The Making of the Ohio Valley States: 1660-1837C. Scribner's sons, 1916 - 269 Seiten |
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... cabin . The movables and provisions are hung above on poles , placed crosswise under the roof . These cabins have neither chimneys nor windows ; but they have a hole in the roof for the smoke to escape through , which must be closed up ...
... cabin . The movables and provisions are hung above on poles , placed crosswise under the roof . These cabins have neither chimneys nor windows ; but they have a hole in the roof for the smoke to escape through , which must be closed up ...
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... cabin and on the open ground before it . The straws used are little twigs of the bigness of a wheat stalk , and no more than two inches long . They take a bunch of these , generally containing a hundred and one straws , but always an ...
... cabin and on the open ground before it . The straws used are little twigs of the bigness of a wheat stalk , and no more than two inches long . They take a bunch of these , generally containing a hundred and one straws , but always an ...
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... cabin along the Yadkin ; for in May , 1769 , six stout woodsmen , of whom Finley was one , set out on a hunting and prospecting tour to Kentucky . These six men belonged to a class formed to battle with the wilderness . As a class they ...
... cabin along the Yadkin ; for in May , 1769 , six stout woodsmen , of whom Finley was one , set out on a hunting and prospecting tour to Kentucky . These six men belonged to a class formed to battle with the wilderness . As a class they ...
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... cabin - the very first civilized habitation in Kentucky , as distinguished from hunters ' camps . The perilous entrance , by the way of Cumberland Gap , had now become a fixed fact . And , already , the Falls ' pointed out the destined ...
... cabin - the very first civilized habitation in Kentucky , as distinguished from hunters ' camps . The perilous entrance , by the way of Cumberland Gap , had now become a fixed fact . And , already , the Falls ' pointed out the destined ...
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... cabin on the site of Wheeling . This was Ebenezer Zane , one of three brothers who first visited this spot in the year 1769 , and came back to settle perma- nently the next year.1 The Zanes are said to have re- moved here from the south ...
... cabin on the site of Wheeling . This was Ebenezer Zane , one of three brothers who first visited this spot in the year 1769 , and came back to settle perma- nently the next year.1 The Zanes are said to have re- moved here from the south ...
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