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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... poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Urtiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most remarkable circumstance happened to save his life - a daughter of the stern Ucita arose ...
... poor victim lou with greater cer- tainty to death for relief , than did John Urtiz at this time . The fire had already begun to rage , when a most remarkable circumstance happened to save his life - a daughter of the stern Ucita arose ...
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... poor men who have given me my life . " It was not until this moment that the soldiers discovered their mistake , of friends for enemies , for Ortiz was , in all ap- pearance , an Indian ; and now , with the aid of Ortiz , his attend ...
... poor men who have given me my life . " It was not until this moment that the soldiers discovered their mistake , of friends for enemies , for Ortiz was , in all ap- pearance , an Indian ; and now , with the aid of Ortiz , his attend ...
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... poor child in my arms . One of my elder sister's children , named William , had then his leg broke , which the Indians perceiving , they knocked him on the head . Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathens , standing amazed ...
... poor child in my arms . One of my elder sister's children , named William , had then his leg broke , which the Indians perceiving , they knocked him on the head . Thus were we butchered by those merciless heathens , standing amazed ...
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... poor , wounded babe ; and it seemed at present worse than death , that it was in such a pitiful condition , bespeaking compassion , and I had no re- freshing for it , nor suitable things to revive it . Little do many think what is the ...
... poor , wounded babe ; and it seemed at present worse than death , that it was in such a pitiful condition , bespeaking compassion , and I had no re- freshing for it , nor suitable things to revive it . Little do many think what is the ...
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... poor sick babe in my lap . A very wearisome and tedious day I had of it ; what with my own wound , and my child being so exceeding sick , and in a lamentable condition with her wound , it may easily be judged what a poor , feeble ...
... poor sick babe in my lap . A very wearisome and tedious day I had of it ; what with my own wound , and my child being so exceeding sick , and in a lamentable condition with her wound , it may easily be judged what a poor , feeble ...
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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.