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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... miles to the westward of Azores , should serve as a limit between them ; and in the plenitude of his power , conferred all to the east of this imaginary line upon the Portuguese , and all to the west of it upon the Spaniards . Columbus ...
... miles to the westward of Azores , should serve as a limit between them ; and in the plenitude of his power , conferred all to the east of this imaginary line upon the Portuguese , and all to the west of it upon the Spaniards . Columbus ...
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... miles , when they discovered five of the natives , which were the first seen by them since their arrival . They were clothed with the skins of animals , and armed with bows and arrows . The English , with signs of friendship , made ...
... miles , when they discovered five of the natives , which were the first seen by them since their arrival . They were clothed with the skins of animals , and armed with bows and arrows . The English , with signs of friendship , made ...
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... Miles Standish , Joseph Pletcher , John Goodman ; Samuel Fuller , Christopher Martin , William White , Richard Warren , John Howland , Stephen Hopkins , Digery Priest , Thomas Williams , . .Gilbert Winslow , Edmund Morgeson , Peter ...
... Miles Standish , Joseph Pletcher , John Goodman ; Samuel Fuller , Christopher Martin , William White , Richard Warren , John Howland , Stephen Hopkins , Digery Priest , Thomas Williams , . .Gilbert Winslow , Edmund Morgeson , Peter ...
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... miles , fled in every direction ! This was the first engagement between the English and natives in New England , and probably for the first time that the latter had ever heard the report of a musket . The English embarked and returned ...
... miles , fled in every direction ! This was the first engagement between the English and natives in New England , and probably for the first time that the latter had ever heard the report of a musket . The English embarked and returned ...
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... miles of Hartford , called Pequots , a fierce , cruel and warlike tribe , and the inveterate enemies of the whites ; never failing to improve everv oppor- tunity to exercise toward them , the most wanton acts of barbarity . In June ...
... miles of Hartford , called Pequots , a fierce , cruel and warlike tribe , and the inveterate enemies of the whites ; never failing to improve everv oppor- tunity to exercise toward them , the most wanton acts of barbarity . In June ...
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