Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 300 էջ |
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... Miles Standish and his few men . Massasoit revealed a plot of the Massachusetts In- dians to attack the settlers at Wessagusset ; and Standish , taking with him eight men , proceeded to the place where the conspirators met , and killed ...
... Miles Standish and his few men . Massasoit revealed a plot of the Massachusetts In- dians to attack the settlers at Wessagusset ; and Standish , taking with him eight men , proceeded to the place where the conspirators met , and killed ...
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From the Earliest Period to the Present Time John Frost. six miles of the English towns , where the said Alexander , with about eighty men , were newly come in from hunting , and had left their guns without doors , which Major Winslow ...
From the Earliest Period to the Present Time John Frost. six miles of the English towns , where the said Alexander , with about eighty men , were newly come in from hunting , and had left their guns without doors , which Major Winslow ...
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... miles distant , where a skirmish took place , in which nine or ten of the English were slain , and about twenty - six of the Indians ; the re- mainder escaped , and soon joined Philip . Deerfield , Hatfield , and other places , felt the ...
... miles distant , where a skirmish took place , in which nine or ten of the English were slain , and about twenty - six of the Indians ; the re- mainder escaped , and soon joined Philip . Deerfield , Hatfield , and other places , felt the ...
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... miles from Newport . Here they collected stores , and built the strongest fort they ever had in this country . A circle of palisades was surrounded by a fence of trees , a rod in thickness . The entrance was on a long tree over the ...
... miles from Newport . Here they collected stores , and built the strongest fort they ever had in this country . A circle of palisades was surrounded by a fence of trees , a rod in thickness . The entrance was on a long tree over the ...
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... miles above Albany . The party consisted of about two hundred French and fifty Mohawks . After a long and dreary ... miles within Casco ; and from Saco , twenty miles further to Wells , and some of them came on further ; but recruits ...
... miles above Albany . The party consisted of about two hundred French and fifty Mohawks . After a long and dreary ... miles within Casco ; and from Saco , twenty miles further to Wells , and some of them came on further ; but recruits ...
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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...