 What surprised me," says my authority, " on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect some error in their measurement, we found that...  The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register - Page 5451821Full view - About this book
 | American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1820 - 484 pages
...and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect some errour m theif measurement, we found that it was impossible, and...consider this circumstance, who affect to believe these antiquities were raised by the ancestors of the present race of Indians. Having learned something... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Mammoth Cave (Ky.) - 1820 - 478 pages
...surprized me, on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect some errour in their measurement, we found that it was impossible, and that the measurement was much more... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1820 - 474 pages
...surprized me, on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect some errour in their measurement, we found that it was impossible, and that the measurement was much more... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American literature - 1821 - 542 pages
...surprised me on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful...found that it was impossible, and that the measurement wa« much more correct than it would have been in all prohability, hud the present inhabitants undertaken... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 492 pages
...surprised me, on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square, so that after every effort, by the most careful...consider this circumstance, who affect to believe these antiquities were raised by the ancestors of the present race of Indians. "These works have been... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1837 - 654 pages
...authority, " on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful...their measurement, we found that it was impossible." 44 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. [Booi I As it is not my design to waste time in conjectures upon the authors... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1837 - 594 pages
...authority, 'on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful...their measurement, we found that it was impossible.'" — Ibid., p. 43. At the forks of the Licking river, above Newark, in the county of Licking, are similar... | |
 | Samuel Gardner Drake - Indians of North America - 1837 - 642 pages
...these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that afler every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect...their measurement, we found that it was impossible." 44 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. [Boon 1As it is not my design to waste time in conjectures upon the authors... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1841 - 798 pages
...authority, "on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful...their measurement, we found that it was impossible." As it is not my design to waste time in conjectures upon the authors of these antiquities, or the remoteness... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1841 - 790 pages
...authority, "on measuring these forts, was the exact manner in which they had laid down their circle and square ; so that after every effort, by the most careful survey, to detect some error hi their measurement, we found that it was impossible." As it is not my design to waste time in conjectures... | |
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