Antiquarian Researches: Comprising a History of the Indian Wars in the Country Bordering Connecticut River and Parts Adjacent, and Other Interesting Events, from the First Landing of the Pilgrims, to the Conquest of Canada by the English, in 1760 : with Notices of Indian Depredations in the Neighboring Country : and of the First Planting and Progress of Settlements in New England, New York and CanadaA. Phelps, 1824 - 312 páginas |
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... commander of the western frontiers -- Establishment of scouting parties -Incursions of the Indians on the Connecticut -- Capture of Louisburg- Further incursions of the enemy - Affair at Charlestown --- Fort Massa- chusetts attacked by ...
... commander of the western frontiers -- Establishment of scouting parties -Incursions of the Indians on the Connecticut -- Capture of Louisburg- Further incursions of the enemy - Affair at Charlestown --- Fort Massa- chusetts attacked by ...
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... commanders , who had been sent out by Raleigh , arrived on the coast of North America , and took possession of the country in the neighborhood of the Island of Wocokon , on the coast of North Carolina , where they had some intercourse ...
... commanders , who had been sent out by Raleigh , arrived on the coast of North America , and took possession of the country in the neighborhood of the Island of Wocokon , on the coast of North Carolina , where they had some intercourse ...
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... commander of the fort , went out to burn the marshes upon a neck of land not far distant ; as soon as they had passed the isthmus , a party of Pequots rose from a covert place , and attempted to enclose the English and cut off their ...
... commander of the fort , went out to burn the marshes upon a neck of land not far distant ; as soon as they had passed the isthmus , a party of Pequots rose from a covert place , and attempted to enclose the English and cut off their ...
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... commander . The Rev. John Wilson of Boston , was appointed chaplain of the Massa- chusetts and Plymouth forces . The Connecticut troops were raised with great expedi- tion , and on the tenth of May , Capt . Mason , with ninety men , and ...
... commander . The Rev. John Wilson of Boston , was appointed chaplain of the Massa- chusetts and Plymouth forces . The Connecticut troops were raised with great expedi- tion , and on the tenth of May , Capt . Mason , with ninety men , and ...
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... commander . Though the English had been completely successful in their attack on the fort , and had suffered but a trifling loss , their situation was critical . The provisions con- veyed upon the backs of the men , were nearly ...
... commander . Though the English had been completely successful in their attack on the fort , and had suffered but a trifling loss , their situation was critical . The provisions con- veyed upon the backs of the men , were nearly ...
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adventurers Albany ambuscade army arrived attack attempt body Boston camp Canada canoes captain captives captured Charlestown chief Church colonel colonies command commenced Connecticut river continued Crown Point Deerfield Deerfield river defence depredations dians discovered distance Dummer enemy England English Ephraim Williams escaped expedition fell fifty fire five force fort Dummer fort Edward fort Massachusetts forty French frontiers garrison governor ground Hadley Hampshire Hatfield hostile hundred incursions Indians inhabitants Island John joined killed lake Champlain lake George land lieutenant loss major Massachusetts meadow ment miles Mohawks Narragansets natives Nipmucks Norridgewock Northampton Northfield officers ordered Pennacooks Pequots Philip plantations Plymouth prisoners proceeded province provisions quarter received returned route Rouville sachem sailed savages scalps scout seized sent settlements ship shot soon Springfield suffered swamp thirty thousand tion took tribes troops twenty vicinity village whole Williams woods wounded York
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