 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824 - 848 pages
...oratorical attitude, and with a pomp suited to the supposed elevation of his subject, informed the Governor, that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, that, " In ancient times, a herd of these animals came to the big bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
 | Martin MacDermot - English literature - 1824 - 602 pages
...An Indian chief, of the Deleware tribe, who visited the Governor of Virginia, during the revolution, informed him, ' that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, thai, in ancient times, a lien! of these tremendous animals came to the Bickhone Licks, and began an... | |
 | African Americans - 1826 - 238 pages
...had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the salt licks on the Ohio. 9- The chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bigbone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals,... | |
 | Science - 1824 - 628 pages
...poetical, as to be well worthy of a repetition here. They assert that it has been handed down to them from their fathers ; " 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...or had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...had heard of the animât whose bones were found at the Saltlicks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Hick-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...animal, the chief speaker immediately put himself into an oratorical attitude, ami, with a pomp suited to the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of them came to the Rig- bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 250 pages
...or had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo,.and other animals... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1830 - 248 pages
...or had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
 | James Athearn Jones - Folklore - 1830 - 360 pages
...An Indian chief of the Delaware trihe, who visited the governor of Virginia, during the Revolution, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone Licks, and began a universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals,... | |
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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... 
