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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... brought them , and then to see them , no sooner than produced , transferred to the pages of others without even a demand for them upon their author , is matter of which I complain , and , to say the least , is too barefaced a piracy ...
... brought them , and then to see them , no sooner than produced , transferred to the pages of others without even a demand for them upon their author , is matter of which I complain , and , to say the least , is too barefaced a piracy ...
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... brought in as sacrifices and deposited here ; and not long after Ortiz had been placed as sentinel , the body of a young Indian was brought and laid upon a kind of sarcophagus , which , from the multitudes that had from time to time ...
... brought in as sacrifices and deposited here ; and not long after Ortiz had been placed as sentinel , the body of a young Indian was brought and laid upon a kind of sarcophagus , which , from the multitudes that had from time to time ...
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... brought to the village of Mocoso . It was , that some white people had actually landed upon their coast , and had possessed themselves of the village of Ucista , and driven out him and his men . Mocoso immediately im- parted this ...
... brought to the village of Mocoso . It was , that some white people had actually landed upon their coast , and had possessed themselves of the village of Ucista , and driven out him and his men . Mocoso immediately im- parted this ...
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... brought cut of the barn , and there being no defence about the house , only two flankers at two opposite corners , and one of them not finished ; they fired it once , and one ventured out and quenched it , but they quickly fired it ...
... brought cut of the barn , and there being no defence about the house , only two flankers at two opposite corners , and one of them not finished ; they fired it once , and one ventured out and quenched it , but they quickly fired it ...
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... brought to Boston , as the Indians told me . THE SECOND REMOVE . - But now ( the next morning ) I must turn my back upon the town , and travel with them into the vast and desolate wilderness , I know not whither . It is not my tongue or ...
... brought to Boston , as the Indians told me . THE SECOND REMOVE . - But now ( the next morning ) I must turn my back upon the town , and travel with them into the vast and desolate wilderness , I know not whither . It is not my tongue or ...
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Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam; Being True Narratives of ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1850 |
Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam : Being True Narratives of ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1857 |
Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam, Being True Narratives of ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
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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.