 | William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...hlmfelf into an oratorical attitude, and with a pomp fuited te the fuppofed elevation of his fubjeil informed him, t,hat it was ,a tradition handed down...from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone licks, and began an univerfal deftruftion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation, of his fubjeft, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...their fathers, * That in ancient * times a herd of thefe tremendous animals came tq ' the big-bone licks, and began an vmiverfal deftruc* tion of the... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1802 - 452 pages
...oraiorial attitude, and, with a pomp fuited to the fuppofed elevation of his fubject, informsd him that 4t was a. tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came tp the Big-bone licks, _and began an vjniverfal deitruflion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone lick, and began an universal destruction of the bear,deer,elks,buffaloes,andother animals... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - History - 1806 - 444 pages
...in a proper attitude to make an oration, he told him, that it was a tradition from their ancestors, that in ancient times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone Licks, and began a universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...himself into an. attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animalswhich... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1811 - 264 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation of his fubjtft, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...their fathers, " That in ancient times, a herd of thefe tremendous animals came to the Big-bone-licks, and began a univerfal deftruiflion of the bears,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...During the revolution a delegation of warriors from the Delaware tribe told the governor of Virginia that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers,...herd of these tremendous animals came to the big bone licks and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffaloes, and other animals which... | |
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... that in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians... 
