Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave LabourSamuel Whiting, 1823 - 335 páginas |
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... seemed to say it was not , and added , that grazing would pay much better interest , the cattle being sold to drovers from Philadelphia , with herds of cattle which they had purchased from the Indians 1000 or 1200 miles from their ...
... seemed to say it was not , and added , that grazing would pay much better interest , the cattle being sold to drovers from Philadelphia , with herds of cattle which they had purchased from the Indians 1000 or 1200 miles from their ...
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... seemed a very decent , sensible man , I asked him various questions , in such a way as to give no particular direction to his answers , and found his ideas of the country and people were very similar to my own . To a question whether he ...
... seemed a very decent , sensible man , I asked him various questions , in such a way as to give no particular direction to his answers , and found his ideas of the country and people were very similar to my own . To a question whether he ...
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... seemed complete and ex- tensive . My companion said , the whole of the buildings might cost , with the house furnished , 7,000 dollars ; and one hundred acres of land , in high cultivation , in the vicinity , 5,000 dollars more . Now ...
... seemed complete and ex- tensive . My companion said , the whole of the buildings might cost , with the house furnished , 7,000 dollars ; and one hundred acres of land , in high cultivation , in the vicinity , 5,000 dollars more . Now ...
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... which had only just ceased to linger in the primeval forests which surrounded us , and on the banks of rivers which yet bear their Indian names , -I seemed admitted to a closer view of that mysterious progression by which 56.
... which had only just ceased to linger in the primeval forests which surrounded us , and on the banks of rivers which yet bear their Indian names , -I seemed admitted to a closer view of that mysterious progression by which 56.
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... by forming at once the dormitory and the sanctu- ary of a " man of God ; " it seemed to be indeed the prophet's chamber , with " the bed and the table , and the stool and the candlestick . " tained , also , a little book - case , 60.
... by forming at once the dormitory and the sanctu- ary of a " man of God ; " it seemed to be indeed the prophet's chamber , with " the bed and the table , and the stool and the candlestick . " tained , also , a little book - case , 60.
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