Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of hones, and deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface of the earth, a few stones put over... Transactions of the American Philosophical Society - Page 139by American Philosophical Society - 1809Full view - About this book
| Charles Colcock Jones (Jr.) - Georgia - 1859 - 36 pages
...thousand skeletons. He says : Appearances certainly indicate that it (the Barrow) derived both origin arid growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and...deposition of them together : that the first collection bad been deposited on the common surface of the earth — a few stones put over it, and then a covering... | |
| 1894 - 888 pages
...Virginia1 is in point. Concerning this he says: "Appearances certainly indicate that it [the barrow] has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary...collection of bones and deposition of them together." See notices of similar deposits as follows : In Wisconsin, mentioned by Mr. Armstrong2; in Florida,... | |
| Barnard Shipp - History - 1897 - 524 pages
...other weapon. I conjectured that in this barrow might have been one thousand skeletons. Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin...collection of bones and deposition of them together, f But on whatever occasion they may have been made, they are of considerable notoriety among the Indians... | |
| Barnard Shipp - America - 1897 - 520 pages
...other weapon. I conjectured that in this barrow might have been one thousand skeletons. Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin...accustomary collection of bones and deposition of them together.f But on whatever occasion they may have been made, they are of considerable notoriety among... | |
| Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman - America - 1902 - 408 pages
...common sepulchre of a town in which the bodies were placed upright and touching each other. Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin...together; that the first collection had been deposited on thq common surface of the earth, a few stones put over it, and then a covering of earth; that the second... | |
| George Thornton Fleming - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1922 - 642 pages
...opportunity in viewing its interior with accuracy. Bishop Madison quotes Jefferson here: Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin...been deposited on the common surface of the earth, and a few stones put over it; that the second had been laid on this, had covered more or less of it... | |
| James Swan - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1990 - 244 pages
...in his Notes on the State of Virginia in 1782 that: "Appearances certainly indicate that [the mound] has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and the deposition of them together; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface... | |
| Anthropology - 1907 - 892 pages
...mound was : 1 The edition referred to in this article is the eighth, published in 1801. "Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin...growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and their deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface... | |
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