Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, 5. köideAmerican Geographical Society of New York, 1874 |
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... soul only when he had food in his . belly . But as this mode of Christianizing Africa would require too large a kitchen , they abandoned their post , and the blacks returned to their heathen gods . The Catholic Church of Austria has ...
... soul only when he had food in his . belly . But as this mode of Christianizing Africa would require too large a kitchen , they abandoned their post , and the blacks returned to their heathen gods . The Catholic Church of Austria has ...
Page 94
... soul only when he had food in his . belly . But as this mode of Christianizing Africa would require too large a kitchen , they abandoned their post , and the blacks returned to their heathen gods . The Catholic Church of Austria has ...
... soul only when he had food in his . belly . But as this mode of Christianizing Africa would require too large a kitchen , they abandoned their post , and the blacks returned to their heathen gods . The Catholic Church of Austria has ...
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... O death ; But I have been thy master . My body is the inheritance of earth , But my soul rises in triumph to heaven . " PEAK OF GOONIB SHAMYL AND PRINCE BARATINSKI . 189 You 188 GEORGE KENNAN ON THE EASTERN CAUCASUS .
... O death ; But I have been thy master . My body is the inheritance of earth , But my soul rises in triumph to heaven . " PEAK OF GOONIB SHAMYL AND PRINCE BARATINSKI . 189 You 188 GEORGE KENNAN ON THE EASTERN CAUCASUS .
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... souls , all told . The Choctaws , 15,000 strong , occupy a reservation of 6,688,000 acres in the south - east corner of the Territory ; the Chickasaws , 5,000 in number , own a reservation of 4,377,600 acres , bying west of the Choctaw ...
... souls , all told . The Choctaws , 15,000 strong , occupy a reservation of 6,688,000 acres in the south - east corner of the Territory ; the Chickasaws , 5,000 in number , own a reservation of 4,377,600 acres , bying west of the Choctaw ...
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... souls , occupied an extensive territory in Georgia and Alabama ; and , although at that time about 50,000 strong , they were considered a mere remnant of a once mighty nation . There is in the Creek Nation a class of Indians called ...
... souls , occupied an extensive territory in Georgia and Alabama ; and , although at that time about 50,000 strong , they were considered a mere remnant of a once mighty nation . There is in the Creek Nation a class of Indians called ...
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