American Antiquities and Researches Into the Origin and History of the Red Race |
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... erected to the memory of the illustri- ous dead disclose those traits of humanity held in esteem and honor , -the cemeteries tend to exhibit their belief as to a future existence , and the temples and places of worship to denote their ...
... erected to the memory of the illustri- ous dead disclose those traits of humanity held in esteem and honor , -the cemeteries tend to exhibit their belief as to a future existence , and the temples and places of worship to denote their ...
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... erection had been excavated . The circumstances indicating the custom alluded to , were the great number of skeletons , their confused position , their situation in distinct strata exhibiting different * Parry's Second Voyage , p . 34 ...
... erection had been excavated . The circumstances indicating the custom alluded to , were the great number of skeletons , their confused position , their situation in distinct strata exhibiting different * Parry's Second Voyage , p . 34 ...
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... erecting sepulchral mounds . In this view , these rude monu- ments are of important consideration ; for , appearing alike , among the remains of art , and in the seats of the ancient civil- ized nations , and in remote regions whither ...
... erecting sepulchral mounds . In this view , these rude monu- ments are of important consideration ; for , appearing alike , among the remains of art , and in the seats of the ancient civil- ized nations , and in remote regions whither ...
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... erection . A detail of these vestiges of that vast population , which once occupied the richest agricultural portion of our country , though minute and circumstantial , cannot be devoid of interest ; and in any event these relics demand ...
... erection . A detail of these vestiges of that vast population , which once occupied the richest agricultural portion of our country , though minute and circumstantial , cannot be devoid of interest ; and in any event these relics demand ...
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... erected . Circumstances favor the idea , that the authors of the western antiquities were in the habit of working many of the salt springs , for the manufacture of that article . At the state salt - works in * Delafield's Topographical ...
... erected . Circumstances favor the idea , that the authors of the western antiquities were in the habit of working many of the salt springs , for the manufacture of that article . At the state salt - works in * Delafield's Topographical ...
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