Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of These Terretories : an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants |
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... twenty of the recent surveys made by government . In my sketch of the Indian tribes I have followed the invaluable treatise of Mr. Gallatin , the spirited sketches of Mr. Catlin , and Mr. Parkman's interesting journal of his sojourn ...
... twenty of the recent surveys made by government . In my sketch of the Indian tribes I have followed the invaluable treatise of Mr. Gallatin , the spirited sketches of Mr. Catlin , and Mr. Parkman's interesting journal of his sojourn ...
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... twenty or thirty leagues long , which you must cross to the north - west . It terminates at another little river , on which you can embark , it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie . The ...
... twenty or thirty leagues long , which you must cross to the north - west . It terminates at another little river , on which you can embark , it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie . The ...
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... twenty - two villages , the least of which has two hundred cabins ; the Paneassa , the Pana , the Paneloga , and the Matotantes , each of which , separately , is not inferior to the Panimaha . They include also the Osages , who have ...
... twenty - two villages , the least of which has two hundred cabins ; the Paneassa , the Pana , the Paneloga , and the Matotantes , each of which , separately , is not inferior to the Panimaha . They include also the Osages , who have ...
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... twenty miles , over prairies abounding in buf- falo , to the villages of the Panionkees or Pawnees . Here were two villages , of about one hundred and thirty cabins , and two hundred and fifty warriors each , who owned nearly three ...
... twenty miles , over prairies abounding in buf- falo , to the villages of the Panionkees or Pawnees . Here were two villages , of about one hundred and thirty cabins , and two hundred and fifty warriors each , who owned nearly three ...
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... twenty acres , and the Ottowas three thousand four hundred acres only . This is mostly prairie land . It is the They are The Wyandots occupy one of the most eligible tracts in Kanzas , which they purchased of the Delawares . fork ...
... twenty acres , and the Ottowas three thousand four hundred acres only . This is mostly prairie land . It is the They are The Wyandots occupy one of the most eligible tracts in Kanzas , which they purchased of the Delawares . fork ...
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