 scooped up in the hollow of joined hands," the blood of many a Briton. Pontiac's immediate field of action was the garrison at Detroit. Here, however, the plans were frustrated by an Indian woman disclosing the plot the evening previous to his arrival.  The North American Review - Стр. 115редактор(ы): - 1839Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
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...Canada, from 1760 to 1776. New York. 160!). — Thatcher's Indian Biography, Vol. II. pp. 75, ct scq. i Thatcher's Indian Biography, Vol. II. p. 86. straight,...hour." In Western Virginia, more than twenty thousand * See Henry's Narrative. — Thatcher's Indian Biography, Vol. II. p. 83. •eople were driven from... | |
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...great battle drew nigh which was to determine their fate and the possession of their noble lands, f At last the day came. The traders everywhere were...Virginia ran red again. " We hear," says a letter for Fort Pitt, " of scalping every hour." In Western Virginia, more than twenty thousand people were... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck - 1850 - Страниц: 820
...valleys to the lakes and the eastern hills. Bands of Chippeways gathered about Michillimackinac. Ottaways filled the woods near Detroit. The Maumee post, Presqu'Ile,...and Virginia ran red again. "We hear," says a letter for Fort Pitt, "of scalping every hour." In Western Virginia, more than twenty thousand people were... | |
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...everywhere were seized, their goods taken from them, and more than one hundred of them put to death. l\ine British forts yielded instantly, and the savages drank,...and Virginia ran red again. "We hear," says a letter for Fort Pitt, "of scalping every hour." In Western Virginia, more than twenty thousand people were... | |
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...Niagara, Pitt, Ligonier, and every English fort was hemmed in by mingled tribes, who felt that the groat battle drew nigh which was to determine their fate...and Virginia ran red again. "We hear," says a letter for Fort Pitt, "of scalping every hour." In Western Virginia, more than twenty thousand people were... | |
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...day came. The traders every where were seized, their goods taken from them, and more than one hundred put to death. Nine British forts yielded instantly,...Briton. The border streams of Pennsylvania and Virginia run red again. 'We hear,' says a letter from Fort Pitt, ' of scalping every hour.' In Western Virginia,... | |
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...day came. The traders every where were seized, their goods taken from them, and more than one hundred put to death. Nine British forts yielded instantly,...Briton. The border streams of Pennsylvania and Virginia run red again. 6 We hear,' says a letter from Fort Pitt, 6 of scalping every hour.' In Western Virginia,... | |
 | James Wickes Taylor - 1854 - Страниц: 602
...came. The traders every where were seized, their goods taken from them, and more than one hundred pat to death. Nine British forts yielded instantly, and...Briton. The border streams of Pennsylvania and Virginia run red again. ' We hear,' says a letter from Fort Pitt, ' of scalping every hour.' In Western Virginia,... | |
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...everywhere were seized with their goods, and more than one hundred put to death. Nine British torts yielded instantly, and the savages drank, "scooped...hollow of joined hands," the blood of many a Briton. More than twenty thousand people were driven from their homes, and horrible, unparalleled devastations... | |
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...last, the day came. The traders everywhere were seized with their goods, and more than one hundred put to death. Nine British forts yielded instantly,...hollow of joined hands," the blood of many a Briton. More than twenty thousand people were driven from their homes, and horrible, unparalleled devastations... | |
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