American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpertive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard |
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... Indians . learned to resent their invasion was not important ; the Indians were Canaanites , so to speak , and it was the Puritan duty to conquer the new Canaan . How effectively this was done is testified in Mason's brisk ...
... Indians . learned to resent their invasion was not important ; the Indians were Canaanites , so to speak , and it was the Puritan duty to conquer the new Canaan . How effectively this was done is testified in Mason's brisk ...
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... INDIAN ATTACK ] N the tenth of February , 1675 O.S. , came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster . Their first coming was about sun - rising . Hearing the noise of some guns , we looked out ; several houses were burning , and ...
... INDIAN ATTACK ] N the tenth of February , 1675 O.S. , came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster . Their first coming was about sun - rising . Hearing the noise of some guns , we looked out ; several houses were burning , and ...
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... Indian , they went back to the spot Where they had laid their packs down , but there they found them not , For the Indians having spied them , when they them down did lay , Did seize them for their plunder , and carry them away . These ...
... Indian , they went back to the spot Where they had laid their packs down , but there they found them not , For the Indians having spied them , when they them down did lay , Did seize them for their plunder , and carry them away . These ...
Contents
PART ONE THE WESTWARD COURSE OF EMPIRE | 1 |
Puritan Ideals | 19 |
RICHARD MATHER | 47 |
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