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Page 17
... height , of a spheroidal form , and sur- rounded by a trench , whence the earth employed in its erection had been excavated . The circumstances indicating the custom alluded to , were the great number of skeletons , their confused ...
... height , of a spheroidal form , and sur- rounded by a trench , whence the earth employed in its erection had been excavated . The circumstances indicating the custom alluded to , were the great number of skeletons , their confused ...
Page 18
... height ; † and , according to an authentic report , a mound of the largest dimensions has been thrown up within a few years , in Illinois , over the remains of an eminent chief . So materially have the customs and institutions of the In ...
... height ; † and , according to an authentic report , a mound of the largest dimensions has been thrown up within a few years , in Illinois , over the remains of an eminent chief . So materially have the customs and institutions of the In ...
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... height , twenty - five feet in diameter , and containing bones , which appeared projecting in many places from its sur- face . The remains of another fortified town , containing more than five hundred acres , formerly existed in Pompey ...
... height , twenty - five feet in diameter , and containing bones , which appeared projecting in many places from its sur- face . The remains of another fortified town , containing more than five hundred acres , formerly existed in Pompey ...
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... heights of the low grounds , are vestiges of an ancient town , such as artificial mounts or terraces , squares , and embankments encircling consi- derable areas . On the west bank of the Altamaha , nearly opposite to Da- rien , † are ...
... heights of the low grounds , are vestiges of an ancient town , such as artificial mounts or terraces , squares , and embankments encircling consi- derable areas . On the west bank of the Altamaha , nearly opposite to Da- rien , † are ...
Page 40
... height than those at Marietta . * Near Newark , in Licking county , another extensive succes- * Description of the Ohio River , p . 19. - Colum . Mag . , May , 1787 . which still retain water . Among the mounds in the 40 AMERICAN ...
... height than those at Marietta . * Near Newark , in Licking county , another extensive succes- * Description of the Ohio River , p . 19. - Colum . Mag . , May , 1787 . which still retain water . Among the mounds in the 40 AMERICAN ...
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