Biography and History of the Indians of North America;: Comprising a General Account of Them, and Details in the Lives of All the Most Distinguished Chiefs, and Others, who Have Been Noted, Among the Various Indian Nations Upon the Continent. Also, a History of Their Wars; Their Manners and Customs; and the Most Celebrated Speeches of Their Orators, from Their First Being Known to Europeans to the Present Time. Likewise Exhibiting an Analysis of the Most Distinguished, as Well as Absurd Authors, who Have Written Upon the Great Question of the First Peopling of America. : [Six Lines from Bryant]O.L. Perkins, 56 Cornhill, and Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1834 - Indians of North America - 540 pages |
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... River of Canada ( so called from Monsieur Cane ) , on the south with the River Monhegan or Hudson's River , so called , because he was the first that discovered it . Some will have America to be an island , which out of question must ...
... River of Canada ( so called from Monsieur Cane ) , on the south with the River Monhegan or Hudson's River , so called , because he was the first that discovered it . Some will have America to be an island , which out of question must ...
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... River , about " 200 miles from Long Island Sound , is a narrow of 5 yards only , formed by two shelving mountains of solid rock . Through this chasm are compelled to pass all the waters which in the time of the floods bury the northern ...
... River , about " 200 miles from Long Island Sound , is a narrow of 5 yards only , formed by two shelving mountains of solid rock . Through this chasm are compelled to pass all the waters which in the time of the floods bury the northern ...
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... River , in 1771 , some of the Copper Indians in his company killed a number of Esquimaux , by which act they considered themselves unclean ; and all concerned in the murder were not allowed to cook any provisions , either for themselves ...
... River , in 1771 , some of the Copper Indians in his company killed a number of Esquimaux , by which act they considered themselves unclean ; and all concerned in the murder were not allowed to cook any provisions , either for themselves ...
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... River St. Lawrence in 1508 , and the captain of the ship who made the discovery , carried several natives to Paris , which were the first ever seen in France . What were their names , or even how many they were in number , is not set ...
... River St. Lawrence in 1508 , and the captain of the ship who made the discovery , carried several natives to Paris , which were the first ever seen in France . What were their names , or even how many they were in number , is not set ...
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... river on the coast of America , called Pemmaquid , from whence he brought five of the natives . " " And it so ... rivers , stately islands , and safe harbors , those parts abounded with , being the special marks I leveled at as the only ...
... river on the coast of America , called Pemmaquid , from whence he brought five of the natives . " " And it so ... rivers , stately islands , and safe harbors , those parts abounded with , being the special marks I leveled at as the only ...
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