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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... whole at an advanced price ! Finding how- ever that none of their advice had any effect , these sordid speculators gradually dispersed ; forming different conjectures of the stranger's intention , and lamenting that he was not simple ...
... whole at an advanced price ! Finding how- ever that none of their advice had any effect , these sordid speculators gradually dispersed ; forming different conjectures of the stranger's intention , and lamenting that he was not simple ...
Page 143
... took advantage of this error ; all his followers have taken his ground , and nothing is heard through the whole union , but " America is the most enlightened nation in the 71 world . " This cry has spread abroad ; AMERICA . 143.
... took advantage of this error ; all his followers have taken his ground , and nothing is heard through the whole union , but " America is the most enlightened nation in the 71 world . " This cry has spread abroad ; AMERICA . 143.
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... whole was affixed in a thin layer of sand which covered a large piece of beech- bark in great decay , whose removal ex- posed what I was fully prepared to dis- cover from all the previous indications , the remains of a human skeleton of ...
... whole was affixed in a thin layer of sand which covered a large piece of beech- bark in great decay , whose removal ex- posed what I was fully prepared to dis- cover from all the previous indications , the remains of a human skeleton of ...
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acre Alleghany Alleghany mountains America animals appeared arrived banks beasts beautiful boat bounded Brownsville bushels cach called cast channel character Charlestown Cheat river climate colour Congress Lands consequence considerable corn creek Cuff cultivated dæmon danger delight descend distance dollars emigrants feet fire Grape Island ground head hills hour hundred miles imitative powers immense Indian inhabitants interesting island Kentuckey lakes LETTER Long Reach manner Marietta ment mind Monongahela Monongahela river moun mountains mouth Muskingum nature navigation nearly neighbourhood never night North-West Territory oars Ohio Ohio country Ohio river passed Pennsylvania perceive persons Philadelphia Pittsburg plains posed possess principles racter remains ripples rise river road sassafras settlements settlers shew shore side situated spring stone stream surface tains thousand timber tion town TRAVELS trees valley variety Virginia visited Wheeling wild turkeys woods