Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 300 էջ |
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... taken into the presence of the king , Powhatan , he was condemned to die , and only saved by the interposition of Pocahontas , the king's favorite daughter . As long as Smith_remained in the colony , his known valor and activity awed ...
... taken into the presence of the king , Powhatan , he was condemned to die , and only saved by the interposition of Pocahontas , the king's favorite daughter . As long as Smith_remained in the colony , his known valor and activity awed ...
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... taken Sir William Berkeley prisoner , I would not meanly have exposed him as a show to my people ; " and soon after expired . It is said , and we have no reason to doubt the fact , that it was owing to the encroachments upon his lands ...
... taken Sir William Berkeley prisoner , I would not meanly have exposed him as a show to my people ; " and soon after expired . It is said , and we have no reason to doubt the fact , that it was owing to the encroachments upon his lands ...
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... taken two of their men by force , to pilot his vessel up the river . This matter , how- ever , was amicably settled by treaty . Other outrages followed , the perpetrators taking refuge among the Pequods , who would not yield them upon ...
... taken two of their men by force , to pilot his vessel up the river . This matter , how- ever , was amicably settled by treaty . Other outrages followed , the perpetrators taking refuge among the Pequods , who would not yield them upon ...
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... taken above three hundred Indians . Disheartened by such disastrous defeats , the Indians began to come to the English in small parties and surrender themselves . Philip fled to the Maquas ; but they proving hostile , he was compelled ...
... taken above three hundred Indians . Disheartened by such disastrous defeats , the Indians began to come to the English in small parties and surrender themselves . Philip fled to the Maquas ; but they proving hostile , he was compelled ...
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... taken . When offered life , if he would deliver Philip into the hands of the English , he nobly refused . They condemned him to die by the hands of three young Indian chiefs . The hero re- plied , that he " liked it well ; for he should ...
... taken . When offered life , if he would deliver Philip into the hands of the English , he nobly refused . They condemned him to die by the hands of three young Indian chiefs . The hero re- plied , that he " liked it well ; for he should ...
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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...