Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Band 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... feet of that mineral without admixture ; sometimes a ferru- ginous tint can be distinguished between the different layers . In several spots soft rocks are to be found which seem good for use as whet - stones for large tools ; they seem ...
... feet of that mineral without admixture ; sometimes a ferru- ginous tint can be distinguished between the different layers . In several spots soft rocks are to be found which seem good for use as whet - stones for large tools ; they seem ...
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... feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle Rivière and this place is 45 miles from Pittsbourgh . In the evening of the same day arrived at Buffalo Creek . 79 Miles from Pittsburgh . The 17th passed by Willing [ Wheeling ] 92 Miles ...
... feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle Rivière and this place is 45 miles from Pittsbourgh . In the evening of the same day arrived at Buffalo Creek . 79 Miles from Pittsburgh . The 17th passed by Willing [ Wheeling ] 92 Miles ...
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... feet from the bank of the river to the level of the lands bordering on it and through which it runs . am told that in flood - time it rises to a height of 40 feet in one day . On arriving there one would think himself between two ranges ...
... feet from the bank of the river to the level of the lands bordering on it and through which it runs . am told that in flood - time it rises to a height of 40 feet in one day . On arriving there one would think himself between two ranges ...
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... feet . Then feet of slatey rock . When the rock is pierced the salt water is found at a depth of more than feet . This slate burns in the fire as if impreg- nated with bitumen or entirely made up of that substance . Bones of those great ...
... feet . Then feet of slatey rock . When the rock is pierced the salt water is found at a depth of more than feet . This slate burns in the fire as if impreg- nated with bitumen or entirely made up of that substance . Bones of those great ...
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... feet high . The 15th passed Cape St Côme153 at the foot of which the Mississipi makes an angle . Fish is caught here in abundance ; the distance from Kaskaskia is eighteen Miles . Camped at Girardeau 154 17 leagues from Kas- kaskia ...
... feet high . The 15th passed Cape St Côme153 at the foot of which the Mississipi makes an angle . Fish is caught here in abundance ; the distance from Kaskaskia is eighteen Miles . Camped at Girardeau 154 17 leagues from Kas- kaskia ...
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Seite 310 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Seite 335 - Tour (1803) describes them as "square, and flatbottomed ; about forty feet by fifteen, with sides six feet deep ; covered with a roof of thin boards, and accomodated with a fire-place. They will hold from 200 to 500 barrels of flour. They require but four hands to navigate them ; carry no sail, and are wafted down by the current.
Seite 159 - Although the passage from New Orleans to one of these two ports is twenty or thirty days, and that they have to take a route by land of three hundred miles to return to Pittsburgh, they prefer this way, being not so difficult as the return by land from New Orleans to Pittsburgh, this last distance being fourteen or fifteen hundred miles. However, when the barges are only destined for Limeston, in Kentucky, or for Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, the bargemen return by land, and by that means take...
Seite 295 - It is built about two hundred fathoms from the Catabaw River, upon an uniform spot of ground. The number of its houses does not exceed two hundred; they are almost all built of wood, and painted grey and yellow; and although there are very few of them more than two stories high, they have a very respectable appearance. The legislature, formed by the union of the delegates of different counties that send them in a number proportionate to their population, meet there annually on the first of December,...
Seite 246 - Whenever they are surprised, or attacked by a dog or any other animal, they either [192] make their escape, or flock together in the form of a circle to defend themselves. They are of a bulky shape, middling size, and straight eared. Every inhabitant recognizes those that belong to him by the particular manner in which their ears are cut. They stray sometimes in the forests, and do not make their appearance again for several months; they accustom them, notwithstanding, to return every now and then...
Seite 247 - With them the passion for gaming and spirituous liquors is carried to excess, which frequently terminates in quarrels degrading to human nature. The public houses are always crowded, more especially during the sittings of the courts of justice. Horses and lawsuits comprise the usual topic of their conversation. If a traveler happens to pass by, his horse is appreciated; if he stops, he is presented with a glass of whiskey...