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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... arms , the noise of which was appalling , and their effect against a numerous body of Indians , closely drawn together , in the highest degree destructive , Columbus had brought over with him a small body of cavalry . The Indians who ...
... arms , the noise of which was appalling , and their effect against a numerous body of Indians , closely drawn together , in the highest degree destructive , Columbus had brought over with him a small body of cavalry . The Indians who ...
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... arms were deposited ) in erecting a temporary dwelling for the purpose they were suddenly attacked by a large party of the natives , who discharged a shower of arrows among them . The English , nearly panic struck at so sud- den and ...
... arms were deposited ) in erecting a temporary dwelling for the purpose they were suddenly attacked by a large party of the natives , who discharged a shower of arrows among them . The English , nearly panic struck at so sud- den and ...
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... arms , although they were dai- ly seen by the English at a distance , not one of them could be prevailed upon to approach them within gun shot , until about the 20th March , 1621 , when to their great surprize an Indian came boldly up ...
... arms , although they were dai- ly seen by the English at a distance , not one of them could be prevailed upon to approach them within gun shot , until about the 20th March , 1621 , when to their great surprize an Indian came boldly up ...
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... arms and ammunition , that this resolution appeared to be absolutely necessary . The little army accord- dingly , on the morning of the 26th proceeding di- rectly for Mistic , and at sun - down penetrated a thick swamp where , imagining ...
... arms and ammunition , that this resolution appeared to be absolutely necessary . The little army accord- dingly , on the morning of the 26th proceeding di- rectly for Mistic , and at sun - down penetrated a thick swamp where , imagining ...
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... arms of the English , the Pequots made a powerful resistance . Sheltered by their wigwams , and rallied by their sachems and squaws , they de- fended themselves , and in some instances attacked English with a resolution that would have ...
... arms of the English , the Pequots made a powerful resistance . Sheltered by their wigwams , and rallied by their sachems and squaws , they de- fended themselves , and in some instances attacked English with a resolution that would have ...
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