate avarice , ambition and • pride , have yet remains which stand , and AMERICA . 59.
... every where abound . The towns from which they were banished , and the villages in which they were immolated at the shrine of insatiate avarice , ambition and • pride , have yet remains which stand , and AMERICA . 59.
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... remains which stand , and will for ever stand to perpetuate the memory of their sufferings and of our crimes . I visited several monuments of Indian antiquity up the river , and had I not so lately given you ample details on those I ...
... remains which stand , and will for ever stand to perpetuate the memory of their sufferings and of our crimes . I visited several monuments of Indian antiquity up the river , and had I not so lately given you ample details on those I ...
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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...