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Page 37
... cardinal points . Several mounds of inferior dimensions are disposed around it , and also * Bartram's Travels , p . 37 . ‡ Ibid . p . 323 . † Ibid . p . 52 . some terraces , three hundred feet square and from six AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 37.
... cardinal points . Several mounds of inferior dimensions are disposed around it , and also * Bartram's Travels , p . 37 . ‡ Ibid . p . 323 . † Ibid . p . 52 . some terraces , three hundred feet square and from six AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES . 37.
Page 54
... cardinal points , evince the advancement in knowledge of its architects , which conclusion is not disproved by the cha- racter of its contents . These , besides articles of jasper , crystal , coal , and carved bones , consisted also of ...
... cardinal points , evince the advancement in knowledge of its architects , which conclusion is not disproved by the cha- racter of its contents . These , besides articles of jasper , crystal , coal , and carved bones , consisted also of ...
Page 59
... cardinal points from each other , remote from natural landmarks , and in conspicuous situations , it is supposed they were intended as marks of territorial division . ‡ On the eastern margin of a prairie at the back of Vin- cennes in ...
... cardinal points from each other , remote from natural landmarks , and in conspicuous situations , it is supposed they were intended as marks of territorial division . ‡ On the eastern margin of a prairie at the back of Vin- cennes in ...
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... cardinal points ; the length of its base is about one thousand feet , and its breadth seven hundred and fifty . It is of a pyramidal form , level at the top , and one of the largest mounds in the United States . Near New Madrid ...
... cardinal points ; the length of its base is about one thousand feet , and its breadth seven hundred and fifty . It is of a pyramidal form , level at the top , and one of the largest mounds in the United States . Near New Madrid ...
Page 68
... cardinal points , as well as from their analogy to the monuments of other nations , it is reasonable to presume were sacred edifices , and bore the altars of the gods . The enclosures were likewise of two classes ; some , of a regular ...
... cardinal points , as well as from their analogy to the monuments of other nations , it is reasonable to presume were sacred edifices , and bore the altars of the gods . The enclosures were likewise of two classes ; some , of a regular ...
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