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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Sayfa 71
... remain in their aboriginal state , unexplored and undisturbed by us , or by others for us . He may as well exist there now , as he did former- ly where we find his bones . If he be a carni- vorous animal , as some anatomists have con ...
... remain in their aboriginal state , unexplored and undisturbed by us , or by others for us . He may as well exist there now , as he did former- ly where we find his bones . If he be a carni- vorous animal , as some anatomists have con ...
Sayfa 74
... the elk , be found to be the same with the Cerf d'Ar- dennes or Brandhirtz of Germany , still there will remain the three spe- cies first enumerated . * Kalm II . 340 , I : 82 . tion of this table . I take him for my [ 74 ]
... the elk , be found to be the same with the Cerf d'Ar- dennes or Brandhirtz of Germany , still there will remain the three spe- cies first enumerated . * Kalm II . 340 , I : 82 . tion of this table . I take him for my [ 74 ]
Sayfa 112
... remain- ing to be dissolved all together in the spring , produced those overflowings of our rivers , so frequent then , and so rare now . Having had occasion to mention the particu lar situation of Monticello for other purposes , I will ...
... remain- ing to be dissolved all together in the spring , produced those overflowings of our rivers , so frequent then , and so rare now . Having had occasion to mention the particu lar situation of Monticello for other purposes , I will ...
Sayfa 129
... remain of the Mattaponies three or four men only , and these have more negro than Indian blood in them . They have lost their lauguage , have reduced themselves , by voluntary sales , to about fifty acres of land , which lie on the ...
... remain of the Mattaponies three or four men only , and these have more negro than Indian blood in them . They have lost their lauguage , have reduced themselves , by voluntary sales , to about fifty acres of land , which lie on the ...
Sayfa 130
... remain as respectable as would be a common ditch for the draining of lands : unless indeed it would be the barrows , of which many are to be found all over this country . These are of different sizes , some of them constructed of earth ...
... remain as respectable as would be a common ditch for the draining of lands : unless indeed it would be the barrows , of which many are to be found all over this country . These are of different sizes , some of them constructed of earth ...
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