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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... persons , to 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 ...
... persons , to 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 ...
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... persons ' estates for the right owners ; to keep a list of all cattle and cause the secretary to return copies of the premises once a year : " To take care of every plantation upon the death of their chief ; not to plant above one ...
... persons ' estates for the right owners ; to keep a list of all cattle and cause the secretary to return copies of the premises once a year : " To take care of every plantation upon the death of their chief ; not to plant above one ...
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... persons , prelates or potentates whatsoever , be it by " act of parliament or otherwise ; and generally , in all things , you " shall do as a faithful and true servant and subject ought to do . So " help your God and the holy contents ...
... persons , prelates or potentates whatsoever , be it by " act of parliament or otherwise ; and generally , in all things , you " shall do as a faithful and true servant and subject ought to do . So " help your God and the holy contents ...
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... the same instant , 347 persons who were defenceless and incapable of making resistance . " Hening's Statutes at Large , Vol . i , p . 123 . ་ ན་ ་ ད ན ན་ ན་ of the inhabitants of that place so many as may INTRODUCTION . xi.
... the same instant , 347 persons who were defenceless and incapable of making resistance . " Hening's Statutes at Large , Vol . i , p . 123 . ་ ན་ ་ ད ན ན་ ན་ of the inhabitants of that place so many as may INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... person or persons shall dare to speak or parley with any Indians , either in the woods or in any plantation , if he can possibly avoid it by any means , " & c . — Idem , P. 67 . The author considers the foregoing extracts sufficient to ...
... person or persons shall dare to speak or parley with any Indians , either in the woods or in any plantation , if he can possibly avoid it by any means , " & c . — Idem , P. 67 . The author considers the foregoing extracts sufficient to ...
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