A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives, Or the Outrages Committed by the Indians in Their Wars with the White People: Also, an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Traditions, Religious Sentiments, Mode of Warfare, Military Tactics, Discipline and Encampments, Treatment of Prisoners, &c. which are Better Explained, and More Minutely Related, Than Has Been Heretofore Done, by Any Other Author on that Subject ; Many of the Articles Have Never Appeared in Print; The Whole Compiled from the Best Authorities, Том 1From the Press of A. Loudon (Whitehall), 1811 |
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... head of cattle that the Indians had driven off from the settlement . The Indians who had the care of them fled without firing a gun . The party marched all night with their drove ; while rising Wyalusing hill an ambuscade of Indians ...
... head of cattle that the Indians had driven off from the settlement . The Indians who had the care of them fled without firing a gun . The party marched all night with their drove ; while rising Wyalusing hill an ambuscade of Indians ...
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... and die , While cursed Indians yell . No age nor life these Tigers spare , The youth and hoary head Were by those monsters murdered there , And numbered with the dead . Methinks I hear some sprightly youth , His awful state ( 15 )
... and die , While cursed Indians yell . No age nor life these Tigers spare , The youth and hoary head Were by those monsters murdered there , And numbered with the dead . Methinks I hear some sprightly youth , His awful state ( 15 )
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... head a severe blow , and drove me through , the woods before them : it is not easy to conceive , how distressing such a condition is ! in the mean time , I endeavoured with all my little re- maining strength to lift up my eyes to God ...
... head a severe blow , and drove me through , the woods before them : it is not easy to conceive , how distressing such a condition is ! in the mean time , I endeavoured with all my little re- maining strength to lift up my eyes to God ...
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... head of Wood creek which they soon effected , all being put to the sword , except five persons , the fort burnt , the provision and powder destroyed , sav- ing only a little for their own use , then they retired to the woods , and ...
... head of Wood creek which they soon effected , all being put to the sword , except five persons , the fort burnt , the provision and powder destroyed , sav- ing only a little for their own use , then they retired to the woods , and ...
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... heads , marched before me , and another with a sharp spear behind , to drive me after him ; by which means the scalps were often close to my face , and as we marched , they fre- quently every day gave the dead shout , which was re ...
... heads , marched before me , and another with a sharp spear behind , to drive me after him ; by which means the scalps were often close to my face , and as we marched , they fre- quently every day gave the dead shout , which was re ...
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Страница 209 - 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 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Страница 221 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Страница 233 - ... feet altitude, though now reduced by the plough to seven and a half, having been under cultivation about a dozen years. Before this it was covered with trees of twelve inches diameter, and round the base was an excavation of five feet depth and width, from whence the earth had been taken of which the hillock was formed.
Страница 232 - Some ascribed them to the custom, said to prevail among the Indians, of collecting, at certain periods, the bones of all their dead, wheresoever deposited at the time of death.
Страница 246 - We were overpowered by numbers; but it is no more than justice to observe that, though composed of so many different species of troops, the utmost harmony prevailed through the whole army during the campaign.
Страница 209 - Among these were unfortunately ( 208 ) the family of Logan, a chief celebrated in peace and war, and long distinguished as the friend of the whites. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kahnaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia.
Страница 209 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. 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 harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? — Not one...
Страница 244 - The Indians instantly gave way, and were driven back three or four hundred yards; but for want of a sufficient number of riflemen to pursue this advantage, they soon returned, and the troops were obliged to give back in their turn.
Страница 311 - Some years ago the Shawano Indians, being obliged to remove from their habitations, in their way took a Muskohge warrior known by the name of old Scrany, prisoner; they bastinadoed him severely, and condemned him to the fiery torture.