American Antiquities and Researches Into the Origin and History of the Red Race |
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... human race has preserved any very ancient written memorials ; and , with the exception of the historical facts contained in the Sacred Volume , we should be left in ignorance of the most important occurrences of the early ages of the ...
... human race has preserved any very ancient written memorials ; and , with the exception of the historical facts contained in the Sacred Volume , we should be left in ignorance of the most important occurrences of the early ages of the ...
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... human race is history , " where is that development more clearly exhibited , than in the monuments , and in the civil and religious institutions of man- kind ? The character of a people is to be read in their archi- tectural productions ...
... human race is history , " where is that development more clearly exhibited , than in the monuments , and in the civil and religious institutions of man- kind ? The character of a people is to be read in their archi- tectural productions ...
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... vast continent , probably untrodden by any other race of human beings , until a period comparatively recent in the annals of the world . And yet they unfold a page in history possessing no startling dramatic inter- INTRODUCTION . 11.
... vast continent , probably untrodden by any other race of human beings , until a period comparatively recent in the annals of the world . And yet they unfold a page in history possessing no startling dramatic inter- INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... 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 diminutive , as we are informed that Fort Watson , in South Carolina , was built upon ...
... 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 diminutive , as we are informed that Fort Watson , in South Carolina , was built upon ...
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... human heart , is a most marked and distinguishing trait in the character of the members of the Red race - not however as a sentiment , but as a religious and mystic feeling , springing less from the kindly affections of the soul , than ...
... human heart , is a most marked and distinguishing trait in the character of the members of the Red race - not however as a sentiment , but as a religious and mystic feeling , springing less from the kindly affections of the soul , than ...
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