 | Frederick J. Zwierlein - 1910 - 382 páginas
...name of Algonquin made the Mohawks tremble. However, when the Dutch took possession of New Netherland, they furnished those people with firearms, with which...it was easy for them to conquer their conquerors, who were filled with terror at the mere sound of their guns. They became victorious everywhere and... | |
 | Anthony P. Schiavo, Jr., Claudio R. Salvucci - 2020 - 416 páginas
...mere name Algonkin made them tremble, and his shadow seemed to pursue them to their very firesides. That was at the time when the Dutch took possession...guns. And that is what has rendered them formidable everywhere, and victorious over all the Nations with whom they have been at war; it has also put into... | |
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That was at the time when the Dutch took possession of these regions and conceived a fondness for the beavers of the natives, some thirty years ago; and in order to secure them in greater number they furnished those people with firearms, with which it... 