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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Page 60
... of the defenceless inhabitants bordering on the Merrimack , ordered the raising and equipping of four companies of cavalry , to the command of which were appointed Captains Sill , Holyoke , Cutler and Prentice 60 INDIAN WARS .
... of the defenceless inhabitants bordering on the Merrimack , ordered the raising and equipping of four companies of cavalry , to the command of which were appointed Captains Sill , Holyoke , Cutler and Prentice 60 INDIAN WARS .
Page 70
... four com- panies of cavalry to the relief of the unfortunate inhabitants . The enemy , who were of the Kenne- beck and Amoscoggin tribes , first attacked with unprecedented fury the defenceless inhabitants set- tled on Kennebeck river ...
... four com- panies of cavalry to the relief of the unfortunate inhabitants . The enemy , who were of the Kenne- beck and Amoscoggin tribes , first attacked with unprecedented fury the defenceless inhabitants set- tled on Kennebeck river ...
Page 89
... four months , the Indians were reduced by a mor- tal sickness from 320 to 85 souls . The hand of Provi- dence is notable in these surprising instances of mor- tality among the Indians to make room for the whites , Comparatively few have ...
... four months , the Indians were reduced by a mor- tal sickness from 320 to 85 souls . The hand of Provi- dence is notable in these surprising instances of mor- tality among the Indians to make room for the whites , Comparatively few have ...
Page 108
... four or five of their young men , well cloathed , get into a canoe , if they come by water , or otherwise march by land ; the two first carrying each a calmut , go out singing to search the prisoners , whom they lead in triumph to the ...
... four or five of their young men , well cloathed , get into a canoe , if they come by water , or otherwise march by land ; the two first carrying each a calmut , go out singing to search the prisoners , whom they lead in triumph to the ...
Page 117
... four hundred men , at the head of which she placed her darling WASHINGTON . With this handful of brave fellows , Col. WASHING- TON , not yet 23 years of age , boldly pushed out into the Indian country , and there for considerable time ...
... four hundred men , at the head of which she placed her darling WASHINGTON . With this handful of brave fellows , Col. WASHING- TON , not yet 23 years of age , boldly pushed out into the Indian country , and there for considerable time ...
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