The History of the State of Ohio: From the Discovery of the Great Valley, to the Present TimeNorthwestern publishing Company, 1875 - 876 Seiten |
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... enemy , if victorious , could take the scalp . His nose and ears were bored and earrings inserted . He was then stripped entirely naked , and his body was profusely and fan- tastically painted . A strip of cloth , in the Indian fashion ...
... enemy , if victorious , could take the scalp . His nose and ears were bored and earrings inserted . He was then stripped entirely naked , and his body was profusely and fan- tastically painted . A strip of cloth , in the Indian fashion ...
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... enemy near , and that she had mistaken the wolves for the Mohawks . The Indians , reposing implicit confidence in their conjuror , unhesi- tatingly returned to the camp . The next morning several of them crossed the creek for ...
... enemy near , and that she had mistaken the wolves for the Mohawks . The Indians , reposing implicit confidence in their conjuror , unhesi- tatingly returned to the camp . The next morning several of them crossed the creek for ...
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... enemy of his arrival . The wary Indians , thus instructed , stole out from the fort , and creep- ing along beneath the protection of ravines , bushes and forest , placed themselves in an ambush , guided by the camp - fires of the foe ...
... enemy of his arrival . The wary Indians , thus instructed , stole out from the fort , and creep- ing along beneath the protection of ravines , bushes and forest , placed themselves in an ambush , guided by the camp - fires of the foe ...
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... enemy . How then could you dare to venture among us , his children ! You know that his ene- mies are our enemies . " Englishman ! Our father , the King of France , is aged and infirm . Being fatigued he fell asleep . advantage of him ...
... enemy . How then could you dare to venture among us , his children ! You know that his ene- mies are our enemies . " Englishman ! Our father , the King of France , is aged and infirm . Being fatigued he fell asleep . advantage of him ...
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... enemy . " In a letter from Winchester , Virginia , June 22 , we find the following statement : " Last night I reached this place . I have been at Fort Cumberland several days , but the Indians having killed nine people there , made me ...
... enemy . " In a letter from Winchester , Virginia , June 22 , we find the following statement : " Last night I reached this place . I have been at Fort Cumberland several days , but the Indians having killed nine people there , made me ...
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Seite 364 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided always that any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 191 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 191 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat : if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 376 - But, the most disgraceful part of the business is, that the greatest part of the men threw away their arms and accouterments, even after the pursuit, which continued about four miles, had ceased. I found the road strewed with them for many miles, but was not able to remedy it ; for, having had all my horses killed, and being mounted upon one that could not be pricked out of a walk, I could not get forward myself; and the orders I sent forward either to halt the front, or to prevent the men from parting...