A History of the Indian Wars with the First Settlers of the United States, to the Commencement of the Late War: Together with an Appendix, Not Before Added to this History, Containing Interesting Accounts of the Battles Fought by Gen. Andrew JacksonE. Scrantom, 1828 - Broj stranica: 192 |
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... defence left for him no choice . Both sides flew to arms . The vast multitudes of the natives seemed to compensate for their want of arms , and fury would minister force . They brought 100,000 men into the field of battle . Instead of ...
... defence left for him no choice . Both sides flew to arms . The vast multitudes of the natives seemed to compensate for their want of arms , and fury would minister force . They brought 100,000 men into the field of battle . Instead of ...
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... defence with hearts of valor , but with hands ill armed . They could effect little with men who employed all the means de- rived from the skill and arts of civilized life . The most horrid scenes of injustice , cruelty and crimes of ...
... defence with hearts of valor , but with hands ill armed . They could effect little with men who employed all the means de- rived from the skill and arts of civilized life . The most horrid scenes of injustice , cruelty and crimes of ...
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... defence . They had not crossed the Atlantic with any idea of forcing their way by conquest and the sword . In numbers , they were but a family ; and the pesti- lence had destroyed nearly one half even of them ; while , wasted by the ...
... defence . They had not crossed the Atlantic with any idea of forcing their way by conquest and the sword . In numbers , they were but a family ; and the pesti- lence had destroyed nearly one half even of them ; while , wasted by the ...
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... defence . By acts of justice and kindness alone they ever had expected to make their way in the new world . The Indians , on the contrary , were numerous ; and the bare idea of being ignorant of their numbers rendered them formidable ...
... defence . By acts of justice and kindness alone they ever had expected to make their way in the new world . The Indians , on the contrary , were numerous ; and the bare idea of being ignorant of their numbers rendered them formidable ...
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... defence . New England in 1673 is said to have contained 123,000 souls , and it had 16,000 men able to take the field against the enemy . From the year 1670 , the Indians were in secret making great preparations for war till 1675 , when ...
... defence . New England in 1673 is said to have contained 123,000 souls , and it had 16,000 men able to take the field against the enemy . From the year 1670 , the Indians were in secret making great preparations for war till 1675 , when ...
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