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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... wounded . And Smith says , So well he had contrived his businesse , as many reported he intended to have surprised the ship ; but seeing it could not be effected to his liking , before them all he leaped ouer boord . " 66 We next meet ...
... wounded . And Smith says , So well he had contrived his businesse , as many reported he intended to have surprised the ship ; but seeing it could not be effected to his liking , before them all he leaped ouer boord . " 66 We next meet ...
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... wounded , and they had cut off his head upon the cuddy of the boat , had not his man rescued him with a sword , and so they got him away . ' Squanto was with Capt . Dermer at this time , as will be seen in the life of Massasoit . We may ...
... wounded , and they had cut off his head upon the cuddy of the boat , had not his man rescued him with a sword , and so they got him away . ' Squanto was with Capt . Dermer at this time , as will be seen in the life of Massasoit . We may ...
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... wounded , [ how many is not mentioned , ] we were sorry for it , though themselves procured it in not staying in the house at our command : yet , if they would return home with us , our surgeon should heal them . At this offer one man ...
... wounded , [ how many is not mentioned , ] we were sorry for it , though themselves procured it in not staying in the house at our command : yet , if they would return home with us , our surgeon should heal them . At this offer one man ...
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... wounded in the arm , and the whole took to flight . This ac- tion caused the natives about Plimouth to look upon the English as invin- cible , and this was the reason why peace was so long maintained between them . Mourt's Relation goes ...
... wounded in the arm , and the whole took to flight . This ac- tion caused the natives about Plimouth to look upon the English as invin- cible , and this was the reason why peace was so long maintained between them . Mourt's Relation goes ...
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... wounded when he was taken prisoner at Sachem's Plain . Canonicus has been the subject of a poem which was published at Boston , in 1803. Among the tolerable passages are the following : - " A mighty prince , of venerable age , A ...
... wounded when he was taken prisoner at Sachem's Plain . Canonicus has been the subject of a poem which was published at Boston , in 1803. Among the tolerable passages are the following : - " A mighty prince , of venerable age , A ...
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