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The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and ... - Page 537
by John Warner Barber - 1856 - 624 pages
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The Select Works of William Penn....

William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 514 pages
...rarely elder. XV. Their houfes are mats, or barks of trees, fet on poles, in the fafhion of an Englifb barn, but out of the power of the winds, for they...are hardly higher than a man ; they lie on reeds or grafs. In travel, they lodge in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle of duffils they wear...
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The History of Pennsylvania: In North America, from the Original Institution ...

Robert Proud - Delaware - 1797 - 522 pages
...houfes are mats, or barks of Th< , ir Ilou , trees, fet on poles, in the fafhion of an Englifo fcs, &c. barn; but out of the power of the winds; for they...are hardly higher than a man; they lie on reeds, or grafs. In travel they lodge in the woods, about a great fire, with the mantle of doffils, they wear...
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Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn, Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - Great Britain - 1813 - 562 pages
...women, is about thirteen and fourteen ; if men, seventeen and eighteen. They are rarely older. " 15. Their houses are mats or barks of trees, set on poles...in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle of duffils they wear by day wrapt about them, and a few boughs stuck round them. " 16. Their diet is maize...
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A Complete History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole ...

Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...at, of women is thirteen or fourteen ; of men, seventeen and eighteen ; they are rarely older. " XV. Their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles in fashion of an English barn, but out of the power of the winds ; for they are hardly higher than a man...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North ..., Volume 2

James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 164 pages
...at, if women, is about thirteen and fourteen, if men, seventeen and eighteen, they are rarely older: their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles,...lodge in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle duffies they wear by day, wrapt about them, and a few boughs stuck round them. Their diet is maize...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North ..., Volume 1

James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 350 pages
...at, if women, is about thirteen and fourteen, if men, seventeen and eighteen, they are rarely older: their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles,...lodge in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle duffies they wear by day, about them? and a few boughs stuck round them. Their diet is maize or Indian...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians

James Buchanan - Indians of North America - 1824 - 404 pages
...at, if women, is about thirteen and fourteen, if men, seventeen and eighteen, they are rarely older: their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles,...hardly higher than a man; they lie on reeds or grass. ID travel they lodge in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle diiffies they wear by day, wrapt...
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Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians

James Buchanan - Indians of North America - 1824 - 480 pages
...at, if women, is about thirteen and fourteen, if men, seventeen and eighteen, they are rarely older: their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles,...hardly higher than a man ; they lie on reeds or grass. la travel they lodge in the woods about a great fire, with the mantle duffies they wear by day, wrapt...
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The Select Works of William Penn, Volume 3

William Penn - Society of Friends - 1825 - 632 pages
...women, is about thirteen and fourteen ; if men, seventeen and eighteen ; they are rarely older. XV. Their houses are mats, or barks of trees, set on poles,...the woods about a great fire, with the 'mantle of (Infills they wear by day, wrapped about them, and a few boughs stuck round them. XVI. Their diet is...
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Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn: Who ..., Volumes 1-2

Thomas Clarkson - Quakers - 1827 - 392 pages
...to them. " 15. Their houses are mats or harks of trees, set on poles in th« fashion of an Finnish barn, but out of the power of the winds, for they...than a man. They lie on reeds or grass. In travel thev lod^e in t'ie woods about a great fire, with the mantle of duffils they wear by day wrapt about...
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