Antiquarian Researches: Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the Country Bordering Connecticut River and Parts Adjacent, and Other Interesting Events, from the First Landing of the Pilgrims, to the Conquest of Canada by the English, in 1760 : with Notices of Indian Depredations in the Neighboring Country : and of the First Planting and Progress of Settlements in New England, New York and Canada |
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... covered Nantucket , or Martha's Vineyard , and is said to have entered the harbor of New York . To the country he gave the name of New France . In the following year he made another voyage , and with his crew was lost . The success of ...
... covered Nantucket , or Martha's Vineyard , and is said to have entered the harbor of New York . To the country he gave the name of New France . In the following year he made another voyage , and with his crew was lost . The success of ...
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... covered by the city , was a dreary wild , the occasional resort of a few rude sons of the for- est ; now the abode of wealth , elegance , arts , science and mercantile enterprise ; and blest with all that renders life respectable . + ...
... covered by the city , was a dreary wild , the occasional resort of a few rude sons of the for- est ; now the abode of wealth , elegance , arts , science and mercantile enterprise ; and blest with all that renders life respectable . + ...
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... covered the ponds and rivers in the spring season , and the woods teemed with others proper for the table . The accounts of the pro- digious flocks of pigeons found in the woods , " darken- ing the heavens in their flight , " would ...
... covered the ponds and rivers in the spring season , and the woods teemed with others proper for the table . The accounts of the pro- digious flocks of pigeons found in the woods , " darken- ing the heavens in their flight , " would ...
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... covering but the Heavens , they pressed forward on their course , and submitted to the fatigues of the jour- ney with fortitude . Their scanty supply of provisions , added to the milk of their cows , barely enabled them to subsist ...
... covering but the Heavens , they pressed forward on their course , and submitted to the fatigues of the jour- ney with fortitude . Their scanty supply of provisions , added to the milk of their cows , barely enabled them to subsist ...
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... covered , were in a blaze , and the flames spread in all directions , which compelled the as- sailants to retire to the exterior side , where they formed a circle about the fort , with the auxiliary Indians beyond them , in their former ...
... covered , were in a blaze , and the flames spread in all directions , which compelled the as- sailants to retire to the exterior side , where they formed a circle about the fort , with the auxiliary Indians beyond them , in their former ...
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