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 EmigrantsPhillips, Sampson, 1854 - 256 Seiten |
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... distance of more than three hundred leagues , although it receives some large rivers , the water of which is very beautiful , and which are almost as large as the Missis- sippi . " * In 1687 , La Salle attempted to cross , with a party ...
... distance of more than three hundred leagues , although it receives some large rivers , the water of which is very beautiful , and which are almost as large as the Missis- sippi . " * In 1687 , La Salle attempted to cross , with a party ...
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... distance . They contend that they were the first people on the earth . " They originally lived inside the earth , " says one of their legends . " They raised many vines , and one of them had grown up through a hole in the earth ...
... distance . They contend that they were the first people on the earth . " They originally lived inside the earth , " says one of their legends . " They raised many vines , and one of them had grown up through a hole in the earth ...
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... distance . On an extensive plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise from the ground , and towards the heavens , the domes of the earth - built huts ...
... distance . On an extensive plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise from the ground , and towards the heavens , the domes of the earth - built huts ...
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... distance , the green and bound- less prairie . The floors of these dwellings are of earth , but so hardened by use , and swept so clean , that they have almost a polish , and would hardly soil the whitest linen ! In the centre is the ...
... distance , the green and bound- less prairie . The floors of these dwellings are of earth , but so hardened by use , and swept so clean , that they have almost a polish , and would hardly soil the whitest linen ! In the centre is the ...
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... distances apart , with the faces all looking to the centre , where they are religiously protected and preserved , in their precise positions , from year to year , as objects of religious and affectionate veneration . There are several ...
... distances apart , with the faces all looking to the centre , where they are religiously protected and preserved , in their precise positions , from year to year , as objects of religious and affectionate veneration . There are several ...
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