Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate: And the Story of His Indian Campaigns, with Comments on the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire |
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... of Indian Feet - Fine Specimens of the Race - Visit of General Sherman- Report of General Sheridan . 236-247 248-256 CHAPTER XX . THE NEZ PERCÉ CAMPAIGN . - Character 10 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN . NELSON A. MILES .
... of Indian Feet - Fine Specimens of the Race - Visit of General Sherman- Report of General Sheridan . 236-247 248-256 CHAPTER XX . THE NEZ PERCÉ CAMPAIGN . - Character 10 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN . NELSON A. MILES .
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... feet . The skull itself gives contradictory evidence . It is of a higher type than the supposed head of the primeval man . Another cele- brated find , in Europe , was the Neanderthal skull , of a very low type . This last has stood to ...
... feet . The skull itself gives contradictory evidence . It is of a higher type than the supposed head of the primeval man . Another cele- brated find , in Europe , was the Neanderthal skull , of a very low type . This last has stood to ...
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... feet in height , and enclose from fifty to four hundred acres . There are pyramids a hundred feet high and covering six- teen acres , divided into wide terraces that are three hundred feet long and fifty feet wide . Only the pyramids of ...
... feet in height , and enclose from fifty to four hundred acres . There are pyramids a hundred feet high and covering six- teen acres , divided into wide terraces that are three hundred feet long and fifty feet wide . Only the pyramids of ...
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... feet away , Tecumseh stopped and looked inquir- ingly at the throng on the portico . Harrison , through an interpreter inquired what was the matter , and invited the chief and his party to join him . Tecumseh replied that the porch of a ...
... feet away , Tecumseh stopped and looked inquir- ingly at the throng on the portico . Harrison , through an interpreter inquired what was the matter , and invited the chief and his party to join him . Tecumseh replied that the porch of a ...
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... feet , and spoke with great vehemence . In brief , the whole forty warriors grasped their tomahawks , leaped to their feet , and in a moment the spectacle was presented of the whites and Indians confronting each other , arms drawn , and ...
... feet , and spoke with great vehemence . In brief , the whole forty warriors grasped their tomahawks , leaped to their feet , and in a moment the spectacle was presented of the whites and Indians confronting each other , arms drawn , and ...
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