The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... followed by a decline of the Indian cultures , owing to deaths from combat and disease as well as to miscegenation . Black slaves from Africa were first introduced in the 16th century , and throughout the colonial period this infusion ...
... followed by a decline of the Indian cultures , owing to deaths from combat and disease as well as to miscegenation . Black slaves from Africa were first introduced in the 16th century , and throughout the colonial period this infusion ...
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... followed the trail blazed by Pike , but the true explorers of Colorado - indeed , of the whole Rocky Mountains region - were the mountain men , who searched for beaver and other pelts and harvested furs for more than three decades ...
... followed the trail blazed by Pike , but the true explorers of Colorado - indeed , of the whole Rocky Mountains region - were the mountain men , who searched for beaver and other pelts and harvested furs for more than three decades ...
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... followed by mainline railroads and through highways . The river itself is navigable by ocean freighters as far as Portland , Oreg . , and Vancouver , Wash . , and above these cities by barges . The completion in 1975 of the Columbia ...
... followed by mainline railroads and through highways . The river itself is navigable by ocean freighters as far as Portland , Oreg . , and Vancouver , Wash . , and above these cities by barges . The completion in 1975 of the Columbia ...
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