Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam; Being True Nar- Ratives of Captives who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, from the Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 361 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 71–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... began to thicken upon them . When in the spring they would march from thence , Soto was grieved , because he had lost so good an interpreter , and readily felt that difficulties were clustering around in a much more formidable array ...
... began to thicken upon them . When in the spring they would march from thence , Soto was grieved , because he had lost so good an interpreter , and readily felt that difficulties were clustering around in a much more formidable array ...
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... began to snow , and when night came on they stopt . And now down I must sit in the snow , by a lit- tle fire , and a few boughs behind me , with my sick child in my lap , and calling much for water , being now , through the wound ...
... began to snow , and when night came on they stopt . And now down I must sit in the snow , by a lit- tle fire , and a few boughs behind me , with my sick child in my lap , and calling much for water , being now , through the wound ...
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... began their din about a mile before they came to us . By their noise and whooping they signified how many they had destroyed ; which was at that time twenty - three . Those that were with us at home were gathered together as soon as ...
... began their din about a mile before they came to us . By their noise and whooping they signified how many they had destroyed ; which was at that time twenty - three . Those that were with us at home were gathered together as soon as ...
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... began to fail , and I fell a weeping ; which was the first time , to my remembrance , that I wept before them . Al- though I had met with so much affliction , and my heart was many times ready to break , yet could I not shed one tear in ...
... began to fail , and I fell a weeping ; which was the first time , to my remembrance , that I wept before them . Al- though I had met with so much affliction , and my heart was many times ready to break , yet could I not shed one tear in ...
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... began to think that all my hopes of resto ration would come to nothing . I thought of the English army , and hoped for their coming , and being retaken by them , but that failed . I hoped to be carried to Albany , as the Indians had ...
... began to think that all my hopes of resto ration would come to nothing . I thought of the English army , and hoped for their coming , and being retaken by them , but that failed . I hoped to be carried to Albany , as the Indians had ...
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Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam; Being True Narratives of ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1850 |
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Էջ 42 - And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Էջ 42 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove : Mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me.
Էջ 27 - 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 39 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Էջ 44 - Shall there be evil in the City and the Lord hath not done it?
Էջ 30 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Էջ 31 - Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Էջ 21 - Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, "Lord, what shall we do?
Էջ 41 - 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 290 - Mr. Tracy, happened to call upon me, saying that another canoe had just arrived from Detroit, and proposing that I should go with him to the beach, to inquire the news, it so happened that I still remained,, to finish my letters, promising to follow Mr.