Indian Wars of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby and Miller, 1852 - 300 страници |
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... means favorable to an increase of popu- lation , or even to the preservation of their race . Whole tribes have already disappeared from causes independent of the hostility of the white people ; and similar causes , now in operation ...
... means favorable to an increase of popu- lation , or even to the preservation of their race . Whole tribes have already disappeared from causes independent of the hostility of the white people ; and similar causes , now in operation ...
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... means , to mitigate the hatred of the Indians , but in vain . Although unable to meet the invaders in the field , they hovered round , and not a Spaniard could stir three hundred yards from the camp without being killed or wounded . De ...
... means , to mitigate the hatred of the Indians , but in vain . Although unable to meet the invaders in the field , they hovered round , and not a Spaniard could stir three hundred yards from the camp without being killed or wounded . De ...
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... means to rescue him . De Soto found no gold at Appalachen ; but pleased with the country , he ordered his fleet to come from the Bay of Spiritu Santo to the neighboring coast , and resolved to spend the winter there . During their stay ...
... means to rescue him . De Soto found no gold at Appalachen ; but pleased with the country , he ordered his fleet to come from the Bay of Spiritu Santo to the neighboring coast , and resolved to spend the winter there . During their stay ...
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... means as treacher- ous as those of the Indians . For , under pretence of making peace again with them , they fell upon them unawares , and mur- dered them without mercy . It was , for some time , reported that Opekankanough was among ...
... means as treacher- ous as those of the Indians . For , under pretence of making peace again with them , they fell upon them unawares , and mur- dered them without mercy . It was , for some time , reported that Opekankanough was among ...
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... means that could be used , seemed mortal ; whereupon , entreating those that held him prisoner , that he might have liberty to return home , promising to return again if he recovered , and to send his son as hostage till he could so do ...
... means that could be used , seemed mortal ; whereupon , entreating those that held him prisoner , that he might have liberty to return home , promising to return again if he recovered , and to send his son as hostage till he could so do ...
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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...