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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... commence a settlement on the island of Roanoke , now in North Carolina . By stress of weather , however , they were driven north of their place of destination , and entered the Chesapeake Bay . Here , up a river which they called James ...
... commence a settlement on the island of Roanoke , now in North Carolina . By stress of weather , however , they were driven north of their place of destination , and entered the Chesapeake Bay . Here , up a river which they called James ...
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... commenced in the year 1732 , about one hundred and twenty - five years from the first settlement of Vir- ginia ... commence with a narrative of Indian battles fought on the Cohongoruton . * At the mouth of the Antietam , a small creek on ...
... commenced in the year 1732 , about one hundred and twenty - five years from the first settlement of Vir- ginia ... commence with a narrative of Indian battles fought on the Cohongoruton . * At the mouth of the Antietam , a small creek on ...
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... commenced their retreat homewards . When they reached this place , they made a halt , and a number of them commenced fishing . Their Catawba enemies , close in pursuit , discovered them , and threw a party of men across the river , with ...
... commenced their retreat homewards . When they reached this place , they made a halt , and a number of them commenced fishing . Their Catawba enemies , close in pursuit , discovered them , and threw a party of men across the river , with ...
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