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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... , however , soon proved to him , that the dead , at least those with whom he was forced to dwell , either could or would not send forth their spirits in any other shape than such phantoms as his 14 CAPTIVITY OF JOHN ORTIZ .
... , however , soon proved to him , that the dead , at least those with whom he was forced to dwell , either could or would not send forth their spirits in any other shape than such phantoms as his 14 CAPTIVITY OF JOHN ORTIZ .
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... spirits in any other shape than such phantoms as his own mind . created , in dreams and reveries . We can accustom ourselves to almost anything , and it was not long before our captive contemplated the dead bodies with which he was ...
... spirits in any other shape than such phantoms as his own mind . created , in dreams and reveries . We can accustom ourselves to almost anything , and it was not long before our captive contemplated the dead bodies with which he was ...
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... spirits . An Indian guide being violently seized with some malady , fell senseless to the ground . To raise him , and drive away the devil which they supposed was in him , they read a passage over his body from the Bible , and he ...
... spirits . An Indian guide being violently seized with some malady , fell senseless to the ground . To raise him , and drive away the devil which they supposed was in him , they read a passage over his body from the Bible , and he ...
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... spirit , that I chose rather to go along with those ( as I may say ) ravenous bears , than that moment to end my days . And that I may the better declare what hap- pened to me during that grievous captivity , I shall particularly speak ...
... spirit , that I chose rather to go along with those ( as I may say ) ravenous bears , than that moment to end my days . And that I may the better declare what hap- pened to me during that grievous captivity , I shall particularly speak ...
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... spirit , that I had at this departure ; but God was with me in a wonderful manner , carrying me along and bearing up my spirit , that it did not quite fail . One of the Indians carried my poor wounded babe upon a horse : it went moaning ...
... spirit , that I had at this departure ; but God was with me in a wonderful manner , carrying me along and bearing up my spirit , that it did not quite fail . One of the Indians carried my poor wounded babe upon a horse : it went moaning ...
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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.