 | British periodicals - 1821 - 690 pages
...increase all the way to the Mississippi, on which river they assume the largest size. ' These tumuli, as well as the fortifications, are to be found at...towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile lands. Their number exceeds, perhaps, three thousand ; the smallest not less than twenty feet in height,... | |
 | 1818 - 588 pages
...pallisades on the top, and large beams extending to the bottom, is assaulted by enemies. These tumuli as well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the considerable rivers, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most ex* These are to be... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1820 - 484 pages
...well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the rivers, along the Missisippi, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the...smallest not less than twenty feet in height, and one hundred in diameter at the base. Their great number, and the astonishing size of some of them,... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Mammoth Cave (Ky.) - 1820 - 478 pages
...attention to them. With his discriminating powers of mind the publick are acquainted. " These tumuli, as well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the rivers, along the Missisippi, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile land.... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1820 - 474 pages
...attention to them. With his discriminating powers of mind the publick are acquainted. " These tumuli, as well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the rivers, along the Missisippi, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile land.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American literature - 1821 - 536 pages
...increase all the way to the Mississippi, on which river they assume the largest size. ' These tumuli, as well as the fortifications, are to be found at...towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile lands. Their number exceeds, perhaps, three thousand ; the smallest not less than twenty feet in height,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...attention to them. With his discriminating powers of mind the public are acquainted. These tumuli, as well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the rivers, along the Missisippi, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile land.... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 492 pages
...discriminating powers of mind, the public are acquainted. " ' These tumuli, as well as the fortifies tions, are to be found at the junction of all the rivers,...the smallest not less than twenty feet in height, aud one hundred in diameter, at the base. Their great number, and the astonishing size of some of them,... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Indians of Mexico - 1832 - 462 pages
...Mr. Breckenridge, who has had frequent opportunities to observe them, remarks, " that these tumuli as well as the fortifications, are to be found at...the smallest not less than twenty feet in height and one hundred in diameter at the base. Their great number, and the astonishing size of some of them,... | |
 | 528 pages
...pallisades on the top, and large beams extending to the bottom, is assaulted by enemies. These tumuli as well as the fortifications, are to be found at the junction of all the considerable rivers, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most extensive bodies of... | |
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Missisippi, in the most eligible positions for towns, and in the most extensive bodies of fertile land. Their number exceeds, perhaps, three thousand ; the smallest not less than twenty feet in height, and one hundred in diameter at the base. Their great... 