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... tell anything , false or true , that would rid them of the unwelcome Spaniards ; but it may be that among their many fables they believed that such a foun- tain existed . However that may be , De Leon gladly heard their story , and lost ...
... tell anything , false or true , that would rid them of the unwelcome Spaniards ; but it may be that among their many fables they believed that such a foun- tain existed . However that may be , De Leon gladly heard their story , and lost ...
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... tell . captors had sought to burn him alive by a slow fire as a sacrifice to the evil spirit . Bound hand and foot , he was laid on a wooden stage and a fire kindled under him . But at this moment of fright- ful peril the daughter of ...
... tell . captors had sought to burn him alive by a slow fire as a sacrifice to the evil spirit . Bound hand and foot , he was laid on a wooden stage and a fire kindled under him . But at this moment of fright- ful peril the daughter of ...
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... telling them that there they would find abundance of a yellow metal . Inspired by hope , they now pushed eagerly forward , but the yellow metal proved to be copper instead of gold , and their high hopes were followed by the gloom of ...
... telling them that there they would find abundance of a yellow metal . Inspired by hope , they now pushed eagerly forward , but the yellow metal proved to be copper instead of gold , and their high hopes were followed by the gloom of ...
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... a serious defeat and were in imminent danger of annihilation . Not a man of them would have lived to tell the tale if the savages had not been so scared at their own success that they drew back just when they had the 18 HISTORICAL TALES .
... a serious defeat and were in imminent danger of annihilation . Not a man of them would have lived to tell the tale if the savages had not been so scared at their own success that they drew back just when they had the 18 HISTORICAL TALES .
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... tell . Sir William had ruled over Virginia at intervals for many years . It was he who took old Opechan- canough prisoner after the massacre of 1643. In 1676 he was again governor of the colony . He was a man of high temper and ...
... tell . Sir William had ruled over Virginia at intervals for many years . It was he who took old Opechan- canough prisoner after the massacre of 1643. In 1676 he was again governor of the colony . He was a man of high temper and ...
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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