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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... distance between continent and continent is only thirty - nine miles ; and in the middle of this narrow strait , there are two islands , which would greatly facilitate the passage of the Asiatics into the new world , supposing it took ...
... distance between continent and continent is only thirty - nine miles ; and in the middle of this narrow strait , there are two islands , which would greatly facilitate the passage of the Asiatics into the new world , supposing it took ...
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... distance little short of one hundred miles ) , killed and scalped him , and returning showed his scalp to several white people , and exulted in what he had done . * Another most bloody battle was fought at the mouth of Cono- cocheague ...
... distance little short of one hundred miles ) , killed and scalped him , and returning showed his scalp to several white people , and exulted in what he had done . * Another most bloody battle was fought at the mouth of Cono- cocheague ...
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... distance from which they cruelly murdered their prisoner ; they then moved on . The next day several of them returned , and cut off the soles of her feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march ...
... distance from which they cruelly murdered their prisoner ; they then moved on . The next day several of them returned , and cut off the soles of her feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march ...
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Samuel Kercheval. At an immense distance apart , * probably little less than six or seven hundred miles , without trade , commerce , or clashing of inter- ests -- without those causes of irritation common among civilized states - we find ...
Samuel Kercheval. At an immense distance apart , * probably little less than six or seven hundred miles , without trade , commerce , or clashing of inter- ests -- without those causes of irritation common among civilized states - we find ...
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... distance below the mouth of Stony Creek , ( a branch of the Shen- andoah ) , within four or five miles of Woodstock , are the signs of an Indian village . At this place a gun barrel , with several iron toma- hawks , were found long ...
... distance below the mouth of Stony Creek , ( a branch of the Shen- andoah ) , within four or five miles of Woodstock , are the signs of an Indian village . At this place a gun barrel , with several iron toma- hawks , were found long ...
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