 | William Strachey - Indians of North America - 1849 - 278 pages
...of the men before, with his targett on his arme, to stepp on the shore for more fier; the salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not putt off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1852 - 330 pages
...of the men before, with his targett on his arme, to stepp on the shore for more fier ; the salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not putt off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1853 - 486 pages
...of the men before, with his targett on his arme, to stepp on the shore for more fier ; the salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not putt off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1853 - 480 pages
...of the men before, with his targett on his arme, to stepp on the shore for more fier ; the salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not putt off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Explorers - 1877 - 446 pages
...savages resisted him, and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat-rope, that the shallop could not put off. Captain Gilbert...the which the savages seeing, presently let go the boat-rope, and betook them to their bows and arrows, and ran into the bushes, nocking2 their arrows,... | |
 | Edward James Young - 1881 - 532 pages
...the fire in the shallop, by which means they saw they should be free from the danger .of our men's pieces ; and, to perform the same, one of the savages...and betook them to their bows and arrows, and ran into the bushes, nocking their arrows, but did not shoot, neither did ours at them. So the shallop... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1881 - 574 pages
...removed. This portion in brackets corresponds with pages 170-180 in Strachey's printed volume. — BFU pieces ; and, to perform the same, one of the savages...and betook them to their bows and arrows, and ran into the - bushes, nocking their arrows, but did not shoot, neither did ours at them. So the shallop... | |
 | Henry Otis Thayer - Phippsburg (Me.) - 1892 - 318 pages
...nature of firearms and the manner of their use. It was a bold and canshore for more fier ; the salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not pott off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Colin Gordon Calloway - Abenaki Indians - 1991 - 316 pages
...of the men before, with his targett on his arme, to stepp on the shore for more fier. The salvages resisted him and would not suffer him to take any, and some others holding fast the boat roap that the shallop could not pott off. Captain Gilbert caused the musquettiers to present their... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1881 - 528 pages
...out the fire in the shallop, by which means they saw they should be free from the danger of our men's pieces ; and, to perform the same, one of the savages...boat rope, and betook them to their bows and arrows, anil ran into the bushes, nocking their arrows, but did not shoot, neither did ours at them. So the... | |
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... it into the water and leaped out of the shallop. Captain Gilbert, seeing that, suddenly commanded his men to betake them to their muskets, and the targetiers, too, from the head of the boat, and bade one of the men before, with his target on his arm,... 