Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 300 страници |
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... forces . The Indians , awed , perhaps , by the strength of the Spaniards , were very friendly , and trafficked with them . But it could not last . The powerful Coosa tribe were at war with the Natchez , a people who refused to pay an ...
... forces . The Indians , awed , perhaps , by the strength of the Spaniards , were very friendly , and trafficked with them . But it could not last . The powerful Coosa tribe were at war with the Natchez , a people who refused to pay an ...
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... get possession of the prince of the country , and force him to command hostilities to cease . This was accomplished . The Spaniards captured the fort of palisades INDIAN HUTS AND CANOES . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 16 INDIAN WARS.
... get possession of the prince of the country , and force him to command hostilities to cease . This was accomplished . The Spaniards captured the fort of palisades INDIAN HUTS AND CANOES . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 16 INDIAN WARS.
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... force of Indians . Several men were killed , twenty - two wounded , and the boats to which they fled had great difficulty in regaining the fort . The French were only saved from utter ruin , by the relief ex- tended by an English ...
... force of Indians . Several men were killed , twenty - two wounded , and the boats to which they fled had great difficulty in regaining the fort . The French were only saved from utter ruin , by the relief ex- tended by an English ...
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... force , checked their progress . The destruction of the inhabitants was the greatest upon York and Pamunkey rivers , where Opekanka- nough commanded in person . The Indians now , in their turn , were driven to great extremity , and ...
... force , checked their progress . The destruction of the inhabitants was the greatest upon York and Pamunkey rivers , where Opekanka- nough commanded in person . The Indians now , in their turn , were driven to great extremity , and ...
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... force to dispossess the intruders . For that pur- pose , one hundred men were raised , and put under command of Captain Edward Hill , who was joined by Totopotomoi , with one hundred Indians . This force did not find the Rechahecrians ...
... force to dispossess the intruders . For that pur- pose , one hundred men were raised , and put under command of Captain Edward Hill , who was joined by Totopotomoi , with one hundred Indians . This force did not find the Rechahecrians ...
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Страница 152 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 285 - 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 unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Страница 37 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Страница 115 - Then with gun in hand, and pack on my back, in which were my papers and provisions, I set out with Mr. Gist, fitted in the same manner, on
Страница 39 - 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 40 - 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 29 - 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 20 - I have heard her tell how sweet and comfortable that place was to her. But to return: the Indians laid hold of us, pulling me one way, and the Children another, and said, Come go along with us...
Страница 19 - 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 115 - There was no way for getting over but on a raft, which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched...