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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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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... fell down with it . Then they set me upon a horse with my wounded child in my lap , and there being no furniture on the horse's back , as we were going down a steep hill , we both fell * Mr. Rowlandson , with Capt . Kerley and Mr. Drew ...
... fell down with it . Then they set me upon a horse with my wounded child in my lap , and there being no furniture on the horse's back , as we were going down a steep hill , we both fell * Mr. Rowlandson , with Capt . Kerley and Mr. Drew ...
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... fell to cutting dry trees , to make rafts to carry them over the river , and scon my turn came to go over . By the advantage of some brush which they had laid upon the raft to sit on , I did not wet my foot , while many of themselves at ...
... fell to cutting dry trees , to make rafts to carry them over the river , and scon my turn came to go over . By the advantage of some brush which they had laid upon the raft to sit on , I did not wet my foot , while many of themselves at ...
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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.