Indian Captivities Or Life in the Wigwam1857 |
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... manners and customs of the Indians , many of the writers of which would have us believe they have exhausted the subject , and consequently we need inquire no further ; but whoever has travelled among distant tribes , or read the ...
... manners and customs of the Indians , many of the writers of which would have us believe they have exhausted the subject , and consequently we need inquire no further ; but whoever has travelled among distant tribes , or read the ...
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... manners and customs of a single tribe of Indians , to say nothing of the thousands which have been and still exist . These observations have been thrown out for the consideration of such as ... manner in which it was executed . iv PREFACE .
... manners and customs of a single tribe of Indians , to say nothing of the thousands which have been and still exist . These observations have been thrown out for the consideration of such as ... manner in which it was executed . iv PREFACE .
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pended on the manner in which it was executed . No credit was obtained by open combat , but he that could ensnare and smite an unsuspecting enemy was highly to be commended . It must have very often happened that the people surprised ...
pended on the manner in which it was executed . No credit was obtained by open combat , but he that could ensnare and smite an unsuspecting enemy was highly to be commended . It must have very often happened that the people surprised ...
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... manner in which Narvaez and his companions rambled over 800 miles of country , in about six months ' time , at a vast expense of men and necessaries which they carried with them ; for the Indians annoyed them at every pass , not only ...
... manner in which Narvaez and his companions rambled over 800 miles of country , in about six months ' time , at a vast expense of men and necessaries which they carried with them ; for the Indians annoyed them at every pass , not only ...
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... manner of his death was by torture , which was to be effected in this wise . The executioners set 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 ...
... manner of his death was by torture , which was to be effected in this wise . The executioners set 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 ...
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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!