 | Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 pages
...feet high, intersected through the middle with another elevation of a similar kind. A little further is another mound, which I had not time to examine....great works of art, the Indians gazed with as much, cariosity K any white man. I inquired of the oldest chief if the natives had any tradition respecting... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 pages
...feet high, intersected through the middle with another elevation of a similar kind. A little further is another mound, which I had not time to examine....works of art, the Indians gazed with as much curiosity POLITICAL GFX3ORAPHY ns any white man. I inquired of the oldest chief if the natives had any tradition... | |
 | George White - 1854 - 750 pages
...feet high, intersected through the middle with another elevation of a similar kind. A little further is another mound, which I had not time to examine....curiosity as any white man. I inquired of the oldest chiefs if the natives had any tradition respecting them, to which they answered in the negative. I... | |
 | George White - 1855 - 872 pages
...feet high, intersected through the middle with another elevation of a similar kind. A little further is another mound, which I had not time to examine....curiosity as any white man. I inquired of the oldest chiefs if the natives had any tradition respecting them, to which they answered in the negative. I... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1894 - 886 pages
...southeast is another mound, in ascending which I took 30 steps. Its top is encircled by a breastwork 3 feet high, intersected through the middle with another...natives had any tradition respecting them, to which ho answered in the negative. I then requested each to say what he supposed was their origin. Neither... | |
 | 1891 - 432 pages
...three and a half feet lower than on the opposite side. This fact will give a good idea of the degree of the mound's declivity. An oak, which was lying...I then requested each to say what he supposed was theirorigin. Neither could tell; though all agreed in saying : 'They were never put up by our people.'... | |
 | George White - 2011 - 852 pages
...feet high, intersected through the middle with another elevation of a similar kind. A little further is another mound, which I had not time to examine....curiosity as any white man. I inquired of the oldest chiefs if the natives had any tradition respecting them, to which they answered in the negative. I... | |
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A little farther is another mound, which I had not time to examine. On these great works of art, the Indians gazed with as much curiosity as any white man. I inquired of the oldest chief, if the natives had any tradition respecting them ; to which he... 