The Far West, Or, A Tour Beyond the Mountains: Embracing Outlines of Western Life and Scenery ; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the French, Etc, Volumen2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... depth of the alluvion is up- ward of forty feet ; and from that depth we are told that logs , leaves , coal , and a stratum of sand and pebbles bearing marks of the attrition of running waters , have been thrown up . Through the middle ...
... depth of the alluvion is up- ward of forty feet ; and from that depth we are told that logs , leaves , coal , and a stratum of sand and pebbles bearing marks of the attrition of running waters , have been thrown up . Through the middle ...
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... depth of the alluvial and vegetable mould , and the ancient monuments reposing upon some portions of the sur- face , leave no room for doubt . By heavy and con- tinued deposites of alluvion , the vast peninsula grad- ually rose up from ...
... depth of the alluvial and vegetable mould , and the ancient monuments reposing upon some portions of the sur- face , leave no room for doubt . By heavy and con- tinued deposites of alluvion , the vast peninsula grad- ually rose up from ...
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... depths of the dark herbage , glowed like a living coal . How eloquently did this little flower bespeak the being and attributes of its Maker . Ah ! " There is religion in a flower ; Mountains and oceans , planets , suns , and systems ...
... depths of the dark herbage , glowed like a living coal . How eloquently did this little flower bespeak the being and attributes of its Maker . Ah ! " There is religion in a flower ; Mountains and oceans , planets , suns , and systems ...
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... depths of Indian subtlety , apprehending such a manoeuvre , instead of descend- ing to the confluence , landed at the Portage , took their canoes upon their backs , and crossed the prai- rie to the Indian village on the Missouri ...
... depths of Indian subtlety , apprehending such a manoeuvre , instead of descend- ing to the confluence , landed at the Portage , took their canoes upon their backs , and crossed the prai- rie to the Indian village on the Missouri ...
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... depth , and about the same in extreme height : nearly in the centre a huge perpendicular column of solid rock rears itself from the floor to the roof . From this point the cavern lengthens it- self away into a series of apartments to ...
... depth , and about the same in extreme height : nearly in the centre a huge perpendicular column of solid rock rears itself from the floor to the roof . From this point the cavern lengthens it- self away into a series of apartments to ...
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