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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... taken any iberties with the language of any of them , which would in the remotest degree change the sense of a single passage , and the instances are few in which I have ventured to correct peculiarities of expression ; yet I designed ...
... taken any iberties with the language of any of them , which would in the remotest degree change the sense of a single passage , and the instances are few in which I have ventured to correct peculiarities of expression ; yet I designed ...
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... taken upon themselves to speak for their captives or heroes , but have so abridged the majority of their narratives that the perusal of them only gives dissatisfaction even to the general reader . Mr. McClung's " Sketches of Western ...
... taken upon themselves to speak for their captives or heroes , but have so abridged the majority of their narratives that the perusal of them only gives dissatisfaction even to the general reader . Mr. McClung's " Sketches of Western ...
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... taken , and the duration of their captivity , where the dates could be ascertained . | When taken . Where . 1528 Florida Name of Captive . John Ortiz Mary Rowlandson 10 Feb. 1676 Lancaster , Mass . Quintin Stockwell 19 Sep.1677 ...
... taken , and the duration of their captivity , where the dates could be ascertained . | When taken . Where . 1528 Florida Name of Captive . John Ortiz Mary Rowlandson 10 Feb. 1676 Lancaster , Mass . Quintin Stockwell 19 Sep.1677 ...
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... taken me prisoner . " " Nay , " replied Cortez , " it is the least of the things I have done in Mexico . " To return to the expedition of which we have promised to speak . Narvaez landed in Florida not very far from , or perhaps at the ...
... taken me prisoner . " " Nay , " replied Cortez , " it is the least of the things I have done in Mexico . " To return to the expedition of which we have promised to speak . Narvaez landed in Florida not very far from , or perhaps at the ...
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... but the one who accompanied him strenuously argued against it . Now there was an Indian village very near this place , and no sooner had Ortiz and his companion advanced to the 10 CAPTIVITY OF JOHN ORTIZ . | When taken Where.
... but the one who accompanied him strenuously argued against it . Now there was an Indian village very near this place , and no sooner had Ortiz and his companion advanced to the 10 CAPTIVITY OF JOHN ORTIZ . | When taken Where.
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