Biography and History of the Indians of North America;: Comprising a General Account of Them, and Details in the Lives of All the Most Distinguished Chiefs, and Others, who Have Been Noted, Among the Various Indian Nations Upon the Continent. Also, a History of Their Wars; Their Manners and Customs; and the Most Celebrated Speeches of Their Orators, from Their First Being Known to Europeans to the Present Time. Likewise Exhibiting an Analysis of the Most Distinguished, as Well as Absurd Authors, who Have Written Upon the Great Question of the First Peopling of America. : [Six Lines from Bryant]O.L. Perkins, 56 Cornhill, and Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1834 - 540 páginas |
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... creek to drown himself , but was dragged out by the people present . He made a third attempt , and succeeded . " S Magnanimity . - A hunter , in his wanderings for game , fell among the back settlements of Virginia , and by reason of ...
... creek to drown himself , but was dragged out by the people present . He made a third attempt , and succeeded . " S Magnanimity . - A hunter , in his wanderings for game , fell among the back settlements of Virginia , and by reason of ...
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... Creek chiefs accompanied an Ameri- can to England , where , as usual , they attracted great attention , and many flocked around them , as well to learn their ideas of certain things as to behold " the savages . " Being asked their ...
... Creek chiefs accompanied an Ameri- can to England , where , as usual , they attracted great attention , and many flocked around them , as well to learn their ideas of certain things as to behold " the savages . " Being asked their ...
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... creek from that of the encampment . A strange Indian happened to be there also , who expressed great respect and love for the white man ; but in reality he meant to murder him for the articles he had about him . This happened to come to ...
... creek from that of the encampment . A strange Indian happened to be there also , who expressed great respect and love for the white man ; but in reality he meant to murder him for the articles he had about him . This happened to come to ...
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... creek near the mouth of Presumpscot River perpetuates his name to this day . Mr. Willis supposes he was sachem of the Aucocisco tribe , who inhabited between the Androscoggin and Saco rivers ; and that from Aucocisco comes Casco . There ...
... creek near the mouth of Presumpscot River perpetuates his name to this day . Mr. Willis supposes he was sachem of the Aucocisco tribe , who inhabited between the Androscoggin and Saco rivers ; and that from Aucocisco comes Casco . There ...
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... creek above them , and placed on it an im- mense pile of combustibles , and , setting them on fire , floated it down * Magnalia , ii . 529 . towards them . But when within a few rods of. CHAP . VII . ] 103 MADOKAWANDO .
... creek above them , and placed on it an im- mense pile of combustibles , and , setting them on fire , floated it down * Magnalia , ii . 529 . towards them . But when within a few rods of. CHAP . VII . ] 103 MADOKAWANDO .
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