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Page 28
The rock is a light gray , very much divided in square blocks of various sizes for
building . It requires very little labor to reduce it to form , for plain walls . Large
masses of it are so nicely fitted , and so regular , as to imitate the wall of an
ancient ...
The rock is a light gray , very much divided in square blocks of various sizes for
building . It requires very little labor to reduce it to form , for plain walls . Large
masses of it are so nicely fitted , and so regular , as to imitate the wall of an
ancient ...
Page 42
To constitute legal marriage , a man must build a house , make his crop and
gather it in , then make his hunt and bring home the meat ; putting all this in the
possession of his wife , ends the ceremony and they are married , or as the
Indians ...
To constitute legal marriage , a man must build a house , make his crop and
gather it in , then make his hunt and bring home the meat ; putting all this in the
possession of his wife , ends the ceremony and they are married , or as the
Indians ...
Page 68
They have their public buildings , as well for business as pleasure ; every town
has a chief who presides over the whole ; he is their Mic - co , called by the white
people , “ King . ” The grades from him are regular and uniform , throughout all
the ...
They have their public buildings , as well for business as pleasure ; every town
has a chief who presides over the whole ; he is their Mic - co , called by the white
people , “ King . ” The grades from him are regular and uniform , throughout all
the ...
Page 69
Each building is a wooden frame , supported on posts set in the ground , covered
with slabs , open in front like a piazza , divided into three rooms , the back and
ends clayed , up to the plates . Each division is divided lengthwise , into two seats
...
Each building is a wooden frame , supported on posts set in the ground , covered
with slabs , open in front like a piazza , divided into three rooms , the back and
ends clayed , up to the plates . Each division is divided lengthwise , into two seats
...
Page 71
On these , long poles or rafters , to suit the height of the building , are laid , the
upper ends forming a point , and the lower ends projecting out six feet from the
octagon , and resting on posts five feet high , placed in a circle round the octagon
...
On these , long poles or rafters , to suit the height of the building , are laid , the
upper ends forming a point , and the lower ends projecting out six feet from the
octagon , and resting on posts five feet high , placed in a circle round the octagon
...
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