Indian Captivities; Or, Life in the Wigwam: Being True Narratives of Captives who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, from the Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby & Miller, 1853 - 361 страници |
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... feet , or the bones of them , because they have crumbled to dust beneath our feet . And cannot the ghosts of these as well arise as of those slain yesterday ? The affirmative cannot be denied . As we have said , Ortiz found himself ...
... feet , or the bones of them , because they have crumbled to dust beneath our feet . And cannot the ghosts of these as well arise as of those slain yesterday ? The affirmative cannot be denied . As we have said , Ortiz found himself ...
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... feet , they being wont to eat the flesh first , and when the feet were old and dried , and they had nothing else , they would cut off the feet and use them . I asked him to give me a little of his broth , or water they were boiling it ...
... feet , they being wont to eat the flesh first , and when the feet were old and dried , and they had nothing else , they would cut off the feet and use them . I asked him to give me a little of his broth , or water they were boiling it ...
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... feet in cold water , and gave me a dram of brandy , and a little hasty pudding and milk ; when I tasted victuals I was hungry , and could not have forborne it , but I could not get it . Now and then they would give me a little , as they ...
... feet in cold water , and gave me a dram of brandy , and a little hasty pudding and milk ; when I tasted victuals I was hungry , and could not have forborne it , but I could not get it . Now and then they would give me a little , as they ...
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... , when the Indians brought that horrible destruction upon it , on the * His feet were so badly frozen that he bud not walked for a conside- rable time . - Ed night of the 27th of June , 1689. She was 68 SARAH GERISH'S CAPTIVITY .
... , when the Indians brought that horrible destruction upon it , on the * His feet were so badly frozen that he bud not walked for a conside- rable time . - Ed night of the 27th of June , 1689. She was 68 SARAH GERISH'S CAPTIVITY .
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... feet , like so many furies ; but my master presently laying down a pledge , they released me . A captive among the Indians is exposed to all manner of abuses , and to the extremest tortures , unless their master , or some of their ...
... feet , like so many furies ; but my master presently laying down a pledge , they released me . A captive among the Indians is exposed to all manner of abuses , and to the extremest tortures , unless their master , or some of their ...
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Страница 42 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Страница 42 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Страница 31 - So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Страница 42 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove : Mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me.
Страница 26 - I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Страница 27 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Страница 43 - Shall there be evil in the City and the Lord hath not done it?
Страница 39 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Страница 30 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Страница 34 - I did, for which he gave me a shilling. I offered the money to my master, but he bade me keep it; and with it I bought a piece of horse flesh. Afterwards he asked me to make a cap for his boy, for which he invited me to dinner. I went, and he gave me a pancake, about as big as two fingers. It was made of parched wheat, beaten, and fried in bear's grease, but I thought I never tasted pleasanter meat in my life.