Indian Captivities: Or, Life in the Wigwam; Being True Nar- Ratives of Captives who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, from the Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 361 страници |
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... arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly under him , would be a long time in con- suming him . Never did a poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to ...
... arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly under him , would be a long time in con- suming him . Never did a poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to ...
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... arm fresh torn from its place , reeking with blood , another exhibiting but bone and sinews from the mangling jaws of wild beasts ! Such was the place he was ordered to guard , through day and night- doomed to sit himself down among ...
... arm fresh torn from its place , reeking with blood , another exhibiting but bone and sinews from the mangling jaws of wild beasts ! Such was the place he was ordered to guard , through day and night- doomed to sit himself down among ...
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... arms , which they had left at considerable distance from the place where they then were . Therefore , as his only chance of succeeding in his en- terprise , he crept slyly up and seized their arms to prevent their injuring him . When ...
... arms , which they had left at considerable distance from the place where they then were . Therefore , as his only chance of succeeding in his en- terprise , he crept slyly up and seized their arms to prevent their injuring him . When ...
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... arms , till my strength failed and I fell down with it . Then they set me upon a horse with my wounded child in my lap , and there being no furniture on the horse's back , as we were going down a steep hill , we both fell * Mr ...
... arms , till my strength failed and I fell down with it . Then they set me upon a horse with my wounded child in my lap , and there being no furniture on the horse's back , as we were going down a steep hill , we both fell * Mr ...
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... arms , looking that every hour would be the last of its life , and having no Christian friend near me , either to comfort or help me . Oh , I may see the wonderful power of God , that my spirit did not utterly sink under my affliction ...
... arms , looking that every hour would be the last of its life , and having no Christian friend near me , either to comfort or help me . Oh , I may see the wonderful power of God , that my spirit did not utterly sink under my affliction ...
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Страница 42 - And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Страница 42 - 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 39 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Страница 44 - Shall there be evil in the City and the Lord hath not done it?
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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?
Страница 41 - 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.
Страница 290 - 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.