Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives, who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians from the Various Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest to the Present Time. Illustrating the Manner and Customs, Barbarous Rites and Ceremonies, of the North American Indians, and Their Various Methods of Torture Practised Upon Such as Have from Time to Time, Fallen Into Their HandsAntiquarian bookstore and institute, 1841 - 354 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 72–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... falling upon some acts of pre - eminent injus- tice to my former labors , committed by several compilers , whose works , from their peculiar point of emanation , or ostentatious external attractions , are calculated to fix in the minds ...
... falling upon some acts of pre - eminent injus- tice to my former labors , committed by several compilers , whose works , from their peculiar point of emanation , or ostentatious external attractions , are calculated to fix in the minds ...
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... Falls , N. [ Hampshire . Time retained . Nine years To 12 April , 1676 About one year Six months Remark'e escape Page 11 20 60 70 71 73 Six years Tortur'd to death 109 Mehetable Goodwin 27 " 1690 Sal . Falls , N. H. Five years Thomas ...
... Falls , N. [ Hampshire . Time retained . Nine years To 12 April , 1676 About one year Six months Remark'e escape Page 11 20 60 70 71 73 Six years Tortur'd to death 109 Mehetable Goodwin 27 " 1690 Sal . Falls , N. H. Five years Thomas ...
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... falling into the hands of Cortez , his_arrogance did not forsake him , and he addressed him thus : " Esteem it good fortune that you have taken me prisoner . " " Nay , " replied Cortez , " it is the least of the things I have done in ...
... falling into the hands of Cortez , his_arrogance did not forsake him , and he addressed him thus : " Esteem it good fortune that you have taken me prisoner . " " Nay , " replied Cortez , " it is the least of the things I have done in ...
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... falling for many thousand years in all parts of the world . They have died all around us - in our very places . We do not distinctly behold the hands , the feet , or the bones of them , because they have crumbled to dust beneath our ...
... falling for many thousand years in all parts of the world . They have died all around us - in our very places . We do not distinctly behold the hands , the feet , or the bones of them , because they have crumbled to dust beneath our ...
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... fall a weeping , at which they were provoked , and would not let me come near her , but bid me be gone ; which was a heart - cutting word to me . I had one child dead , another in the wilderness , I knew not where , the third they would ...
... fall a weeping , at which they were provoked , and would not let me come near her , but bid me be gone ; which was a heart - cutting word to me . I had one child dead , another in the wilderness , I knew not where , the third they would ...
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Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of the ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1842 |
Tragedies of the Wilderness : Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives ... Samuel Gardner Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1853 |
Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1844 |
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Էջ 29 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
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 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 37 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
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 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 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 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 286 - 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.
Էջ 34 - It seems to be a bait, the devil lays to make men loose their precious time: I remember with shame, how formerly, when I had taken two or three pipes, I was presently ready for another, such a bewitching thing it is...