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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... action ! And to be determin- ed by the valor of less than a hundred brave men . About two hours before day , the men were aroused from their slumbers by their officers , and after com- mending themselves and their cause to the Almighty ...
... action ! And to be determin- ed by the valor of less than a hundred brave men . About two hours before day , the men were aroused from their slumbers by their officers , and after com- mending themselves and their cause to the Almighty ...
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... action 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 ...
... action 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 ...
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... action , the English com- pleted their work . Eighty wigwams were burnt , and upwards of eight hundred Indians destroyed ! Parents and children , the sanup and the squaw , the aged and the young perished in promiscuous ruin ! The loss ...
... action , the English com- pleted their work . Eighty wigwams were burnt , and upwards of eight hundred Indians destroyed ! Parents and children , the sanup and the squaw , the aged and the young perished in promiscuous ruin ! The loss ...
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... action . The Narragansets were driven down rocks and precipi- ces , and chased like a doe by the huntsman . Many of them , to escape from their pursuers , plunged into a river from rocks of near sixty feet in height . Among others ...
... action . The Narragansets were driven down rocks and precipi- ces , and chased like a doe by the huntsman . Many of them , to escape from their pursuers , plunged into a river from rocks of near sixty feet in height . Among others ...
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... action . The English in this engagement had 7 killed and 32 wounded , five of whom survived the action but a few hours . This action , so far from daunting the bold and res- olute Capt . Church , seemed to inspire him with ad- ditional ...
... action . The English in this engagement had 7 killed and 32 wounded , five of whom survived the action but a few hours . This action , so far from daunting the bold and res- olute Capt . Church , seemed to inspire him with ad- ditional ...
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