 ... on river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the Aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him; that, when another died,...  Travels in America, Performed in the Year 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring ... - Page 33by Thomas Ashe - 1809 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Ashe - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1803 - 402 pages
...was influenced by a tradition extant among trienative Indians, that when their ancestors settled-in a town,, the first person who died was placed erect,...reclined, and the cover of the earth then replaced j and so on. Most barrows hitherto discovered have been of a spheroidical form, which favours this... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed eredl, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him , that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 356 pages
...quality of the lands in which they are found, and by an old tradition, that when the aboriginal Indians settled in a town, the first person who died was placed...earth put about him, so as to cover a'nd support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, aud... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1808 - 358 pages
...extant among the native Indians, that when their ancestors settled in a town, the first person ^vho died was placed erect, and earth put about him so...to the first, against whom he was reclined, and the tover of the earth then replaced ; and so on. Most barrows hitherto discovered have been of a spheroidical... | |
 | American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...river sides) and by a tradition said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, -the first person who died was...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...riier sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was -<n<* to the first, the second reclined against him,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of the earth replaced, and so on. — ** There being... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced, and so on. There being one of these... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Tobacco - 1832 - 296 pages
...river sides) and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
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