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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... reaching the utmost limits of the old world , found a new , with ample space to occupy unmolested for ages ; till Columbus , in an evil hour for them , discovered their country ; which brought again new sins and new death to both worlds ...
... reaching the utmost limits of the old world , found a new , with ample space to occupy unmolested for ages ; till Columbus , in an evil hour for them , discovered their country ; which brought again new sins and new death to both worlds ...
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... 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 another in their front . Thus enclosed , with ...
... 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 another in their front . Thus enclosed , with ...
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... reached their towns . * Tomlison also relates a very remarkable instance of the sacrifice of a female Catawba prisoner by the Delawares . A party of Dela- wares crossed the Potomac , near Oldtown , in Maryland , a short distance from ...
... reached their towns . * Tomlison also relates a very remarkable instance of the sacrifice of a female Catawba prisoner by the Delawares . A party of Dela- wares crossed the Potomac , near Oldtown , in Maryland , a short distance from ...
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