| William Leete Stone - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1844 - 434 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 a universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...immediately put himself into an oratorical attitude, and, with a pomp suited to the elevation of Ms subject, informed him, that it was a tradition handed...from their fathers, that In ancient times a herd of them came to the Big- bone- licks, and began an universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1845 - 800 pages
...speaker," continues our author, Mr. Jefferson, "immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,-and, with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject," began and repeated as follows : — " In aneitnl limes, a herd of these tremendous animals came to... | |
| 1846 - 544 pages
...notes on Virginia, we find the following tradition of the Indians, in relation to this animal : — " That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big Bone Lick, and began a universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffaloes, and other animals,... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1848 - 746 pages
...about the ?alt licks on the Ohio River. " The chief speaker," continues our author, Mr. Jefferson, "immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...to what he conceived the elevation of his subject," began and re|itated as follows : — " In ancient times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to... | |
| Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1848 - 708 pages
...Ohio River. " The chief speaker," continues our author, Mr. Jefferson, " immediately put himself ¡uto an attitude of oratory, and, with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject," began and repeated as follows : — " In ancient times, a herd of theie tremendous animóla cam¿ to... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 284 pages
...or had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the SalHicks on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived tho elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 404 pages
...had heard of tho animal whose bones were found at the Salt-licks, on the Ohio. Their chief sp aker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals which hod been created for the use of the Indians. That the Great Man above looking down and seeing this,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 396 pages
...had heard of the animal whose bones were found at the Salt-licks, on the Ohio. Their chief sp' aker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians. That the Great Man above looking down and seeing this,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...had heard, of the animal whose bones were found at the Salt-licks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory,...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the 73ick-bone-licks, and begun an universal destruction of the hear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals... | |
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