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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... colours , breccias , silice- ous , and calcareous rocks , greywacke , siliceous slate , amygdaloid , & c . * The Calcareous , or Limestone Region , includes all the western or back country , extending between the Apalachian mountains ...
... colours , breccias , silice- ous , and calcareous rocks , greywacke , siliceous slate , amygdaloid , & c . * The Calcareous , or Limestone Region , includes all the western or back country , extending between the Apalachian mountains ...
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... colour , interspersed with veins of white quartz . At Stockbridge , Staun- ton , Fredericktown , York , and Lancaster , and as far as Nazareth , the inclination is commonly from forty to fifty degrees . The cataract of Niagara is formed ...
... colour , interspersed with veins of white quartz . At Stockbridge , Staun- ton , Fredericktown , York , and Lancaster , and as far as Nazareth , the inclination is commonly from forty to fifty degrees . The cataract of Niagara is formed ...
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... colour ; it resem- bles that of the adjacent sea , except at the mouths and on the borders of rivers , where , in many places , there is a rich stratum of clay and vegetable soil deposited by the waters in their descent from the ...
... colour ; it resem- bles that of the adjacent sea , except at the mouths and on the borders of rivers , where , in many places , there is a rich stratum of clay and vegetable soil deposited by the waters in their descent from the ...
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... colours ; if transport- ed as a passenger in the boats propelled by steam , up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers , through the western country ; were he to witness in the course of an inland voyage of more than 2000 miles , the luxuriant ...
... colours ; if transport- ed as a passenger in the boats propelled by steam , up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers , through the western country ; were he to witness in the course of an inland voyage of more than 2000 miles , the luxuriant ...
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... colour is nearly white . Buffalo - fish is also very common . The Maha Creek , near the village of the same name , was twice swept with a drag , made of willow branches and bark : and , the first time , the num- ber caught amounted to ...
... colour is nearly white . Buffalo - fish is also very common . The Maha Creek , near the village of the same name , was twice swept with a drag , made of willow branches and bark : and , the first time , the num- ber caught amounted to ...
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