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... feet high - interspersed with rosin weeds and with a blue flower so that at certain seasons of the year the prairies seemed blue and purple , and in other seasons , gray , green or yellow . This vegeta- tion , we are told by early ...
... feet high - interspersed with rosin weeds and with a blue flower so that at certain seasons of the year the prairies seemed blue and purple , and in other seasons , gray , green or yellow . This vegeta- tion , we are told by early ...
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... feet , upon which one or more smaller mounds are superimposed , as is the case with the great Cahokia Mound . They are supposed to have been built as places of religious worship and those who have built them are generally supposed to ...
... feet , upon which one or more smaller mounds are superimposed , as is the case with the great Cahokia Mound . They are supposed to have been built as places of religious worship and those who have built them are generally supposed to ...
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... feet . It covers an area of sixteen acres . Three sides , the north , south and east , still retain their straight lines . The other has been some- what washed away , probably by rains and from the pasturing of cattle on the sides ...
... feet . It covers an area of sixteen acres . Three sides , the north , south and east , still retain their straight lines . The other has been some- what washed away , probably by rains and from the pasturing of cattle on the sides ...
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... feet firmly upon the earth , he began to chant the deathsong of an Indian warrior . The moment after , the Piasa arose into the air , and swift as the thunderbolt darted down on his victim . Scarcely had the horrid creature reached his ...
... feet firmly upon the earth , he began to chant the deathsong of an Indian warrior . The moment after , the Piasa arose into the air , and swift as the thunderbolt darted down on his victim . Scarcely had the horrid creature reached his ...
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... feet long , as thick as a common cane , and pierced in the middle ; it is ornamented with the head and neck of different birds of beautiful plumage ; they also add large feathers of red , green and other colors , with which it is all ...
... feet long , as thick as a common cane , and pierced in the middle ; it is ornamented with the head and neck of different birds of beautiful plumage ; they also add large feathers of red , green and other colors , with which it is all ...
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