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Biography and History of the Indians of North America: Comprising a General ... - Page 10
by Samuel Gardner Drake - 1837
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Harper's Literary Museum: Early American writings...compiled by Ola ...

Ola Elizabeth Winslow - American literature - 1927 - 438 pages
...after Powhatan having disguised himselfe in the fearefullest manner he could, called Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...that divided the house, was made the most dolefullest [ 73 ] noyse noyse he ever heard; then Powhatan more like a devill then a man, with some two hundred...
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The Story of Virginia's First Century

Mary Newton Stanard - Virginia - 1928 - 404 pages
...ceremony: "Powhatan having disguised himself in the most fearfullest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...divided the house, was made the most dolefullest noyse ever heard; then Powhatan more like a devill than a man, with some two hundred more as blacke as himself...
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American Colonial Prose: John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Mary Ann Radzinowicz - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 300 pages
...after, Powhatan having disguised himselfe in the most fearefull manner he could, caused Capt. Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...noyse he ever heard; then Powhatan more like a devill then a man with some two hundred more as blacke as himselfe, came unto him and told him now they were...
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American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing

Robert F. Sayre - Autobiographies - 1994 - 750 pages
...1608], Powhatan having disguised himselfe in the most fearerullest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods, and there vpon a mat by the fire to be left alone. Not long after from behinde a mat that divided the house,...
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Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures

Frederic W. Gleach - History - 2000 - 262 pages
...later; Powhatan having disguised himself in the most fearfulest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...by the fire to be left alone. Not long after, from behind a mat that divided the house, was made the most doleful noise he ever heard. Then Powhatan,...
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Drakes Book of Indians

Samuel Gardner Drake - Social Science - 2001 - 469 pages
...after, Powhatan, having disguised himself in the most fearfullest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...noyse he ever heard; then Powhatan, more like a Devill then a man, with some 200 more, as black as himselfe, came unto him, and told him, now they were friends;...
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Don't Know Much About History

Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...after, Powhatan having disguised himself in the most fearfulest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...by the fire to be left alone. Not long after, from behind a mat that divided the house, was made the most dolefulest noise he ever heard; then Powhatan,...
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The Colonists

Norman K. Risjord - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 292 pages
...vividly: Powhatan, having disguised himself in the most fearfulest manner he could, caused Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...by the fire to be left alone. Not long after, from a mat that divided the house, was made the most doleful noise he ever heard. Then Powhatan, more like...
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Powhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century ...

Margaret Holmes Williamson - History - 2008 - 348 pages
...Powhatan having disguised himselfe in the most fearefullest manner he could, caused Captaine Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...noyse he ever heard; then Powhatan more like a devill then a man with some two hundred more as blacke as himselfe,12 came unto him and told him now they...
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Harper's Literary Museum: Early American writings...compiled by Ola ...

Ola Elizabeth Winslow - American literature - 1927 - 436 pages
...after Powhatan having disguised himselfe in the fearefullest manner he could, called Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great house in the woods,...behinde a mat that divided the house, was made the most dolef ullest noyse he ever heard ; then Powhatan more like a devill then a man, with some two hundred...
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