Biography and History of the Indians of North America;: Comprising a General Account of Them, and Details in the Lives of All the Most Distinguished Chiefs, and Others, who Have Been Noted, Among the Various Indian Nations Upon the Continent. Also, a History of Their Wars; Their Manners and Customs; and the Most Celebrated Speeches of Their Orators, from Their First Being Known to Europeans to the Present Time. Likewise Exhibiting an Analysis of the Most Distinguished, as Well as Absurd Authors, who Have Written Upon the Great Question of the First Peopling of America. : [Six Lines from Bryant]O.L. Perkins, 56 Cornhill, and Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1834 - Indians of North America - 540 pages |
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... French version of it . Encyclopædia Perthensis . The best account of Hanno and his voyages , with which we are acquainted , is to be found in Mariana's Hist . of Spain , vol . i . 93 , 109 , 119 , 122 , 133 , and 150 , ed . Paris , 1725 ...
... French version of it . Encyclopædia Perthensis . The best account of Hanno and his voyages , with which we are acquainted , is to be found in Mariana's Hist . of Spain , vol . i . 93 , 109 , 119 , 122 , 133 , and 150 , ed . Paris , 1725 ...
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... - ish is very rare . Acosta's translation ( into French ) 3 v . 4to , 1660 , is also scarce and valuable . It is this we cite . edge was obtained of North America . This may account. 4 [ Book I. SENECA . - ST . GREGORY . - HERRERA .
... - ish is very rare . Acosta's translation ( into French ) 3 v . 4to , 1660 , is also scarce and valuable . It is this we cite . edge was obtained of North America . This may account. 4 [ Book I. SENECA . - ST . GREGORY . - HERRERA .
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... French , and other tongues . " Mr. John Josselyn , who resided some time in N. England , from the year 1638 , says , " The Mohawks are about 500 : their speech a dialect of the Tartars ( as also is the Turkish tongue ) . " § In another ...
... French , and other tongues . " Mr. John Josselyn , who resided some time in N. England , from the year 1638 , says , " The Mohawks are about 500 : their speech a dialect of the Tartars ( as also is the Turkish tongue ) . " § In another ...
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... French orthography , being taken from a French translation of Billings's voy- age into those regions , from 1785 to 1794 . After observing that " there are several cogent arguments to. CHAP . II . ] 15 M'CULLOH . - KAIM .
... French orthography , being taken from a French translation of Billings's voy- age into those regions , from 1785 to 1794 . After observing that " there are several cogent arguments to. CHAP . II . ] 15 M'CULLOH . - KAIM .
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... French settle- ment of Canada has rather a later date . The colonists have , in no in- stance , approached to the natives of these countries : and their descend- ants , where the blood has been kept pure , have , at this time , the same ...
... French settle- ment of Canada has rather a later date . The colonists have , in no in- stance , approached to the natives of these countries : and their descend- ants , where the blood has been kept pure , have , at this time , the same ...
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