A History of the Valley of VirginiaJ. Gatewood, printer, 1850 - 347 страници |
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... remarkable for a massacre of the colonists by the Indians , which was ex- ecuted with the utmost subtilty , and without any regard to age , sect , or dignity . A well concerted attack on all the settlements destroyed in one hour , and ...
... remarkable for a massacre of the colonists by the Indians , which was ex- ecuted with the utmost subtilty , and without any regard to age , sect , or dignity . A well concerted attack on all the settlements destroyed in one hour , and ...
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... remarkable ] I rarely heard of any houses burnt , tho ' abundance was forsaken , nor ever , of any corn or tobacco cut up , or other injury done , besides murders , except the killing of a very few cattle and swine . Frequent complaints ...
... remarkable ] I rarely heard of any houses burnt , tho ' abundance was forsaken , nor ever , of any corn or tobacco cut up , or other injury done , besides murders , except the killing of a very few cattle and swine . Frequent complaints ...
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... remarkable to see with what resigna- tion this unfortunate young prisoner submitted to her fate . Her unfeel- ing tormentors would tie her , and compel her at night to lay on her back , with the cords distended from her hands and feet ...
... remarkable to see with what resigna- tion this unfortunate young prisoner submitted to her fate . Her unfeel- ing tormentors would tie her , and compel her at night to lay on her back , with the cords distended from her hands and feet ...
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Samuel Kercheval. Tradition also relates a very remarkable instance of the sacrifice of a female Catawba prisoner by the Delawares . A party of Delawares crossed the Potomac , near Oldtown , in Maryland , a short distance from which they ...
Samuel Kercheval. Tradition also relates a very remarkable instance of the sacrifice of a female Catawba prisoner by the Delawares . A party of Delawares crossed the Potomac , near Oldtown , in Maryland , a short distance from which they ...
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... remarkable , the teeth stood transversely in the jaw bone . It would pass over any common man's face with entire ease . † There are many other signs of Indian settlements all along this river , both above and below the one just ...
... remarkable , the teeth stood transversely in the jaw bone . It would pass over any common man's face with entire ease . † There are many other signs of Indian settlements all along this river , both above and below the one just ...
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Страница 103 - I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if he ever came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said : " Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 236 - ... Instead of bolting cloths, sifters were in general use. These were made of deer skins in the state of parchment, stretched over a hoop and perforated with a hot wire. Our clothing was all of domestic manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this, indeed, was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the wolves. Linsey, which is made of flax and wool, the former the chain and the latter the filling, was the warmest and most substantial cloth we...
Страница 229 - After dinner the dancing commenced, and generally lasted till the next morning. The figures of the dances were three and four handed reels, or square sets, and jigs. The commencement was always a square four, which was followed by what was called jigging it off; that is, two of the four would single out for a jig, and were followed by the remaining couple. The jigs were often accompanied with what was called cutting out...
Страница 103 - Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not? During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, - Logan is the friend of the white men.
Страница 83 - Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave takes half his worth away.
Страница 221 - To the same belts which secured the breech clout, strings which supported the long leggins were attached. When this belt, as was often the case, passed over the hunting shirt the upper part of the thighs and part of the hips were naked.
Страница 103 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat : if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 235 - ... diameter is attached ; the upper end passes through the bedstone and carries the runner, after the manner of a trundlehead. These mills were built with very little expense, and many of them answered the purpose very well.
Страница 103 - This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace : but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Страница 244 - ... stump from which they shot, for fear of having the bullet thrown from the mark by the spring of the barrel. When the rifle was held to the side of a tree for a rest, it was pressed against it as lightly as possible, for the same reason. Rifles of former times were different from those of modern date; few of them carried more than forty-five bullets to the pound. Bullets of a less size were not thought sufficiently heavy for hunting or war.