 ... shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors. Some of the girls could not help betraying symptoms of terror, but the married women, in general, moved with a steadiness and composure which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The...  The Women of the American Revolution - Page 265by Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1848 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Turner Morehead - Kentucky - 1840 - 192 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...in general, moved with a steadiness and composure, which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party were permitted to fill their... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1841 - 550 pages
...upuu them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...in general, moved with a steadiness and composure which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party were permitted to fill their... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 788 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...within point blank shot of more than five hundred warriors. Some of the girls could not help betray ingsymptoms of terror, but the man-led women, in... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1848 - 782 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...marched down in a body to the spring, within point bUnk shot of more than five hundred warriors. Some of the girls could not help betrayingsymptomsof... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1849 - 774 pages
...upon them, follow •hem into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...in general, moved with a steadiness and composure which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party were permitted to fill their... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...ambuscade to be undiscovered, and allow them to return unharmed Î On this chance the women went. ' " A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...of terror; but the married women, in general, moved wilh a steadiness and composure that completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party... | |
 | Kentucky - 1850 - 608 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was Boon over. " A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...these veterans, they all marched down in a body to (he sprint;, within point blank shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors! Some of the girls could... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - Indian captivities - 1852 - 344 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decisior was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...girls could not help betraying symptoms of terror, hut the married women, in general, moved with a steadiness and composure, which completely deceived... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, William Henry Carpenter - Kentucky - 1852 - 364 pages
...Naturally enough, the females at first objected ; but after listening to the arguments of the men, a few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...the younger and more timid rallying in the rear of the elderly matrons, they all marched down in a body to the spring within point-blank shot of more... | |
 | John Frost - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1853 - 624 pages
...upon them, follow them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. The decision was soon over. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...in general, moved with a steadiness and composure which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party were permitted to fill their... | |
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