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... the manufacture of that article . At the state salt - works in * Delafield's Topographical Description , p . 28 . † Ib . p . 28 . Van Rensselaer's Essay . Illinois occurs a large excavation , four hundred feet in 28 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
... the manufacture of that article . At the state salt - works in * Delafield's Topographical Description , p . 28 . † Ib . p . 28 . Van Rensselaer's Essay . Illinois occurs a large excavation , four hundred feet in 28 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
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Alexander Warfield Bradford. Illinois occurs a large excavation , four hundred feet in circumfer- ence , in which a deep well has formerly been sunk . In digging at this place , ashes , and fragments of pottery were discovered in great ...
Alexander Warfield Bradford. Illinois occurs a large excavation , four hundred feet in circumfer- ence , in which a deep well has formerly been sunk . In digging at this place , ashes , and fragments of pottery were discovered in great ...
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... four , and the other eight acres of land . The ditch encompassing a part of the former was six feet deep , -a stream and a high bank , bisected by a covered way to the water , defending the remaining portion . The northern fortification ...
... four , and the other eight acres of land . The ditch encompassing a part of the former was six feet deep , -a stream and a high bank , bisected by a covered way to the water , defending the remaining portion . The northern fortification ...
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... four square terraces . The largest mound is conical , fifty feet high , eight hundred feet in circumference at the base , and its summit is truncated . A spiral path leads to the top , and there are four niches excavated out of the ...
... four square terraces . The largest mound is conical , fifty feet high , eight hundred feet in circumference at the base , and its summit is truncated . A spiral path leads to the top , and there are four niches excavated out of the ...
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... area were several mounds , and also four large wells , * Arch . Amer . , vol . i . p . 141 . Ibid . vol . i . p . 145 . † Ibid . vol . i . p . 156 . which still retain water . Among the mounds in the 42 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
... area were several mounds , and also four large wells , * Arch . Amer . , vol . i . p . 141 . Ibid . vol . i . p . 145 . † Ibid . vol . i . p . 156 . which still retain water . Among the mounds in the 42 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
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