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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... Fort Mims , Battle at Talushatches , Tallegada , & c . CHAPTER XVI . Creek war continued , Battle at Antosse , Attack upon Camp Defiance , & c . ยท CHAPTER XVII . Conclusion of the Creek war , Brilliant Victory at the bend of the ...
... Fort Mims , Battle at Talushatches , Tallegada , & c . CHAPTER XVI . Creek war continued , Battle at Antosse , Attack upon Camp Defiance , & c . ยท CHAPTER XVII . Conclusion of the Creek war , Brilliant Victory at the bend of the ...
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... fort and formed a small settlement . He then returned home , having on board some of the natives , whom he had taken from the different islands . Steering a more southern course , he fell in with some of the Carribee islands , and ...
... fort and formed a small settlement . He then returned home , having on board some of the natives , whom he had taken from the different islands . Steering a more southern course , he fell in with some of the Carribee islands , and ...
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... fort . New Haven was settled soon after the building of this fort , as was a number of other towns of considerable note in Connecticut . Some difficulty arising among those who first settled at New Plymouth , a part of the inhabitants ...
... fort . New Haven was settled soon after the building of this fort , as was a number of other towns of considerable note in Connecticut . Some difficulty arising among those who first settled at New Plymouth , a part of the inhabitants ...
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... by the English to their wanton acts of barbar- ity , on the 20th June , 1636 , besieged fort Saybrook , in which there were about twenty men stationed , The Indians were to the number of about one hun- INDIAN WARS . 25.
... by the English to their wanton acts of barbar- ity , on the 20th June , 1636 , besieged fort Saybrook , in which there were about twenty men stationed , The Indians were to the number of about one hun- INDIAN WARS . 25.
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... fort at midnight , and horribly yelling and mimicking the dying groans of such as had fallen vietims to their barbarity ; but the English being fortunately provided with a piece or two of cannon , caused their savage enemies to groan in ...
... fort at midnight , and horribly yelling and mimicking the dying groans of such as had fallen vietims to their barbarity ; but the English being fortunately provided with a piece or two of cannon , caused their savage enemies to groan in ...
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