Collections of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyMassachusetts Historical Society., 1810 - Massachusetts For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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Page 9
... built up against some high perpendicular rocks , a kind of pound with logs jutting inwards in such a manner that when a person had once got within it , he was confined as safely as in prison . Having accomplished this , he decoyed the ...
... built up against some high perpendicular rocks , a kind of pound with logs jutting inwards in such a manner that when a person had once got within it , he was confined as safely as in prison . Having accomplished this , he decoyed the ...
Page 11
... built in 1761 , the first of the kind in America . It stands upon piles driven into the bed of the river , is twenty - five feet wide , and about two hundred and seventy feet in length , exclusive of the wharves at each end of it ; and ...
... built in 1761 , the first of the kind in America . It stands upon piles driven into the bed of the river , is twenty - five feet wide , and about two hundred and seventy feet in length , exclusive of the wharves at each end of it ; and ...
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... built with the same design , is now entire and inhabited in the west precinct . Although there are now no Indian families in this town , yet they were probably numerous in former times . Traces of their settlements are frequently to be ...
... built with the same design , is now entire and inhabited in the west precinct . Although there are now no Indian families in this town , yet they were probably numerous in former times . Traces of their settlements are frequently to be ...
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... built many hundred years ago , but who were the people at that time inhabiting this country ? for what causes were they built ? Here I am at a loss , yet I am not alone ; still that can be no satisfaction to me ; but on enquiries of ...
... built many hundred years ago , but who were the people at that time inhabiting this country ? for what causes were they built ? Here I am at a loss , yet I am not alone ; still that can be no satisfaction to me ; but on enquiries of ...
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... built huts for himself and party in the Ossnobian country , and near to the source of a large river , called the Ossnobian river , where they tarried during the continuance of the cold season , and until some time in the warmer months ...
... built huts for himself and party in the Ossnobian country , and near to the source of a large river , called the Ossnobian river , where they tarried during the continuance of the cold season , and until some time in the warmer months ...
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