 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 Seiten
...aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed eredl, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him , that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1804 - 356 Seiten
...lands in which they are found, and by an old tradition, that when the aboriginal Indians settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...earth put about him, so as to cover a'nd support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, aud... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - 1808 - 348 Seiten
...was influenced by a tradition extant among the native Indians, that when their ancestors settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...reclined, and the cover of the earth then replaced ; and so on. . Most barrows hitherto discovered have been of a spheroidical form, which favours this... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - 1809 - 334 Seiten
...was influenced by a tradition extant among the native Indians, that when their ancestors settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...reclined, and the cover of the earth then replaced ; and so on. Most barrows hitherto discovered have been of a spheroidical form, which favours this... | |
 | 1812 - 594 Seiten
...sides) and by a tradition said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, -the first person who died was placed erect,...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 Seiten
...sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 Seiten
...sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was -<n<* to the first, the second reclined against him,... | |
 | Frederick Butler - 1821 - 474 Seiten
...the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced, and so on. There being one of these... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 Seiten
...and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...earth put about him, so as to cover and support him ; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...sides,) and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect,...another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the 40 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. [Boor I. second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced,... | |
| |
... river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him; that when another died, a... 
