Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 300 էջ |
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... hundred men . He penetrated into the interior , and marched for the high region of the Apalachees . The Indians harassed the Spaniards with an indomitable spirit ; but they at last returned safely to the coast , and embarked . The ...
... hundred men . He penetrated into the interior , and marched for the high region of the Apalachees . The Indians harassed the Spaniards with an indomitable spirit ; but they at last returned safely to the coast , and embarked . The ...
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... hundred and his horses to forty . The natives were conciliated , and De Soto strove to secure reverence for his own person by per- suading them he was the child of the sun . Amid his anxieties and distresses , he was seized with a fever ...
... hundred and his horses to forty . The natives were conciliated , and De Soto strove to secure reverence for his own person by per- suading them he was the child of the sun . Amid his anxieties and distresses , he was seized with a fever ...
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... hundred miles in ex- tent , were leagued in the enterprise . The old chief at this time , was supposed to be near one hundred years of age , and , though unable to walk , would be present in the execution of his beloved project . It was ...
... hundred miles in ex- tent , were leagued in the enterprise . The old chief at this time , was supposed to be near one hundred years of age , and , though unable to walk , would be present in the execution of his beloved project . It was ...
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... hundred men were raised , and put under command of Captain Edward Hill , who was joined by Totopotomoi , with one hundred Indians . This force did not find the Rechahecrians unprepared . A bloody battle ensued . Of the detail , we are ...
... hundred men were raised , and put under command of Captain Edward Hill , who was joined by Totopotomoi , with one hundred Indians . This force did not find the Rechahecrians unprepared . A bloody battle ensued . Of the detail , we are ...
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... hundred of them perished in the battle . The English lost two men killed , and sixteen were wounded . Sassacus , who was in another fort , hearing of the battle , sent three hundred men to assist his coun- trymen . This body was ...
... hundred of them perished in the battle . The English lost two men killed , and sixteen were wounded . Sassacus , who was in another fort , hearing of the battle , sent three hundred men to assist his coun- trymen . This body was ...
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Indian Wars of the United States, from the Discovery to the Present Time ... John Frost Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1843 |
Indian Wars of the United States, from the Discovery to the Present Time ... John Frost Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1843 |
Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest to the Present Time John Frost Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
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Էջ 152 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Էջ 285 - Through an aperture, which afforded me a view of the area of the fort, I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Էջ 37 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Էջ 115 - Then with gun in hand, and pack on my back, in which were my papers and provisions, I set out with Mr. Gist, fitted in the same manner, on
Էջ 39 - 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 40 - 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 29 - 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 20 - I have heard her tell how sweet and comfortable that place was to her. But to return: the Indians laid hold of us, pulling me one way, and the Children another, and said, Come go along with us...
Էջ 19 - 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 115 - There was no way for getting over but on a raft, which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched...