History of the Discovery of America: Of the Landing of Our Forefathers at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians in New-Englannd [!] from Their First Landing in 1620, Until the Final Subjugation of the Natives in 1679. To which is Annexed the Particulars of Almost Every Important Engagement with the Savages at the Westward to the Pesent Day. Including the Defeat of Generals Braddock, Harmer and St. Clair, by the Indians at the Westward; the Creek and Seminole War, &c |
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... captains , were men of great and independent spir- its ; they had conquered and governed the nations around them without control ; they viewed the Eng- lish as strangers and mere intruders , who had no right to the country nor to ...
... captains , were men of great and independent spir- its ; they had conquered and governed the nations around them without control ; they viewed the Eng- lish as strangers and mere intruders , who had no right to the country nor to ...
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... Captain Mason should postpone his march until such time as he could join him . Capt Mason , after mature deliber- ation , determined however not to wait his arrival , although a junction was considered important . His men had been ...
... Captain Mason should postpone his march until such time as he could join him . Capt Mason , after mature deliber- ation , determined however not to wait his arrival , although a junction was considered important . His men had been ...
Page 33
... captain Mason had recourse to a successful expedient . Rush- ing into a wigwam within the fort , he seized a brand of fire , in the mean time crying out to his men , ' we must burn them ! ' communicated it to the mats with which the ...
... captain Mason had recourse to a successful expedient . Rush- ing into a wigwam within the fort , he seized a brand of fire , in the mean time crying out to his men , ' we must burn them ! ' communicated it to the mats with which the ...
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... Captain Prentice , to reconnoitre them ; but before they arrived at a convenient place for this purpose , they were ambushed and fired upon by the enemy , who killed six of their number and wounded ten , The report of their guns ...
... Captain Prentice , to reconnoitre them ; but before they arrived at a convenient place for this purpose , they were ambushed and fired upon by the enemy , who killed six of their number and wounded ten , The report of their guns ...
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... Captains Church and Henchman fell in with a body of the enemy , to the number of 200 , whom they at- tacked ; the English being ... Captain Prentice . The Indians now in turn finding the fire of the English too warm for them 44 RNDIANS WARS.
... Captains Church and Henchman fell in with a body of the enemy , to the number of 200 , whom they at- tacked ; the English being ... Captain Prentice . The Indians now in turn finding the fire of the English too warm for them 44 RNDIANS WARS.
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