Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1808 - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) |
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... feet perpendicular elevation ,, and thirty feet across the base . The rampart was of a semi - circular form ; its diameter one hundred paces , bound- ed by the creek . On crossing the creek I found a similar rampart placed in such a ...
... feet perpendicular elevation ,, and thirty feet across the base . The rampart was of a semi - circular form ; its diameter one hundred paces , bound- ed by the creek . On crossing the creek I found a similar rampart placed in such a ...
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... feet diameter . Second , higher up , and to where the creek runs in a very con- tracted channel , caused by the approach of the mountains , the sides and passage through which appear entirely inaccess- ible , are several mounds of earth ...
... feet diameter . Second , higher up , and to where the creek runs in a very con- tracted channel , caused by the approach of the mountains , the sides and passage through which appear entirely inaccess- ible , are several mounds of earth ...
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... feet long , twelve high , and seventeen wide at the base . These barrows are composed princi- pally of stone taken out of the creek- notwithstanding here is produced , tim- ber of fine growth . The mounds hitherto discovered in America ...
... feet long , twelve high , and seventeen wide at the base . These barrows are composed princi- pally of stone taken out of the creek- notwithstanding here is produced , tim- ber of fine growth . The mounds hitherto discovered in America ...
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... feet from a coil of several folds , and whose tail , moving with rapid vi- bration , was disengaged from the coil to emit a warning or deadly sound . The dog refused to be called off , and in proportion as he barked and ran in and off ...
... feet from a coil of several folds , and whose tail , moving with rapid vi- bration , was disengaged from the coil to emit a warning or deadly sound . The dog refused to be called off , and in proportion as he barked and ran in and off ...
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... feet ; and his circumfe- rence over the shoulders fifteen inches . The rattle was composed of eleven joints . The head was so inflated , and expressive of much horror and poison- ous malignity , that I had not courage to give it any ...
... feet ; and his circumfe- rence over the shoulders fifteen inches . The rattle was composed of eleven joints . The head was so inflated , and expressive of much horror and poison- ous malignity , that I had not courage to give it any ...
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Page 62 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Page 63 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Page 61 - Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia.
Page 124 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, — the most unremitting despotism on the one part and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 61 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend to the whites.
Page 63 - I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear; Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Page 258 - Indiana is included between 37° 41' and 41° 46' north latitude, and between 84° 44' and 88° 6' west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the parallel which is ten miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan; on the east by the meridian of the mouth of the Great Miami River; on the south by the Ohio, and on the west by the Wabash River and the meridian of Vincennes. Its extreme length is 250 miles, its average width 145 miles, its area, .36,350 square miles.
Page 148 - ... have all the glass struck out by boys in the day, and the inside torn up by rogues and prostitutes who frequent them at night.
Page 279 - I shall mention it to you because it conveys a general idea of the mode of living through the State. On entering the house, which was a log one, fitted up very well, the Kentuckyan never exchanged...
Page 280 - The dinner consisted of a large piece of salt bacon, a dish of hominy, and a tureen of squirrel broth. I dined entirely on the last dish, which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed...