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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... poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Ortiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most remarkable circumstance happened to save his life - a daughter of the stern Ucita arose ...
... poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Ortiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most remarkable circumstance happened to save his life - a daughter of the stern Ucita arose ...
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... poor men who have given me my life . " It was not until this moment that the soldiers discovered their mistake , of friends for enemies , for Ortiz was , in all ap- pearance , an Indian ; and now , with the aid of Ortiz , his attend ...
... poor men who have given me my life . " It was not until this moment that the soldiers discovered their mistake , of friends for enemies , for Ortiz was , in all ap- pearance , an Indian ; and now , with the aid of Ortiz , his attend ...
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... poor child in my arms . One of my elder sister's children , named William , had then his leg broke , which the Indians perceiving , they knocked him on the head . Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathens , standing amazed ...
... poor child in my arms . One of my elder sister's children , named William , had then his leg broke , which the Indians perceiving , they knocked him on the head . Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathens , standing amazed ...
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... poor , wounded babe , and it seemed at present worse than death , that it was in such a pitiful condition , bespeaking compassion , and I had no re- freshing for it , nor suitable things to revive it . Little do many think what is the ...
... poor , wounded babe , and it seemed at present worse than death , that it was in such a pitiful condition , bespeaking compassion , and I had no re- freshing for it , nor suitable things to revive it . Little do many think what is the ...
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... poor sick babe in my lap . A very wearisome and tedious day I had of it ; what with my own wound , and my child being so exceeding sick , and in a lamentable condition with her wound , it may easily be judged what a poor , feeble ...
... poor sick babe in my lap . A very wearisome and tedious day I had of it ; what with my own wound , and my child being so exceeding sick , and in a lamentable condition with her wound , it may easily be judged what a poor , feeble ...
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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.