 | Jonathan Carver - 1802 - 330 頁
...till within two centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whofe only breafhvork, cten at prefent, is the thicket, I know not. I have given as exact an account as poffible, of this fingular appearance, and leave to future explorers of thefe dif^aat regions to difcover... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1821 - 470 頁
...centuries, amounted to drawing the bow, and whose only breastwork even at present, is the thicket, 1 know not. I have given as exact an account as possible...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art. Perhaps the hints I have here given might^ead to a more perfect investigation of it, and give... | |
 | George William Featherstonhaugh - 1836 - 186 頁
...a mistaken traveller, I find on inquiry since my return, that Mons. St. Pierre and several traders have, at different times, taken notice of similar...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art." — Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the year* 1766, 1767, 1768, by J.... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. War Department - 1836 - 184 頁
...whole stock of military knowledge has only, till within two centuries, amounted to drawing the how, and whose only breastwork even at present is the thicket,...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art." — Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, by J.... | |
 | George William Featherstonhaugh - 1847 - 812 頁
...To show that this description is not the offspring of a diseased imagination, or the chimerical talc of a mistaken traveller, I find, on inquiry, since...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art." — Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768. By J.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 756 頁
...minutely as I did. How a work of this kind exists in a country that has hitherto (according to the general received opinion) been the seat of war to untutored...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art. Perhaps the hints I have here given might lead to a more perfect investigation of it, and give... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 714 頁
...as I did. How a work of this kind cx'ists in a country that has hitherto (according to the general received opinion) been the seat of war to untutored...thicket, I know not. I have given as exact an account a.« possible of this singular appearance, aud leave to future explorers of these distant regions to... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 頁
...amounted to drawing the bow, and whose only breastwork, even at present, is the thicket, I knownot. I have given as exact an account as possible of this...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art. Perhaps the hints I have here given might lead to a more perfect investigation of it, and give... | |
 | George Copway - 1850 - 328 頁
...that it had once been a breastwork of about four feet in height, extending the best part of a mile. I have given as exact an account as possible of this...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art.' " Featherstonaugh, a United States geologist, about fifteen years ago, visited the spot, and... | |
 | Minnesota Historical Society - 1850 - 76 頁
...that it had once been a breastwork of about four feet in height, extending the best part of a mile. I have given as exact an account as possible of this...to discover whether it is a production of nature or art." Featherstonaugh, an United States geologist, about fifteen years ago, visited the spot, and came... | |
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How a work of this kind could exist in a country that has hitherto (according to the generally received opinion,) been the seat of war to untutored Indians alone, whose whole stock of military knowledge has only, till within two centuries, amounted to... 
