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... savages , two of them he slew , still defending himself with the aid of a savage his guide , whom he bound to his arm with his garters , and used him as a buckler , yet he was shot in his thigh a little , and had many arrows that stuck ...
... savages , two of them he slew , still defending himself with the aid of a savage his guide , whom he bound to his arm with his garters , and used him as a buckler , yet he was shot in his thigh a little , and had many arrows that stuck ...
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... savages ( though we all in general equally participated with him [ in ] the good thereof , ) that they wrought it into the savages ' under- standings ( by their great bounty in giving four times more for their commodities than Smith ...
... savages ( though we all in general equally participated with him [ in ] the good thereof , ) that they wrought it into the savages ' under- standings ( by their great bounty in giving four times more for their commodities than Smith ...
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... savages to hinder his passage , as they exchanged many volleys of shot for flights of arrows . Captain Smith hearing of this , in returning to the fort took two savages prisoners , called Kemps and Tassore , the two most exact vil ...
... savages to hinder his passage , as they exchanged many volleys of shot for flights of arrows . Captain Smith hearing of this , in returning to the fort took two savages prisoners , called Kemps and Tassore , the two most exact vil ...
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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