 | Robert Southey - 1806 - 276 pages
...many Indian hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss. They were cut in a rude manner upon the inside of...soft, that it might easily be penetrated with a knife i A stone everywhere to be found near the Mississippi. Th e cave is only accessible by ascending a... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 318 pages
...hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with mo«. They were cut in a rnde manner upon the inside of the walls, which were composed...easily be penetrated with a knife: A stone everywhere tobe found near the Mississipi. The • cave is only accessible by ascending a narrow steep passage... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1812 - 588 pages
...many Indian hieroglyphies, which appeared very ancient, for lime had nearly covered them ulth mo'.s. They were cut in a rude manner upon the inside of...walls, which were composed of a stone so extremely s fi, that it might easily be penetrated nith a knife: A stone everywhere to be found near the Missitsipi.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1815 - 330 pages
...many Indian hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss. They were cut in a rude manner upon the inside of...might easily be penetrated with a knife : A stone every where to be found near the Mississippi. The cave is only accessible by ascending a narrow steep... | |
 | James Wallis Eastburn, Robert Charles Sands - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 - 1820 - 378 pages
...appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss, so that it was with difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in a rude manner, upon the...might easily be penetrated with a knife ; a stone every where to be found near the Mississippi. The cave is only accessible by ascending a narrow steep... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...many ImlUn hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss. They were cut in a rude manner upon the inside of the wall;;, which were composed of a stone so extremely soft, that it might easily be penetrated \vith... | |
 | James Athearn Jones - Folklore - 1830 - 354 pages
...appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss, so that it was with difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in a rude manner upon the...that it might easily be penetrated with a knife ; a atone everywhere to be found near the Mississippi." Carver's Travels, p. 39, 40. Very many of the Western... | |
 | Robert Charles Sands - 1835 - 442 pages
...appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss, so that it was with difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in a rude manner upon the...The cave is only accessible by ascending a narrow Bleep passage that lies near the brink of the river." — Carver's Travels, p. 39, 40, STANZA XIX.... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1838 - 520 pages
...many Indian hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss. They were cut in a rude manner upon the inside of...might easily be penetrated with a knife : a stone every where to be found near the Mississippi. The cave is only accessible by ascending a narrow steep... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 714 pages
...appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss, so that it was with difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in a rude manner upon the...composed of a stone so extremely soft that it might be penetrated with a knife : a stone every where to be found near the Mississippi. The cave is only... | |
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... noise. that reverberated through all those gloomy regions. I found in this cave many Indian hieroglyphics, which appeared very ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss, so that it was with difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in... 
