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... latitude ; and * If the account , that the Europeans were for the first time assailed by the nations in the year 1386 , is correct , it seems to indicate , that the progress of the Eskimaux , in that quarter , was from west to east ...
... latitude ; and * If the account , that the Europeans were for the first time assailed by the nations in the year 1386 , is correct , it seems to indicate , that the progress of the Eskimaux , in that quarter , was from west to east ...
Page 13
... latitude . It appears almost incred- ible that they should have reached that spot , either by a land journey of eight hundred miles across Greenland , or the same distance along the frozen and inaccessible shores between Cape Farewell ...
... latitude . It appears almost incred- ible that they should have reached that spot , either by a land journey of eight hundred miles across Greenland , or the same distance along the frozen and inaccessible shores between Cape Farewell ...
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... latitude , several tribes are found , both on the main and on the numerous adjacent islands , apparently in some respects superior to the more southern tribes along the shores of the Pacific Ocean ; and whose languages offer some remote ...
... latitude , several tribes are found , both on the main and on the numerous adjacent islands , apparently in some respects superior to the more southern tribes along the shores of the Pacific Ocean ; and whose languages offer some remote ...
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... latitude ) , is the one in that quarter , which , by various vocabularies , is best known to us . The appended specimen is extracted from the Narrative of J. R. Jewitt , who was among these Indians from 1803 to 1806. That of the ...
... latitude ) , is the one in that quarter , which , by various vocabularies , is best known to us . The appended specimen is extracted from the Narrative of J. R. Jewitt , who was among these Indians from 1803 to 1806. That of the ...
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... latitude 59 ° -60 ° , a line be drawn , ascending that river to its source , where it is known by the name of Beaver River ( latitude about 54 ° ) , thence along the ridge , which separates the north branch of the River Sas- kachewan ...
... latitude 59 ° -60 ° , a line be drawn , ascending that river to its source , where it is known by the name of Beaver River ( latitude about 54 ° ) , thence along the ridge , which separates the north branch of the River Sas- kachewan ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees