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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... young Indian was brought and laid upon a kind of sarcophagus , which , from the multitudes that had from time to time been offered there , was surrounded with blood and bones ! a most rueful sight , as ever any eye beheld ! -here an arm ...
... young Indian was brought and laid upon a kind of sarcophagus , which , from the multitudes that had from time to time been offered there , was surrounded with blood and bones ! a most rueful sight , as ever any eye beheld ! -here an arm ...
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... young Indian had been killed and his body placed in this temple . Late one night , Ortiz found it closely invested by wolves , which , in spite of all his efforts , entered the place , and carried away the body of the Indian . The ...
... young Indian had been killed and his body placed in this temple . Late one night , Ortiz found it closely invested by wolves , which , in spite of all his efforts , entered the place , and carried away the body of the Indian . The ...
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... young Indian of Cutifachiqui , who understood . a little Spanish ; " yet it required sometimes a whole day for him to explain what Ortiz would have done in four words . ” At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they ...
... young Indian of Cutifachiqui , who understood . a little Spanish ; " yet it required sometimes a whole day for him to explain what Ortiz would have done in four words . ” At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they ...
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... young : some carried their old , decrepit mothers , some carried one , and some another . Four of them carried a great Indian upon a bier ; but going through a thick wood with him , they were hindered , and could make no haste ...
... young : some carried their old , decrepit mothers , some carried one , and some another . Four of them carried a great Indian upon a bier ; but going through a thick wood with him , they were hindered , and could make no haste ...
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... young , some sick , and some lame ; many had papooses at their backs ; the greatest number at this time with us were squaws ; and yet they tra- velled with all they had , bag and baggage , and they got over this river aforesaid ; and on ...
... young , some sick , and some lame ; many had papooses at their backs ; the greatest number at this time with us were squaws ; and yet they tra- velled with all they had , bag and baggage , and they got over this river aforesaid ; and on ...
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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...