 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1814 - 558 pages
...erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin....the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in tke abyss of unexplored antiquity. The erection of such prodigious works must have been the result... | |
 | James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 350 pages
...erections, and bad invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin....such prodigious works must have been the result of labour, far beyond the patience and perseverance of our Indians; and the form and materials are entirely... | |
 | James Buchanan - Indians of North America - 1824 - 404 pages
...erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin....such prodigious works must have been the result of labour, far beyond the patience and perseverance of our Indians; and the form and materials are entirely... | |
 | James Buchanan - Indian mythology - 1824 - 164 pages
...form and manner are totally variant from European fortifications, either in ancient or modern times. thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach...such prodigious works must have been the result of labour, far beyond the patience and perseverance of our Indians ; and the form and materials are entirely... | |
 | 1833 - 460 pages
...erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin....and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.' " At the Bull Shoals, east branch of White river in Missouri, several feet below the surface of the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1833 - 462 pages
...account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing ahout their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their...and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.' " At the Bull Shoals, east branch of White river in Missouri, several feet below the surface of the... | |
 | Henry O'Reilly - History - 1838 - 570 pages
...fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know anything about their origin. They were beyond the reach of...and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity. * 3 Charlevoix, letter 15, p. 227. The erection of such prodigious works must have been the result... | |
 | John McIntosh - Indians - 1843 - 332 pages
...erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin....such prodigious works must have been the result of labour, far beyond the patience and perseverance of our Indians ; and the forms and materials are entirely... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 436 pages
...account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present •day did not pretend to know anything about their origin. They were beyond the reach of...been the result of labor far beyond the patience and perseverence of our Indians ; and the form and materials are entirely different from those which they... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 436 pages
...pretend to know anything about their origin. hey were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and ere lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity. The erection of such prodigious works must have been xe result of labor far beyond the patience and perseerence of our Indians ; and the form and materials... | |
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It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have... 
