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 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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... thousand years of life , and aided by ten thousand assist- ants , he still would be hardly nearer to his purpose ; neither the time nor the mcans would be sufficient for him to pourtray , with their properties , the herbs under his foot ...
... thousand years of life , and aided by ten thousand assist- ants , he still would be hardly nearer to his purpose ; neither the time nor the mcans would be sufficient for him to pourtray , with their properties , the herbs under his foot ...
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... thousand miles , ten thousand Indians ( out of twenty millions ) do not at this day exist . . The camp which I was contemplating therefore , was occupied as a last refuge in the hour of melancholy and despair . It is hid in the depth of ...
... thousand miles , ten thousand Indians ( out of twenty millions ) do not at this day exist . . The camp which I was contemplating therefore , was occupied as a last refuge in the hour of melancholy and despair . It is hid in the depth of ...
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... thousand ceremonics , a thousand absurd and eccentric shapes . In fact , religious worship is expressed here by every vagary that can enter into a disturbed mind . Some sit still , and appear to commune with themselves in silence and ...
... thousand ceremonics , a thousand absurd and eccentric shapes . In fact , religious worship is expressed here by every vagary that can enter into a disturbed mind . Some sit still , and appear to commune with themselves in silence and ...
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