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... remarkable mining excavation of the Mound- Builders was found near the Waterbury mine . Here , in the face of a vertical bluff , was discovered " an ancient , artificial , cavern - like recess , twenty - five feet in horizon- Fig . 19 ...
... remarkable mining excavation of the Mound- Builders was found near the Waterbury mine . Here , in the face of a vertical bluff , was discovered " an ancient , artificial , cavern - like recess , twenty - five feet in horizon- Fig . 19 ...
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... remarkable diversity of species characteristic of North America would be estab- lished . His suggestion , the result of practical observa- tion and study , is not without reason . It is certain , in any case , that the period when these ...
... remarkable diversity of species characteristic of North America would be estab- lished . His suggestion , the result of practical observa- tion and study , is not without reason . It is certain , in any case , that the period when these ...
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... remarkable tends to show that it must have been transmitted with the blood to each stock from a common original source . It affords the strongest evidence yet obtained of unity in origin of the Indian nations within the region defined ...
... remarkable tends to show that it must have been transmitted with the blood to each stock from a common original source . It affords the strongest evidence yet obtained of unity in origin of the Indian nations within the region defined ...
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... remarkable tribe might give its peculiarities a very dif- ferent explanation . The Mandans were supposed to be a branch of the Dacotahs . They may have been , like the Navajos , a changed community of Pueblos , but any attempt to ...
... remarkable tribe might give its peculiarities a very dif- ferent explanation . The Mandans were supposed to be a branch of the Dacotahs . They may have been , like the Navajos , a changed community of Pueblos , but any attempt to ...
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... remarkable base . It was constructed with five stages or stories , and stands on a hill consisting chiefly of rock , which was excavated and hollowed for the construction of galleries and cham- por- bers . The opening serves as an ...
... remarkable base . It was constructed with five stages or stories , and stands on a hill consisting chiefly of rock , which was excavated and hollowed for the construction of galleries and cham- por- bers . The opening serves as an ...
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