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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... with flankers having many loop - holes , and a ditch round all , and without this a row of tall trees fastened 3. feet deep in the earth , their bodies from 5. to . 8. inches diameter , watled 6. inches xvi INTRODUCTION .
... with flankers having many loop - holes , and a ditch round all , and without this a row of tall trees fastened 3. feet deep in the earth , their bodies from 5. to . 8. inches diameter , watled 6. inches xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... feet ; thus with grave courtlike gestures and a majestick air in her face , she walk'd up our long room to the lower end of the table , where after a few intreaties she sat down ; th ' interpreter and her son standing by her on either ...
... feet ; thus with grave courtlike gestures and a majestick air in her face , she walk'd up our long room to the lower end of the table , where after a few intreaties she sat down ; th ' interpreter and her son standing by her on either ...
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... feet high , others that it did not exceed twelve or fourteen , and that it was from fifty to sixty yards in circumference at the base . This mound was liter- ally filled with human skeletons ; and it is highly probable that this * As ...
... feet high , others that it did not exceed twelve or fourteen , and that it was from fifty to sixty yards in circumference at the base . This mound was liter- ally filled with human skeletons ; and it is highly probable that this * As ...
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... feet , and tied to branches or what else they could get at to make her secure , while a man lay on each side of her with the cords passing under their bodies . * Gen . John Smith communicated this tradition to the author . 35 Mr. John ...
... feet , and tied to branches or what else they could get at to make her secure , while a man lay on each side of her with the cords passing under their bodies . * Gen . John Smith communicated this tradition to the author . 35 Mr. John ...
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... feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march . † Capt . Glenn informed the author that a Mrs. Mary Friend , who resided on or near the Potomac , stated to him that she once saw a body of four or five ...
... feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march . † Capt . Glenn informed the author that a Mrs. Mary Friend , who resided on or near the Potomac , stated to him that she once saw a body of four or five ...
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