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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... Pamphlets , or Books , relating to the history of this country , will be received in payment of others , or CASH given for them , if valuable . BOSTON , 1 Jan. 1834 . San G Frak Etatis 58. An . 1857 . Ob. OF TO LOVERS OF BOOKS . D.
... Pamphlets , or Books , relating to the history of this country , will be received in payment of others , or CASH given for them , if valuable . BOSTON , 1 Jan. 1834 . San G Frak Etatis 58. An . 1857 . Ob. OF TO LOVERS OF BOOKS . D.
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... received its inhabitants , namely , from the Phoenicians , who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean , and that the ruined city described by Capt . Del Rio was built by the first adventurers . Dr. Cabrera calls any system , which , in his ...
... received its inhabitants , namely , from the Phoenicians , who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean , and that the ruined city described by Capt . Del Rio was built by the first adventurers . Dr. Cabrera calls any system , which , in his ...
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... received . Hunting . The Indians had methods to catch game which served them extremely well . We will give here an anecdote of one of their snares catching a pilgrim , and then explain , by an engraving , their fence traps . The same ...
... received . Hunting . The Indians had methods to catch game which served them extremely well . We will give here an anecdote of one of their snares catching a pilgrim , and then explain , by an engraving , their fence traps . The same ...
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... received the English under Gov. Calvert with great attention . It should be noted , that Archihau was not head sachem of the Potomacks , but governed instead of his nephew , who was a child , and who , like the head men of Virginia ...
... received the English under Gov. Calvert with great attention . It should be noted , that Archihau was not head sachem of the Potomacks , but governed instead of his nephew , who was a child , and who , like the head men of Virginia ...
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... received the " shower of arrows , " Capt . Hobson and many of his men were wounded . And Smith says , So well he had contrived his businesse , as many reported he intended to have surprised the ship ; but seeing it could not be effected ...
... received the " shower of arrows , " Capt . Hobson and many of his men were wounded . And Smith says , So well he had contrived his businesse , as many reported he intended to have surprised the ship ; but seeing it could not be effected ...
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