Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, Volumes 1-2The Association, 1880 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... Indian tribe , known as the Eries , occupied the south - eastern shore of Lake Erie , from whom the lake derives its name . They were a warlike race , and as evidence of this , have bequeathed to our times a series of earth mounds ...
... Indian tribe , known as the Eries , occupied the south - eastern shore of Lake Erie , from whom the lake derives its name . They were a warlike race , and as evidence of this , have bequeathed to our times a series of earth mounds ...
Page 9
... Indian prophets , great moral forces at work in the civilized world , which ultimately verified their prophetic utterances . Adventurers from the Old World soon began to colonize , at various points , the wilds of the New World . Our ...
... Indian prophets , great moral forces at work in the civilized world , which ultimately verified their prophetic utterances . Adventurers from the Old World soon began to colonize , at various points , the wilds of the New World . Our ...
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... . The Indians of the Reserve beheld the vision with alarm , and believed it to be a white - winged messenger , half walking and half flying 437369 on the water , sent by the Great Spirit to EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION . 11.
... . The Indians of the Reserve beheld the vision with alarm , and believed it to be a white - winged messenger , half walking and half flying 437369 on the water , sent by the Great Spirit to EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION . 11.
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... Indians , who gazed at it with wonder and retired in silence . In a few days the chiefs sent a messenger , demanding to know what were the intentions of the white intruders . This demand resulted in an agreement for holding a council ...
... Indians , who gazed at it with wonder and retired in silence . In a few days the chiefs sent a messenger , demanding to know what were the intentions of the white intruders . This demand resulted in an agreement for holding a council ...
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... Indians that the chiefs presented him at once the " pipe of peace " with some silver trinkets of value . He accepted the gifts , and after smoking the " pipe of peace " with the Indian counselors , he returned the compliment by ...
... Indians that the chiefs presented him at once the " pipe of peace " with some silver trinkets of value . He accepted the gifts , and after smoking the " pipe of peace " with the Indian counselors , he returned the compliment by ...
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