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... English ships had sailed along the coast to the north , finding much of it bleak and uninviting . The caravels of Colum- bus had threaded the glowing line of tropic isles , and later ships had borne settlers to these lands of promise ...
... English ships had sailed along the coast to the north , finding much of it bleak and uninviting . The caravels of Colum- bus had threaded the glowing line of tropic isles , and later ships had borne settlers to these lands of promise ...
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... English did after landing on Roanoke Island was to accuse the Indians of stealing a silver cup , for which they took revenge by burning a vil- lage and destroying the standing corn . Whether this method was copied from the Spaniards or ...
... English did after landing on Roanoke Island was to accuse the Indians of stealing a silver cup , for which they took revenge by burning a vil- lage and destroying the standing corn . Whether this method was copied from the Spaniards or ...
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... English colonists had the same fault as those of Spain . The stories of the wonderful wealth of Mexico and Peru had spread far and wide over Europe , and the thirst for gold was in all hearts . Instead of planting grain and building ...
... English colonists had the same fault as those of Spain . The stories of the wonderful wealth of Mexico and Peru had spread far and wide over Europe , and the thirst for gold was in all hearts . Instead of planting grain and building ...
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... English must either go away or starve . Lane made matters worse by a piece of foolish and useless cruelty . Wisdom should have taught him to plant corn himself . But what he did was to in- vite the Indians to a conference , and then to ...
... English must either go away or starve . Lane made matters worse by a piece of foolish and useless cruelty . Wisdom should have taught him to plant corn himself . But what he did was to in- vite the Indians to a conference , and then to ...
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... English child born in America . In honor of the name which the queen had given the land , this little waif was called Virginia Dare . Now we come to the story of the mysterious fate of this second English colony . When the ships which ...
... English child born in America . In honor of the name which the queen had given the land , this little waif was called Virginia Dare . Now we come to the story of the mysterious fate of this second English colony . When the ships which ...
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adventure American arms army attack Bacon Barataria Bay battle bayonet began boat British brought burning canoes Captain capture Carolina cavalry Chambersburg chief Colonel colony command Confederate Cornwallis crossing daring death Dunmore Eli Whitney enemy expedition famous Federal fight fire force forest Fort Fisher French Golden Horseshoe governor guns hand head heard horses hour House of Burgesses hundred Indians Jackson Jamestown Jean Lafitte journey Kaskaskia killed Lafitte land leader looked Lord Lord Dunmore Mexican miles Mississippi Morgan morning mountains Natchez night North North Carolina once Opechancanough Orleans party passed Patrick Henry patriots pirates Powhatan prisoners reached ready rear ride river road rode sailed Salle savages seemed sent settlers ships soldiers soon Soto South Spaniards Spanish story stream Streight Stuart surrender Texans thousand told took town tribes troops village Virginia waters whites Williamsburg woods wounded