 | 1839 - 580 pages
...of the dirty cabin and its dirtier mistress ! ANCIENT MOUNDS ON THE AMERICAN BOTTOM, ILLINOIS. ***** FOR the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...with its long trailing boughs and delicate leaves, ray path was soon winding gracefully away among those venerable monuments of a race now passed from... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...dirty cabin and its dirtier mistress ! ANCIENT MOUNDS ON THE AMERICAN BOTTOM, ILLINOIS. • * * * * FOR the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...route. Crossing Cahokia creek, which cuts its deep bod diagonally through the bottom from the bluffs some six miles distant, and threading a grove of... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River - 1858 - 678 pages
...southern side. The ancient mounds on the American Bottom, Illinois, are thus described by a tourist : "For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...its deep bed diagonally through the bottom from the bluff's some six miles distant, and threading a grove of the beautiful pecan, with its long trailing... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1866 - 698 pages
...southern side. 1 The ancient mounds on the American Bottom, Illinois, are thns described by a tourist: "For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...delicate leaves, my path was soon winding gracefully away among those venerble monuments of a race now passed from the earth. The eye is struck at first... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1866 - 710 pages
...southern side. The ancient motinds on the American Bottom, Illinois, are thus described by a tourist : " For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...its deep bed diagonally through the bottom from the bluifs some six miles distant, and threading a grove of the beautiful pecan, with its long trailing... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1867 - 814 pages
...are thus described by a tourist : ' "For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated 'America! Bottom,' a tract of country which, for fertility and...grove of the beautiful pecan, with its long trailing bougha and delicate leaves, my path was soon winding gracefully away among those venerble monuments... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Frontier and pioneer life - 1868 - 822 pages
...southern side. 6 The ancient mounds on the American Bottom, Illinois, are thus d* scribed by a tourist : " For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...cuts its deep bed diagonally through the bottom from tho bluffs some six miles distant, and threading a grove of the beautiful pecan, with its long trailing... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - Mississippi River Valley - 1870 - 806 pages
...southern side. The ancient mounds on the American Bottom, Illinois, are thus described by a tourist : "For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated...cuts its deep bed diagonally through the bottom from tho bluffs some six miles distant, and threading a grove of the beautiful pecan, with its long trailing... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Mississippi River Valley - 1906 - 390 pages
...approaching to a cosmorama can be commanded. The city, retreating as it does from the river's brink — its buildings of every diversity of form, material, and...beautiful pecan, with its long trailing boughs and [156] delicate leaves, my path was soon winding gracefully away among those venerable monuments of... | |
 | 367 pages
...of forest-trees, may boast of much scenic beauty. The range of white limestone warehouses, curding like a crescent the shore, form the most prominent...beautiful pecan, with its long trailing boughs and [156] delicate leaves, my path was soon winding gracefully away among those venerable monuments of... | |
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For the first time I found myself upon the celebrated 'American Bottom,' a tract of country which, for fertility and depth of soil, is perhaps unsurpassed in the world. A fine road of baked loam extended along my route. Crossing Cahokia creek, which cuts... 