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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... fire , made directly under him , would be a long time in con- suming him . Never did a poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Ortiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most ...
... fire , made directly under him , would be a long time in con- suming him . Never did a poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Ortiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most ...
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... fire was not so fortunate for him as he had hoped ; for now , his naturally superstitious mind was haunted by the pres- ence of innumerable ghosts , who stalked in every place , and which he had from his youth been taught to believe ...
... fire was not so fortunate for him as he had hoped ; for now , his naturally superstitious mind was haunted by the pres- ence of innumerable ghosts , who stalked in every place , and which he had from his youth been taught to believe ...
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... fire it , which they did with flax and hemp which they 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 ...
... fire it , which they did with flax and hemp which they 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 ...
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... fire , and a few boughs behind me , with my sick child in my lap , and calling much for water , being now , through the wound , fallen into a violent fever ; my own wound also growing so stiff , that I could scarce sit down or rise up ...
... fire , and a few boughs behind me , with my sick child in my lap , and calling much for water , being now , through the wound , fallen into a violent fever ; my own wound also growing so stiff , that I could scarce sit down or rise up ...
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... fire and put them both into it , and told the other children that were with them , that if they attempted to go home they would serve them in like manner . The children said she did not shed one tear , but prayed all the while . But to ...
... fire and put them both into it , and told the other children that were with them , that if they attempted to go home they would serve them in like manner . The children said she did not shed one tear , but prayed all the while . But to ...
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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.