American Antiquities and Researches Into the Origin and History of the Red Race |
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... peculiarly applicable to the elucidation of American Aboriginal History , by means of the traditions , monuments and institutions of its native inhabitants . Investi- gations of this character , always involving subjects of rational ...
... peculiarly applicable to the elucidation of American Aboriginal History , by means of the traditions , monuments and institutions of its native inhabitants . Investi- gations of this character , always involving subjects of rational ...
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... peculiar trait of nearly all the American natives . * * Archæologia Americana , vol . i . pp . 112 , 113 , 114. - Bracken- ridge's Journal , p . 153 . Specimens of aboriginal art and ingenuity are being con- tinually.
... peculiar trait of nearly all the American natives . * * Archæologia Americana , vol . i . pp . 112 , 113 , 114. - Bracken- ridge's Journal , p . 153 . Specimens of aboriginal art and ingenuity are being con- tinually.
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... peculiar difference . †* In the western part of Virginia , these traces of the ancients may also be observed , particularly in that region which borders on the tributaries of the Ohio , and upon the low grounds of the Elk , Guyandot ...
... peculiar difference . †* In the western part of Virginia , these traces of the ancients may also be observed , particularly in that region which borders on the tributaries of the Ohio , and upon the low grounds of the Elk , Guyandot ...
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... peculiar to a recent second growth , demonstrate that several generations of trees have sprung up and disappeared since these works were deserted . The full force of this argument cannot be more strongly illustrated than by citing the ...
... peculiar to a recent second growth , demonstrate that several generations of trees have sprung up and disappeared since these works were deserted . The full force of this argument cannot be more strongly illustrated than by citing the ...
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... peculiar to themselves ; and whenever this is the case , one of the oft - rejected of another family will find , between its decaying roots , shelter and appro- priate food , and springing into vigorous growth , will soon push its green ...
... peculiar to themselves ; and whenever this is the case , one of the oft - rejected of another family will find , between its decaying roots , shelter and appro- priate food , and springing into vigorous growth , will soon push its green ...
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