The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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Page 23
... independent continent , a real NEW WORLD . Was that discovery hailed with delight ? Not at all . Europe was still bent on finding " that hidden secret of nature , " a direct passage to Asia , and there stood America barring all progress ...
... independent continent , a real NEW WORLD . Was that discovery hailed with delight ? Not at all . Europe was still bent on finding " that hidden secret of nature , " a direct passage to Asia , and there stood America barring all progress ...
Page 42
... independent of any picture , the arrangement of the beads and their colors had a meaning . When a council was held , a belt was made to show what had been done . Every tribe had its " wampum " interpreters . By examination of a belt ...
... independent of any picture , the arrangement of the beads and their colors had a meaning . When a council was held , a belt was made to show what had been done . Every tribe had its " wampum " interpreters . By examination of a belt ...
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... independent effort . -- 44. Summary . - The period embraced in this section covers the greater part of a century . In it we have three classes of discoveries and explorations : 1. Those of the Spaniards ; these were confined to the ...
... independent effort . -- 44. Summary . - The period embraced in this section covers the greater part of a century . In it we have three classes of discoveries and explorations : 1. Those of the Spaniards ; these were confined to the ...
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... under Paragraph 93 , note 7 . 4 In England , a gentleman is usually understood to be a person of good family and of independent income . One or two of the " gentlemen " who went out to that is , persons of good family , not brought.
... under Paragraph 93 , note 7 . 4 In England , a gentleman is usually understood to be a person of good family and of independent income . One or two of the " gentlemen " who went out to that is , persons of good family , not brought.
Page 53
... independent State . -- 49. Sufferings of the Colonists ; Search for the Pacific ; Pocahontas . - As the weather was warm , the new settlers built no houses at first , but lived under rude shelters made of branches or of old sails . The ...
... independent State . -- 49. Sufferings of the Colonists ; Search for the Pacific ; Pocahontas . - As the weather was warm , the new settlers built no houses at first , but lived under rude shelters made of branches or of old sails . The ...
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