Biography and History of the Indians of North America;: Comprising a General Account of Them, and Details in the Lives of All the Most Distinguished Chiefs, and Others, who Have Been Noted, Among the Various Indian Nations Upon the Continent. Also, a History of Their Wars; Their Manners and Customs; and the Most Celebrated Speeches of Their Orators, from Their First Being Known to Europeans to the Present Time. Likewise Exhibiting an Analysis of the Most Distinguished, as Well as Absurd Authors, who Have Written Upon the Great Question of the First Peopling of America. : [Six Lines from Bryant]O.L. Perkins, 56 Cornhill, and Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1834 - Indians of North America - 540 pages |
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... John Swinton , the eminent author of many parts of the Ancient Universal His- tory . He died in 1777 , aged 74 . f Universal History , xx . 162 , 163. - See Malone's edition of Boswell's Life Dr. John- son , v . 271. ed . in 5 v . 12mo ...
... John Swinton , the eminent author of many parts of the Ancient Universal His- tory . He died in 1777 , aged 74 . f Universal History , xx . 162 , 163. - See Malone's edition of Boswell's Life Dr. John- son , v . 271. ed . in 5 v . 12mo ...
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... John how many his wife should receive , he said , " Double , because she had knowledge to have done better ; " but Col. Almy , out of regard to John's feelings , wholly remitted his wife's punishment . John looked very serious , and ...
... John how many his wife should receive , he said , " Double , because she had knowledge to have done better ; " but Col. Almy , out of regard to John's feelings , wholly remitted his wife's punishment . John looked very serious , and ...
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... John Slaine , a merchant , and could speak a little English , with three others . " They brought a few articles for trade , but the more important news " that their great sagamore , MAS- SASOYT , was hard by , " whose introduction to ...
... John Slaine , a merchant , and could speak a little English , with three others . " They brought a few articles for trade , but the more important news " that their great sagamore , MAS- SASOYT , was hard by , " whose introduction to ...
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... In the vocabulary of Indian words , by Rev. John Cot ton , the definition of Massachusett is , " an hill in the form of an arrow's head . " rather uncertain , but upon the east and west we. CHAP . II . ] 15 MASSASOIT .
... In the vocabulary of Indian words , by Rev. John Cot ton , the definition of Massachusett is , " an hill in the form of an arrow's head . " rather uncertain , but upon the east and west we. CHAP . II . ] 15 MASSASOIT .
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... John Hamden , a gentleman of London , who then wintered with us , and desired much to see the country , for my consort . " + In their way they found many of his subjects were gone to Pokanoket , it being their custom for all friends to ...
... John Hamden , a gentleman of London , who then wintered with us , and desired much to see the country , for my consort . " + In their way they found many of his subjects were gone to Pokanoket , it being their custom for all friends to ...
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