A History of the Valley of VirginiaHeritage Books, 2009 - 416 страници If you'd like to know more about the history of Native Americans and early American settlers, this book is for you. Written not long after the Revolutionary War, the author was himself a young eyewitness to the life and times described, and the weight of |
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... body of the Assembly that we should go three several marches upon the Indians , at three several times of the year , viz : first in November , secondly in March , thirdly in July , & c . - Idem , p . 141 . In 1631-32 , " It is ordered ...
... body of the Assembly that we should go three several marches upon the Indians , at three several times of the year , viz : first in November , secondly in March , thirdly in July , & c . - Idem , p . 141 . In 1631-32 , " It is ordered ...
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... body con- tinuing warm , they believed him yett alive ; th ' aforenamed Capt . Brent ( a papist ) coming hither on a ... bodies from 5. to . 8. inches diameter , watled 6. inches xvi INTRODUCTION .
... body con- tinuing warm , they believed him yett alive ; th ' aforenamed Capt . Brent ( a papist ) coming hither on a ... bodies from 5. to . 8. inches diameter , watled 6. inches xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... body knew for what , concerning the Indians . The next forenoon , th ' Assembly being met in a chamber over the General court & our Speaker chosen , the Govern'r sent for us down , where his hon'r with a pathetic emphasis made a short ...
... body knew for what , concerning the Indians . The next forenoon , th ' Assembly being met in a chamber over the General court & our Speaker chosen , the Govern'r sent for us down , where his hon'r with a pathetic emphasis made a short ...
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... body and coming down . a second time to save him . In three or ffour dais after his escape , upon news that Mr. Bacon was 30 miles up the river , at the head of four hundred men , the Govern'r sent to the parts adjacent , on both sides ...
... body and coming down . a second time to save him . In three or ffour dais after his escape , upon news that Mr. Bacon was 30 miles up the river , at the head of four hundred men , the Govern'r sent to the parts adjacent , on both sides ...
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... body was so made away , as his bones were never found to be exposed on a gibbet as was purpos'd , stones being laid on his coffin , supposed to be done by Laurence . Near this time arrived a small ffleet with a regiment from Eng- land S ...
... body was so made away , as his bones were never found to be exposed on a gibbet as was purpos'd , stones being laid on his coffin , supposed to be done by Laurence . Near this time arrived a small ffleet with a regiment from Eng- land S ...
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