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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... considerable debts in the county , besides my plantation concerns , where ( in one & th ' other , I had much more severly suffered , than any of themselves by th ' Indian disturbances in the summer and winter foregoing . I held it not ...
... considerable debts in the county , besides my plantation concerns , where ( in one & th ' other , I had much more severly suffered , than any of themselves by th ' Indian disturbances in the summer and winter foregoing . I held it not ...
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... considerable estate on behalf of a corrupt favorite ; which Laurence complaining loudly of , the Govern'r bore him a grudge and now shaking his head , said " old treacherous vil- " lian , and that his house was searcht that morning , at ...
... considerable estate on behalf of a corrupt favorite ; which Laurence complaining loudly of , the Govern'r bore him a grudge and now shaking his head , said " old treacherous vil- " lian , and that his house was searcht that morning , at ...
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... considerable settlement . The late Col. Joseph Swearengen's dwelling house stands within a circular wall or moat . * When first known by the white inhabitants , the wall was about eighteen inches high , and the ditch about two feet deep ...
... considerable settlement . The late Col. Joseph Swearengen's dwelling house stands within a circular wall or moat . * When first known by the white inhabitants , the wall was about eighteen inches high , and the ditch about two feet deep ...
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... considerable village . A little above the forks of the Shenandoah , on the east side of the South Fork , are the appear- ances of another settlement , exhibiting the remains of two considera- ble mounds now entirely reduced by plowing ...
... considerable village . A little above the forks of the Shenandoah , on the east side of the South Fork , are the appear- ances of another settlement , exhibiting the remains of two considera- ble mounds now entirely reduced by plowing ...
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