Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... earth . This has already been the case with one tribe , in many respects the most remarkable among all that he visited ; the wild and gentlemanly Mandans , a view of whose village is prefixed to this chapter . At the time when Mr ...
... earth . This has already been the case with one tribe , in many respects the most remarkable among all that he visited ; the wild and gentlemanly Mandans , a view of whose village is prefixed to this chapter . At the time when Mr ...
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... and a formidable embankment of earth was raised against them outside . Another series of timbers , springing out at an angle of forty - five degrees from the top of the side - walls , and sending their THE MANDAN INDIANS .
... and a formidable embankment of earth was raised against them outside . Another series of timbers , springing out at an angle of forty - five degrees from the top of the side - walls , and sending their THE MANDAN INDIANS .
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... earth ; and over all was a plastering of tough clay , impervious to water , and hardened by time and the constant use to which it is subjected : for the roof of each lodge was a lounging- place for the whole family in pleasant weather ...
... earth ; and over all was a plastering of tough clay , impervious to water , and hardened by time and the constant use to which it is subjected : for the roof of each lodge was a lounging- place for the whole family in pleasant weather ...
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... earth . Being a small tribe , and unable to contend on the wide prairies with the Sioux and other roaming tribes , who were ten times as numerous , they very judiciously located themselves in a permanent village , which they strongly ...
... earth . Being a small tribe , and unable to contend on the wide prairies with the Sioux and other roaming tribes , who were ten times as numerous , they very judiciously located themselves in a permanent village , which they strongly ...
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... earth . In corroboration of his idea of the Mandans being descended from the Welch , Mr. Catlin gives instances of several elementary words in Mandan and Welch which are almost identical . The Mandan canoes , also , are altogether ...
... earth . In corroboration of his idea of the Mandans being descended from the Welch , Mr. Catlin gives instances of several elementary words in Mandan and Welch which are almost identical . The Mandan canoes , also , are altogether ...
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