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" That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians ; that the Great Man above,... "
Gertrude of Wyoming: A Pennsylvanian Tale. And Other Poems - Page 91
by Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 134 pages
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 3

William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...hlmfelf into an oratorical attitude, and with a pomp fuited te the fuppofed elevation of his fubjeil informed him, t,hat it was ,a tradition handed down...from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone licks, and began an univerfal deftruftion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation, of his fubjeft, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from...their fathers, * That in ancient * times a herd of thefe tremendous animals came tq ' the big-bone licks, and began an vmiverfal deftruc* tion of the...
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Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgment of the American Universal Geography ...

Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1802 - 452 pages
...oraiorial attitude, and, with a pomp fuited to the fuppofed elevation of his fubject, informsd him that 4t was a. tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of them came tp the Big-bone licks, _and began an vjniverfal deitruflion of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes,...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone lick, and began an universal destruction of the bear,deer,elks,buffaloes,andother animals...
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Excursions in North America: Described in Letters from a Gentleman and His ...

Priscilla Wakefield - History - 1806 - 444 pages
...in a proper attitude to make an oration, he told him, that it was a tradition from their ancestors, that in ancient times, a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone Licks, and began a universal destruction of the bears, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals,...
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Poems in Two Volumes: Containing Gertrude of Wyoming and ..., Volumes 1-2

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaket immediately put himself into an. attitude of oratory, and with...bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals which hadbeencreatedfor the use of the Indian?. That the great Man above looking down and seeing this, was...
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Gertrude of Wyoming: And Other Poems

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 266 pages
...of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with...destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animalswhich had been created for the use of the Indians. That the great Man above looking down and...
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The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and ...

Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1811 - 264 pages
...into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp fuited to what he conceived the elevation of his fubjtft, informed him, that it was a tradition handed down...their fathers, " That in ancient times, a herd of thefe tremendous animals came to the Big-bone-licks, and began a univerfal deftruiflion of the bears,...
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Gertrude of Wyoming: And Other Poems, Volume 2

Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1814 - 274 pages
...of the animal whose bones were found at the Saltlicks, on the Ohio. Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with...times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bick- bone-licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elk, buffalo, and other animals...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Madoc

Robert Southey - 1815 - 302 pages
...animal, the chief speaker immediately put himself into an oratorical attitude, and, with a pomp suited to the elevation of his subject, informed him, that it...from their fathers, that in ancient times a herd of them came to the Big-bone-lieks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes,...
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