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... earth , temples levelled with the ground and cities razed - all from the lowest motives of policy , or from the blind zeal of superstition . A frightful chasm has thus been made in the primitive history of this continent , irremediable ...
... earth , temples levelled with the ground and cities razed - all from the lowest motives of policy , or from the blind zeal of superstition . A frightful chasm has thus been made in the primitive history of this continent , irremediable ...
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... earth affords one clue to distinguish them from such as can boast of a higher antiquity , which are usually found some distance beneath the soil . The domestic utensils , flint arrow - heads , stone ornaments , pipes , chisels , knives ...
... earth affords one clue to distinguish them from such as can boast of a higher antiquity , which are usually found some distance beneath the soil . The domestic utensils , flint arrow - heads , stone ornaments , pipes , chisels , knives ...
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... earth , and occasionally of stones , are of Indian origin , and they may generally be distin- guished by their inferior dimensions , and isolated situations . They are mostly sepulchral mounds : either the general ceme- tery of a ...
... earth , and occasionally of stones , are of Indian origin , and they may generally be distin- guished by their inferior dimensions , and isolated situations . They are mostly sepulchral mounds : either the general ceme- tery of a ...
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... earth . One of these , upon the Blue Ridge , upon being opened was found to contain human bones ; and another , in New York , is said to have marked the grave of a distinguished warrior . * The size of all of them is not invariably ...
... earth . One of these , upon the Blue Ridge , upon being opened was found to contain human bones ; and another , in New York , is said to have marked the grave of a distinguished warrior . * The size of all of them is not invariably ...
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... earth , near an ancient work upon the Cumberland river . * It consists of three heads , joined together at the back , near the top , by a hollow stem or bottle . The heads are of the same dimensions , and represent very accurately three ...
... earth , near an ancient work upon the Cumberland river . * It consists of three heads , joined together at the back , near the top , by a hollow stem or bottle . The heads are of the same dimensions , and represent very accurately three ...
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