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-England, 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 Present Day, Including the Defeat of Generals Braddock, Harmer and St. Clair, by the Indians at the Westward, the Creek and Siminole [!] War, &c |
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Page 11
... whole cir- cumference of the globe in one voyage , and in one ship , which had never been atchieved before , when afterward an- noying the Spaniards in the West Indies , and on the main , gained some knowledge of the eastern shore of ...
... whole cir- cumference of the globe in one voyage , and in one ship , which had never been atchieved before , when afterward an- noying the Spaniards in the West Indies , and on the main , gained some knowledge of the eastern shore of ...
Page 18
... whole were ordered to form a close body and proceed with moderate pace for the boat , and if hard pushed by the natives , to face about and give them the contents of their muskets - the Indians perceiving the English retiring , rushed ...
... whole were ordered to form a close body and proceed with moderate pace for the boat , and if hard pushed by the natives , to face about and give them the contents of their muskets - the Indians perceiving the English retiring , rushed ...
Page 22
... whole family , consisting of a wife and six children , and soon after murdered the wife and children of a Mr. WILLIAMS , residing near Hartford . - Finding , how- ever , that by their unprovoked acts of barbarity , they had en- kindled ...
... whole family , consisting of a wife and six children , and soon after murdered the wife and children of a Mr. WILLIAMS , residing near Hartford . - Finding , how- ever , that by their unprovoked acts of barbarity , they had en- kindled ...
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... whole of whom were car- ried away captives by them ; two girls , the daughters of a Mr. GIBBONS , of Hartford , were in the most brutal manner put to death ; after gashing their flesh with their knives , the Indians filled their wounds ...
... whole of whom were car- ried away captives by them ; two girls , the daughters of a Mr. GIBBONS , of Hartford , were in the most brutal manner put to death ; after gashing their flesh with their knives , the Indians filled their wounds ...
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... whole fort was very soon enwrapt in flames as the fire increased the ! English retired and formed a circle around the fort ; the Mo- hegans and Narragansets who had remained idle spectators to the bloody conflict , now mustered courage ...
... whole fort was very soon enwrapt in flames as the fire increased the ! English retired and formed a circle around the fort ; the Mo- hegans and Narragansets who had remained idle spectators to the bloody conflict , now mustered courage ...
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