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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... river and the country adjacent , Lord Say and Lord Brook were the proprietors ; and at the mouth of it a fort by their direction was built , which in honor to them was called Saybrook fort . New Haven was settled soon after the building ...
... river and the country adjacent , Lord Say and Lord Brook were the proprietors ; and at the mouth of it a fort by their direction was built , which in honor to them was called Saybrook fort . New Haven was settled soon after the building ...
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... river from its mouth to with- in a few 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 ...
... river from its mouth to with- in a few 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 ...
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... river , on the borders of which they resided , with the pretence of trade ; but so great was the treachery of the natives , that af- ter succeeding by fair promises in enticing the crew of the boat on shore , they were by them inhumanly ...
... river , on the borders of which they resided , with the pretence of trade ; but so great was the treachery of the natives , that af- ter succeeding by fair promises in enticing the crew of the boat on shore , they were by them inhumanly ...
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... river . That the English for some time bravely defended themselves , but were over- powered by numbers . That the Indians , when they had succeeded in capturing the boats crew , ripped them up from the bottom of their bellies to their ...
... river . That the English for some time bravely defended themselves , but were over- powered by numbers . That the Indians , when they had succeeded in capturing the boats crew , ripped them up from the bottom of their bellies to their ...
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... river Indians the latter commanded by Uncas , sachem of the Mo- hegans , and the former by Capt John Mason , who was accompanied by the Rev Mr Stone , of Hartford as chaplain . The Mohegans being detached from the English , on their way ...
... river Indians the latter commanded by Uncas , sachem of the Mo- hegans , and the former by Capt John Mason , who was accompanied by the Rev Mr Stone , of Hartford as chaplain . The Mohegans being detached from the English , on their way ...
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action ANDREW JACKSON arms army arrived attack barbarity bloody boat body brave bravery camp Captain chiefs colony command commenced Connecticut CREEK WAR Creeks dead death defeat despatched detachment dians discovered encamped enemy engagement English escape fell fight fire fled force fort Gadsden fort Jefferson fort Scott fort Stoddert friendly friends frontiers garrison gave Georgia militia Governor head honour horses hostile immediately inhabitants Jackson killed and wounded left flank letter Lieut loss M'Intosh Major ment miles militia Mohegans morning mounted muskets Narragansets natives negroes New-England night officers ordered party of Indians peace Pensacola Pequots Philip Plymouth colony prisoners proceeded pursued rear received regiment retreat river sachem savages scalped Scott Secretary of War Seminole sent settlements Shawanese shot soon spies succeeded surrender swamp taken tion tomahawk took town tribe troops Uncas village volunteers warriors whole women woods yells