The Life of (John) Conrad Weiser, the German Pioneer, Patriot, and Patron of Two Races |
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... Maqua Nation ( Meinterstein ) , with about 150 families in great poverty . One borrowed a horse here , another there ; also a cow and some harness . With these things they joined together , until being supplied , though poorly . They ...
... Maqua Nation ( Meinterstein ) , with about 150 families in great poverty . One borrowed a horse here , another there ; also a cow and some harness . With these things they joined together , until being supplied , though poorly . They ...
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... MAQUA INDIANS . Conrad was nearing the close of his fourteenth year , when his father , a widower with eight children , landed at New York - three sisters being older , and three broth- ers and one sister younger than himself . About ...
... MAQUA INDIANS . Conrad was nearing the close of his fourteenth year , when his father , a widower with eight children , landed at New York - three sisters being older , and three broth- ers and one sister younger than himself . About ...
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... I returned again to my father's , from my Indian home . I had acquired a tolerable beginning , and , in fact , understood the greater part of the Maqua tongue . " He had at once occasion to apply his knowledge in 36 THE LIFE OF.
... I returned again to my father's , from my Indian home . I had acquired a tolerable beginning , and , in fact , understood the greater part of the Maqua tongue . " He had at once occasion to apply his knowledge in 36 THE LIFE OF.
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... Maqua tribe ; and often- times a number of that Nation passed to and fro , on their hunting expeditions . It frequently happened that disputes arose between the high - mettled Germans and members of this tawny Nation . On such occasions ...
... Maqua tribe ; and often- times a number of that Nation passed to and fro , on their hunting expeditions . It frequently happened that disputes arose between the high - mettled Germans and members of this tawny Nation . On such occasions ...
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... Maqua tribe , a spell of sickness came over him in consequence , doubtless , of his change of living . This he relates , but not without reflecting severely on his father's second wife . " About this time I became very sick , and ...
... Maqua tribe , a spell of sickness came over him in consequence , doubtless , of his change of living . This he relates , but not without reflecting severely on his father's second wife . " About this time I became very sick , and ...
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Afstaedt Albany America ancestry arrived August Backnang Benjamin bequeath unto Berks county born CHAPTER Chief Church Colony Conrad Wei Council Count Zinzendorf daughter David Zeisberger dead decease deed Delaware descendants dian died English executors favor Frederick French German Government Governor Gross-Aspach Heintzelman Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Herrenberg honor Indians Interpreter J. L. STICHTER John Conrad Weiser July Keim Kronik Kueppingen land language Lebanon Counties letter living Livingstone Manor Lutheran manner Maqua Maria miles Missionaries Mohawk Mohawk language months mother Muhlenberg NOTE.-The occasion official Ohio Onondago Palatinate Pastor Eisenhart Penn Pennsylvania Philadelphia present preter Province Province of Pennsylvania Queen Ann race Reading record relic religious Robert Hunter Samuel says Schoharie Secretary Peters seems sent Shamokin Shekallamy Six Nations sons step-mother Tarachawagon tell tion told Treaty Tribes Tulpehocken Virginia whilst wife Womelsdorf words York