 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 530 pages
...whence the earth had been taken of which tbe hillock was formed. I firil dug ftiperficially in feveral parts of it, and came to collections of human bones, at. different deprhsy from ftx inches to three feet below the furface. Thefe were lying in the utmoit coniulion,... | |
 | Noah Webster - American essays - 1790 - 448 pages
...dozen years. " Before this, it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the bafe was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...had been taken, of which the hillock was formed. I firft dug fuperficially in fevenl parts of it, and came to collections of human bones at different... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the bafe was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from whence the earth had been taken e>f which the hillock was formed. I firft dug fuperficially in fereral parts of it, and came to collections... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the bafe was an excavation of five feet depth and •width,...had been taken of which the hillock was formed, I firil dug fuperficially in feveral parts of it, and came to collections of human bones, at different... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of 12 inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...human bones, at different depths, from six" inches t6 three feet below the surface. These were tying in the utmost confusion, some vertical, some oblique,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 356 pages
...Belore this, it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the base was an excavanon of five feet depth and width, from whence the earth had been taken to form liie hillock. " iat first dug superficially in several parts and came to colleitions of human... | |
 | American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...surface. These were lying in the utmost confusion, some vertical, some oblique, some horizontal, and directed to every point of the compass, entangled, and... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of 12 inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...surface. These were lying in the utmost confusion, some vertical, some oblique, some horizontal, and directed to every point of the compass, entangled, and... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of F2 inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...hillock was formed. I first dug superficially in several pirts of it, and came to collections of human bones, at different deptbs, from six inches to three... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of 12 inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from...had been taken of which the hillock was formed. I Grst dug superficially in several parts of it, and came to collections of human bones, at different... | |
| |
... feet altitude, though now reduced by the plough to seven and a half, having been under cultivation about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width,... 
