Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's FamilyWilson & Blackwell, 1803 - 363 sayfa |
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... probably from the Apalachies , an Indian nation formerly residing on it . Hence the mountains giving rise to that river , and seen from its va- rious parts , were called the Apalachian moun- tains , being in fact the end or termination ...
... probably from the Apalachies , an Indian nation formerly residing on it . Hence the mountains giving rise to that river , and seen from its va- rious parts , were called the Apalachian moun- tains , being in fact the end or termination ...
Sayfa 30
... probably one of many reser- voirs with which the interior parts of the earth are supposed to abound , and which yield sup- plies to the fountains of water , distinguished from others only by its being accessible . Th vault of this cave ...
... probably one of many reser- voirs with which the interior parts of the earth are supposed to abound , and which yield sup- plies to the fountains of water , distinguished from others only by its being accessible . Th vault of this cave ...
Sayfa 31
... probably enough accounted for , by supposing them combined with intermitting fountains ; as they must of course inhale air while their reser- voirs are emptying themselves , and again emit it while they are filling . But a constant ...
... probably enough accounted for , by supposing them combined with intermitting fountains ; as they must of course inhale air while their reser- voirs are emptying themselves , and again emit it while they are filling . But a constant ...
Sayfa 39
... probably runs up that river to where it appears again at Ross's iron- works , and so passes off south - westward- ly by Flat creek of Otter river . It is never more than one hundred yards wide . From the Blue ridge westwardly , the ...
... probably runs up that river to where it appears again at Ross's iron- works , and so passes off south - westward- ly by Flat creek of Otter river . It is never more than one hundred yards wide . From the Blue ridge westwardly , the ...
Sayfa 49
... probably feeds some fountain , of which it is the natural reser- voir , distinguished from others , like that of Madison's cave , by being accessible . It is used with a bucket and windlass as an ordinary well . A complete catalogue of ...
... probably feeds some fountain , of which it is the natural reser- voir , distinguished from others , like that of Madison's cave , by being accessible . It is used with a bucket and windlass as an ordinary well . A complete catalogue of ...
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