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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... four Indians came near the shore , and setting a stick in the ground , placed in a cleft in its top a letter , and withdrawing a little distance , made signs to the Spaniards to come and take it . All the company , except John Ortiz and ...
... four Indians came near the shore , and setting a stick in the ground , placed in a cleft in its top a letter , and withdrawing a little distance , made signs to the Spaniards to come and take it . All the company , except John Ortiz and ...
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... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
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... four of their number were dispatched to carry the tidings to Mocoso , and to learn his pleasure in regard to the disposition to be made of him ; but instead of sending any word of direc- tion , Mocoso went himself out to meet Ortiz ...
... four of their number were dispatched to carry the tidings to Mocoso , and to learn his pleasure in regard to the disposition to be made of him ; but instead of sending any word of direc- tion , Mocoso went himself out to meet Ortiz ...
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... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
... four words . " At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
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... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
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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.