Chronicles of Border Warfare, Or, A History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-western Virginia and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State, with Reflections, Anecdotes, &cParsons Advocate, 1831 - 227 Seiten |
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... chief of the Kilis- tinoes told them that he would endeavor in a conference with the GREAT SPIRIT , to learn at what time the traders would arrive : and the following evening was fixed upon for the spiritual conference . When every ...
... chief of the Kilis- tinoes told them that he would endeavor in a conference with the GREAT SPIRIT , to learn at what time the traders would arrive : and the following evening was fixed upon for the spiritual conference . When every ...
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... chief of the Mohicans , then in alliance with the colonists , claimed that he had a right to feast himself on the body of his fallen adversary . The whites did not object to this , but composedly looked on Oneco , broiling and eating ...
... chief of the Mohicans , then in alliance with the colonists , claimed that he had a right to feast himself on the body of his fallen adversary . The whites did not object to this , but composedly looked on Oneco , broiling and eating ...
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... chief object . In the attainment of this , they were eminently successful . Their individual circumstances became prosperous , and the country flourishing . The habits and manners of the primeval inhabitants of any country , generally ...
... chief object . In the attainment of this , they were eminently successful . Their individual circumstances became prosperous , and the country flourishing . The habits and manners of the primeval inhabitants of any country , generally ...
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... chief points of rendezvous for the Ohio Indians . From the former of these places they would ascend the Kenhawa and Greenbrier rivers , and from thence crossing the mountains enter into Augusta ; or after having ascended the Kenhawa ...
... chief points of rendezvous for the Ohio Indians . From the former of these places they would ascend the Kenhawa and Greenbrier rivers , and from thence crossing the mountains enter into Augusta ; or after having ascended the Kenhawa ...
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... chief , he is said to have expressed a wish , that the appointment had been given to Gen. Lewis . Be this as it may , it is certain that he accepted the commission of Brigadier General at the solicitation of Washing- tion ; and when ...
... chief , he is said to have expressed a wish , that the appointment had been given to Gen. Lewis . Be this as it may , it is certain that he accepted the commission of Brigadier General at the solicitation of Washing- tion ; and when ...
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