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" One of the insurgent peasants of Arragon, among others, was seized by our skirmishers ; he was only armed with a gun, and was driving before him an ass, laden with some months' provisions. The officer who commanded the advanced guard took pity on him,... "
Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain - Page 48
by Albert Jean Michel Rocca, M. de Rocca - 1815 - 384 pages
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Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain

M. de Rocca - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1816 - 400 pages
...sentiment,—to revenge, by every possible means, the wrongs.that the French bad done their country. One One of the insurgent peasants of Arragon, among others,...die a martyr, for killing one whom he had mistaken for one of our principal chiefs. On halting, he was brought before the colonel of the regiment. We...
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The Three Voyages of Vasco Da Gama, and His Viceroyalty

Gaspar Corrêa - India - 1869 - 586 pages
...send a better scout to call the others, giving him a few toys of bells and crystal beads, and a cap, ordered him to be set at liberty, making signs to him to go and return with his companions to whom he would give as much. This the Negro did at once, and that...
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Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry

William Henry Giles Kingston - Discoveries in geography - 1880 - 610 pages
...where his people were to be found. Having given him a cap and some beads and bells, the Captain-Major ordered him to be set at liberty, making signs to him to return to his companions and tell them that if they would come they would receive similar articles....
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 4

English literature - 1915 - 700 pages
...and was driving before him an ass, laden with some months' provisions. The officer who commanded tlie advanced guard took pity on him, and ordered him to...hoped to die a martyr, for killing one whom he had mfetaken for one of our principal chiefs. On halting, he was brought before the colonel of the regiment....
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