Indian Captivities Or Life in the Wigwam1857 |
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... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
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... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
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... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . ' 99 Such was ...
... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . ' 99 Such was ...
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... four of us taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said , that if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their ...
... four of us taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said , that if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their ...
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... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
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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!