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Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States : collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 (1851)

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 · Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company (successors to Grigg, Eliot & Co.) · leaf 212

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165 ANTIQUITIES. Miruelo obtained from the natives of the Atlantic coast of Florida, A. D. 1514, small quantities of gold and silver; and D’Allyon in 1515 or 1516, procured by barter, from the Indians of Combahee in this State, more of the same precious metals. The relic pictured above, is from… … It is a relic of the Congarees. Returning to the front of the table, we next find there small circular stones, one and one-eighth, one and a half, and one and seven-eighths inches in circumference. These were probably used in the games of chance, in which Lawson found the Congaree women engaged, in…

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