Indian Captivities Or Life in the Wigwam1857 |
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... fell a prey to his misguided ambition . Ortiz had died a few months before , and with him fell the already disappointed hopes of his leader . They had taken up winter quarters at a place called Autiamque , upon the Washita , or perhaps ...
... fell a prey to his misguided ambition . Ortiz had died a few months before , and with him fell the already disappointed hopes of his leader . They had taken up winter quarters at a place called Autiamque , upon the Washita , or perhaps ...
Էջ 20
... fell down ; he begged of them his life , promising them money , as they told me , but they would not hearken to him , but knocked him on the head , stripped him naked , and split open his bowels . Another , seeing many of the Indians ...
... fell down ; he begged of them his life , promising them money , as they told me , but they would not hearken to him , but knocked him on the head , stripped him naked , and split open his bowels . Another , seeing many of the Indians ...
Էջ 21
... fell a prey to his misguided ambition . Ortiz had died a few months before , and with him fell the already disappointed hopes of his leader . They had taken up winter quarters at a place called Autiamque , upon the Washita , or perhaps ...
... fell a prey to his misguided ambition . Ortiz had died a few months before , and with him fell the already disappointed hopes of his leader . They had taken up winter quarters at a place called Autiamque , upon the Washita , or perhaps ...
Էջ 21
... fell down ; he begged of them his life , promising them money , as they told me , but they would not hearken to him , but knocked him on the head , stripped him naked , and split open his bowels . Another , seeing many of the Indians ...
... fell down ; he begged of them his life , promising them money , as they told me , but they would not hearken to him , but knocked him on the head , stripped him naked , and split open his bowels . Another , seeing many of the Indians ...
Էջ 22
... fell down dead , whereat the Indians scornfully shouted and hollowed , and were presently upon him , stripping off his clothes . The bullets fly- ing thick , one went through my side , and the same , as would seem , through the bowels ...
... fell down dead , whereat the Indians scornfully shouted and hollowed , and were presently upon him , stripping off his clothes . The bullets fly- ing thick , one went through my side , and the same , as would seem , through the bowels ...
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Էջ 21 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Էջ 32 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Էջ 21 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Էջ 29 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Էջ 20 - But out we must go, the fire increasing, and coming along behind us, roaring, and the Indians gaping before us with their Guns, Spears and Hatchets to devour us.
Էջ 21 - Thus saith the Lord refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, for thy work shall be rewarded and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Էջ 31 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Էջ 174 - Dutch, as I spoke Dutch I went to one of them and asked him what was the news? he told me that a runner had just arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated; that the Indians and French had surrounded him, and were concealed behind trees and in gullies, and kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they saw the English falling in heaps, and if they did not take the river which was the only gap, and make their escape, there would not be one man left alive before sundown.
Էջ 24 - It seems to be a bait, the devil lays to make men loose their precious time: I remember with shame, how formerly, when I had taken two or three pipes, I was presently ready for another, such a bewitching thing it is...
Էջ 363 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go!