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... placed in the same sitting position , clothed in skins and cloths of various textures , inlaid with feathers - the bodies remaining in a high state of preservation , and the hair generally of a color varying from brown to yellow and red ...
... placed in the same sitting position , clothed in skins and cloths of various textures , inlaid with feathers - the bodies remaining in a high state of preservation , and the hair generally of a color varying from brown to yellow and red ...
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... placed with the legs drawn together close to the body , so as to occupy a very small compass . Nothing further need be said in relation to the idea of the Lilliputian stature of the ancient inhabitants . Other tombs have disclosed bones ...
... placed with the legs drawn together close to the body , so as to occupy a very small compass . Nothing further need be said in relation to the idea of the Lilliputian stature of the ancient inhabitants . Other tombs have disclosed bones ...
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... placed near streams or other bodies of water . With one doubtful exception , none have been found between the ancient beaches of Lakes Erie and Ontario and their present shores , though many of them run parallel with the former line of ...
... placed near streams or other bodies of water . With one doubtful exception , none have been found between the ancient beaches of Lakes Erie and Ontario and their present shores , though many of them run parallel with the former line of ...
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... placed upon elevated ground , and , in consequence of their dis- tance from water , are presumed to have been intended for other purposes than habitation . The state of Kentucky contains many of these ruins . There was one near ...
... placed upon elevated ground , and , in consequence of their dis- tance from water , are presumed to have been intended for other purposes than habitation . The state of Kentucky contains many of these ruins . There was one near ...
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... placed a vessel * Drake's Picture of Cincinnati , p . 205 . Silliman's Journal , vol . i . p . 428 . Dr. Kreider's Communication to Fairfield County Med . Soc . of the same dimensions , two feet deep , and 54 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
... placed a vessel * Drake's Picture of Cincinnati , p . 205 . Silliman's Journal , vol . i . p . 428 . Dr. Kreider's Communication to Fairfield County Med . Soc . of the same dimensions , two feet deep , and 54 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES .
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