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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... king , in the year 1786 , to make an examination of whatever ruins he might find , which he accord- ingly did . From the manuscript he left , which afterwards fell into the hands of Dr. Cabrera , his work was composed , and is that part ...
... king , in the year 1786 , to make an examination of whatever ruins he might find , which he accord- ingly did . From the manuscript he left , which afterwards fell into the hands of Dr. Cabrera , his work was composed , and is that part ...
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... king's court clothed like Englishmen , and could not be discerned from Englishmen . " * These were the first Indians ever seen in England . They were brought to the English court " in their country habit , " and " spoke a language never ...
... king's court clothed like Englishmen , and could not be discerned from Englishmen . " * These were the first Indians ever seen in England . They were brought to the English court " in their country habit , " and " spoke a language never ...
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... king . " They were prevented , however , by adverse weather , from that journey , and thus the promise to do so was unintentionally broken , " much to the grief of those Sagamores that were to attend him . The Bashebas , notwithstanding ...
... king . " They were prevented , however , by adverse weather , from that journey , and thus the promise to do so was unintentionally broken , " much to the grief of those Sagamores that were to attend him . The Bashebas , notwithstanding ...
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... king made him stand on the top of a hill , and collected his people about it that the man might see how numerous they were . When he had done this , he demanded of the Frenchman whether his God , that he told so much about , had so many ...
... king made him stand on the top of a hill , and collected his people about it that the man might see how numerous they were . When he had done this , he demanded of the Frenchman whether his God , that he told so much about , had so many ...
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... King Charles , as Dr. Robertson and many others , copying him , have done . The noble and generous minded Smith , unlike Americus , would not permit or suffer his respected friend and cotemporary to be deprived of any honor due to him ...
... King Charles , as Dr. Robertson and many others , copying him , have done . The noble and generous minded Smith , unlike Americus , would not permit or suffer his respected friend and cotemporary to be deprived of any honor due to him ...
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