A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 1A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... chain 24 Cayuga lake 86 Height of mountains . Distances on the lakes ib . Green mountains 26 MISSOURI RIVER 87 White mountains 27 Tributaries of the Missouri . ern rivers Mountains in Virginia 28 do . in South Carolina 29 do . in ...
... chain 24 Cayuga lake 86 Height of mountains . Distances on the lakes ib . Green mountains 26 MISSOURI RIVER 87 White mountains 27 Tributaries of the Missouri . ern rivers Mountains in Virginia 28 do . in South Carolina 29 do . in ...
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... the United States is dispersed over the two sides or declivities of this great central chain , and in the vallies between its different ridges . This vast country , though peopled with ten millions of INTRODUCTION . xxi Kentucky.
... the United States is dispersed over the two sides or declivities of this great central chain , and in the vallies between its different ridges . This vast country , though peopled with ten millions of INTRODUCTION . xxi Kentucky.
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... chain is more remarkable for its length and breadth than its height . Perhaps there is no tract of country in the world , that preserves the mountain character over so great a space , with so small an elevation . The mean height of the ...
... chain is more remarkable for its length and breadth than its height . Perhaps there is no tract of country in the world , that preserves the mountain character over so great a space , with so small an elevation . The mean height of the ...
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... chain , which tra- verses a peninsula of from 250 to 450 miles in breadth , are about 8100 feet . The Pyrenees rise ... chains of mountains 1 The of 5000 feet elevation , and these mountains give rise 12 xxiv INTRODUCTION . South Carolina.
... chain , which tra- verses a peninsula of from 250 to 450 miles in breadth , are about 8100 feet . The Pyrenees rise ... chains of mountains 1 The of 5000 feet elevation , and these mountains give rise 12 xxiv INTRODUCTION . South Carolina.
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... chain of mountains , and this chain has but about one - half of the elevation of the two mountain chains included within a similar space in Europe . The American rivers , consequent- ly , fall only from half the altitude in a course of ...
... chain of mountains , and this chain has but about one - half of the elevation of the two mountain chains included within a similar space in Europe . The American rivers , consequent- ly , fall only from half the altitude in a course of ...
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