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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... escape Torture .- " 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 ...
... escape Torture .- " 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 ...
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... escape before the white man knew he had been in danger . Self - command in Time of Danger . - There was in Carolina a noted chief of the Yamoisees , who , in the year 1702 , with about 600 of his country- men , went with Col. Daniel and ...
... escape before the white man knew he had been in danger . Self - command in Time of Danger . - There was in Carolina a noted chief of the Yamoisees , who , in the year 1702 , with about 600 of his country- men , went with Col. Daniel and ...
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... escape , he shows his superficial knowledge of those affairs . rera : - " En suitte de cela , [ that is , after Columbus had replied to the king's letter about a second voyage , ] il [ Columbus ] partit pour aller à Barcelone auec sept ...
... escape , he shows his superficial knowledge of those affairs . rera : - " En suitte de cela , [ that is , after Columbus had replied to the king's letter about a second voyage , ] il [ Columbus ] partit pour aller à Barcelone auec sept ...
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... escaped out of the hands of the English . Capt . John Smith was in company with Hunt , and we will hear him relate the ... escape , and consequently the overthrow of the voy- age ; whereas the latter , Sir Ferdinando , does not attribute ...
... escaped out of the hands of the English . Capt . John Smith was in company with Hunt , and we will hear him relate the ... escape , and consequently the overthrow of the voy- age ; whereas the latter , Sir Ferdinando , does not attribute ...
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... escape before they left England , and also , by finding out what the English most valued , and assuring them that it was in abun- dance to be had at a certain place in their own country , prevailed upon them , or by this pretended ...
... escape before they left England , and also , by finding out what the English most valued , and assuring them that it was in abun- dance to be had at a certain place in their own country , prevailed upon them , or by this pretended ...
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