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... kind of divine worship ; as the fire , water , lightning , thunder , our ordnance , pieces [ firearms ] , horses , & c . But their chief god they worship is the Devil . Him they call Okee , and serve him more of fear than love . They ...
... kind of divine worship ; as the fire , water , lightning , thunder , our ordnance , pieces [ firearms ] , horses , & c . But their chief god they worship is the Devil . Him they call Okee , and serve him more of fear than love . They ...
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... kind King and all his kind people . The cause of this discovery was to search [ for ] this mine , of which Newport did assure us that those small bags ( we had given him ) , in England he had tried to hold half silver ; but all we got ...
... kind King and all his kind people . The cause of this discovery was to search [ for ] this mine , of which Newport did assure us that those small bags ( we had given him ) , in England he had tried to hold half silver ; but all we got ...
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... kind care and authority . So much they depended on the Lord Gen- eral's new commission , as they regarded none : the worst they could do to show their spites they did ; supposing all the Monacans ' country , gold ; and none should come ...
... kind care and authority . So much they depended on the Lord Gen- eral's new commission , as they regarded none : the worst they could do to show their spites they did ; supposing all the Monacans ' country , gold ; and none should come ...
Contents
John Smith and the Promise of New England Selec | 125 |
PART | 149 |
John Smiths Written Testimony to the Commission | 158 |
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