History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to His Son William Penn Miner ...J. Crissy, 1845 - 592 páginas |
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... miles in length from northeast to southwest , and from three to four miles in width ; but in its more enlarged sense , it is used to designate the part of the country within the limits of Pennsylvania , embraced within the 42d degree of ...
... miles in length from northeast to southwest , and from three to four miles in width ; but in its more enlarged sense , it is used to designate the part of the country within the limits of Pennsylvania , embraced within the 42d degree of ...
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... miles , while following the bow of the river , the distance exceeded one hundred and thirty miles . But we are now in the valley ; lovely as ever enthusiast dreamed of , or poet sung . Standing on the bank of the river , a little below ...
... miles , while following the bow of the river , the distance exceeded one hundred and thirty miles . But we are now in the valley ; lovely as ever enthusiast dreamed of , or poet sung . Standing on the bank of the river , a little below ...
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... miles back from the stream , unrivalled in expansive beauty ; unsurpassed in luxuriant fertility . Though now generally cleared and cultivated , to protect the soil from floods , a fringe of trees is left along each bank of the river ...
... miles back from the stream , unrivalled in expansive beauty ; unsurpassed in luxuriant fertility . Though now generally cleared and cultivated , to protect the soil from floods , a fringe of trees is left along each bank of the river ...
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... miles to attack a Mohawk fort . They were repelled and ambushed on their retreat , and a great fight ensued . " What was most calamitous in this disastrous expedition , ( says the Historian ) was the loss of the great chief Chik ...
... miles to attack a Mohawk fort . They were repelled and ambushed on their retreat , and a great fight ensued . " What was most calamitous in this disastrous expedition , ( says the Historian ) was the loss of the great chief Chik ...
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... miles , by any accessible route , from the Council Fire of the Iroquois ! This single fact is worth dwelling on a mo- ment , as at once illustrative of the extent of dominion claimed , as also the character of that wonderful people . A ...
... miles , by any accessible route , from the Council Fire of the Iroquois ! This single fact is worth dwelling on a mo- ment , as at once illustrative of the extent of dominion claimed , as also the character of that wonderful people . A ...
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