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... women and children . Within 60 miles of Jamestown , there are about some 5000 people , but of able men fit for their ... women , who with two shells will grate away the hair , of any fashion they please . The women's hair is ] cut in ...
... women and children . Within 60 miles of Jamestown , there are about some 5000 people , but of able men fit for their ... women , who with two shells will grate away the hair , of any fashion they please . The women's hair is ] cut in ...
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... women be very painful [ diligent ] , and the men often idle . The women and children do the rest of the work . They make mats , baskets , pots , mortars , pound their corn , make their bread , prepare their victuals , plant their corn ...
... women be very painful [ diligent ] , and the men often idle . The women and children do the rest of the work . They make mats , baskets , pots , mortars , pound their corn , make their bread , prepare their victuals , plant their corn ...
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... women Moraughtacund had stolen . This was accepted : and so in three or four canoes , so many as could went with us to Moraughtacund , where Mosco made them such relations , and gave to his friends so many bows and arrows , that they no ...
... women Moraughtacund had stolen . This was accepted : and so in three or four canoes , so many as could went with us to Moraughtacund , where Mosco made them such relations , and gave to his friends so many bows and arrows , that they no ...
Contents
John Smith and the Promise of New England Selec | 125 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE | 149 |
John Smiths Written Testimony to the Commission | 158 |
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