 ... 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
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 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 a body to the spring, within point blank shot of five hundred Indian warriors! Some of the girls could not help betraying symptoms of terror, but the... | |
 | Jesse Clement - Biography & Autobiography - 1869 - 490 pages
...rush upon them, follow 7 them into the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. " The decision wi*s soon made. A few of the boldest declared their readiness...timid rallying in the rear of these veterans, they all inarched down in a body to the spring, within point blank shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors... | |
 | George Washington Ranck - Kentucky - 1872 - 454 pages
...possession of the fort; that if men should go down to the spring, the Indians would immediately suspect that something was wrong, would despair of succeeding by...they all marched down in a body to the spring, within point-blank shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors! Some of the girls could not help betraying... | |
 | John Alexander McClung - Indian captivities - 1872 - 450 pages
...rallying in the rear of the.se veterans, they all marched down in a body to the spring, within point-blank shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors! Some...married women, in general, moved with a steadiness and comp >sure "which completely deceived the Indians. Not a shot was fired. The party were permitted to... | |
 | Frontier and pioneer life - 1875 - 806 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... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...them, follow them into* the fort, or shoot them down at the spring. "The decision was soon formed. A few of the boldest declared their readiness to brave...veterans, they all marched down in a body to the spring. Some of the girls could not help betraying symptoms of terror. But the married women in general moved... | |
 | William Worthington Fowler - History - 1876 - 562 pages
...of the fort ; that if men should go down to the spring, the Indians would immediately suspect that something was wrong, would despair of succeeding by...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... | |
 | John Wilson Townsend - American literature - 1913 - 412 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... | |
 | 1880 - 786 pages
...upon them, follow th~m 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...they all marched down in a body to the spring, within point-blank shot of more than five hundred Indian warriors. Some of the girls could not help betraying... | |
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