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" I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location... "
Elementary Geology - Page 150
by Edward Hitchcock - 1845 - 352 pages
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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the ..., Volume 2

George Catlin - Artists - 1841 - 504 pages
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means...
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Elementary Geology

Edward Hitchcock - Geology - 1842 - 366 pages
...American Journal of Science, Vol. 22, p. 209. Descr. According to Mr. Catlin, (American Jour. of Science, Vol. 38, p. 143.) vast quantities of bowlders of primary...been drifted several hundred miles from the north. an* informed by the gentleman engaged in the geological surveys of those states, that primary bowlders...
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American ...

George Catlin - Indians of North America - 1845 - 492 pages
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means...
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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North ..., Volume 2

George Catlin - Indians of North America - 1850 - 508 pages
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means...
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The Wonders of Geology

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geology - 1852 - 306 pages
...also said to be scattered over the great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellowstone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, which have been drifted thither from the northwest." At the Ked Pipestone quarry there are five granite bowlders from fifteen to twenty-five feet in diameter,...
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Elementary Geology

Edward Hitchcock - Geology - 1855 - 434 pages
...According to Mr. Catlin, (American Jour, of Science, vol. 38, p. 143,) vast quantities of boulders of primary rocks "are strewed over the great valley...miles west of Lake Superior, he describes five granite boulders, from 15 to 25 feet in diameter, which he supposes must have been drifted several hundred...
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Elementary Geology

Edward Hitchcock - Geology - 1856 - 450 pages
...According to Mr. Catlin, (American Jour, of Science, vol. 38, p. 1 43,) vast quantities of boulders of primary rocks " are strewed over the great valley...miles west of Lake Superior, he describes five granite boulders, from 15 to 25 feet in diameter, which he supposes must have been drifted several hundred...
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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the ..., Volume 2

George Catlin - Indians of North America - 1857 - 452 pages
...character from all other specimens which I have seen in my travels, amongst the thousands of boulders which are strewed over the great valley of the Missouri...from the Yellow Stone almost to the Gulf of Mexico, raises in my mind an unanswerable question, as regards the location of their native bed, and the means...
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On the Cause, Date, and Duration of the Last Glacial Epoch of Geology, and ...

Alfred Wilks Drayson - Earth movements - 1873 - 410 pages
...significantly called 'lost rock,' which may be traced to the north side of the lakes in Upper Canada. The great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone river almost to the Gulf of Mexico, is represented by Mr. Catlin as covered with vast quantities of...
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On the Cause, Date, and Duration of the Last Glacial Epoch of Geology, and ...

Alfred Wilks Drayson - Earth movements - 1873 - 342 pages
...significantly called 'lost rock,' which may be traced to the north side of the lakes in Upper Canada. The great valley of the Missouri and Mississippi, from the Yellow Stone river almost to the Gulf of Mexico, is represented by Mr. Catlin as covered with vast quantities of...
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