 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1842 - 332 էջ
...scalped and mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open,...blood scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quafi'ed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every... | |
 | Isaac Brock - 1845 - 492 էջ
...dead were scalped and mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the insatiated knife and tomahawk, and from the bodies of some, ripped open,...butchers were drinking the blood scooped up in the hollows of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." their fall. Captain Dalzell,... | |
 | Isaac Brock - 1847 - 518 էջ
...dead were scalped and mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking, under the insatiated knife and tomahawk ; and from the bodies of some, ripped open,...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." t The site of the old French post, Fort Duquesne, in Pennsylvania. N immediate succours to those two... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1848 - 336 էջ
...mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsutiated knife and the reeking tomabawk ; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. In u few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every victim who could I* found being destroyed.... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 708 էջ
...mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiatcd knife and tomahawk; and from thn bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking...experiencing. No long time elapsed before, every one being destroyed who could be found, there was a general cry of "All is finished!" At the same instant... | |
 | 1852 - 462 էջ
...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, snatched up in the hollow of joined hands, and quufted amid shouts of rage and victory." At Detroit... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1853 - 534 էջ
...scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and J t' unahawk ; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers...experiencing. No long time elapsed before, every one being destroyed who could be found, there was a general cry of " All is finished !'' At the same instant... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 էջ
...scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk; and from the bodies of some ripped open,...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which seemed to Henry scarcely one, every victim, who could be found, being destroyed,... | |
 | Jacob Ferris - 1856 - 366 էջ
...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,...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." The posts at St. Mary's and Green Bay did not share the fate of Michilimackinac. St. Mary's had been... | |
 | Jacob Ferris - 1856 - 390 էջ
...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,...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." The posts at St. Mary's and Green Bay did not share the fate of Michilimackinac. St. Mary's had been... | |
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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... 
