A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period, from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time : Giving a Description of the Western Country, Its Soil, Settlements, Increase of Population, &c : in Three Parts |
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... killed one or two Indians , and re- turned to Boston . This measure , instead of allaying , seemed to increase their hostility ; several persons were taken near Saybrook fort , and tortured with savage barbarity . About the be- ginning ...
... killed one or two Indians , and re- turned to Boston . This measure , instead of allaying , seemed to increase their hostility ; several persons were taken near Saybrook fort , and tortured with savage barbarity . About the be- ginning ...
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... kill- ed six men and three women ; two maids were taken cap- tive , twenty cows killed , and other damages done to the inhabitants . The court holden at Hartford , May 1st , 1637 , resolved to prosecute the war with the Pequots ; that ...
... kill- ed six men and three women ; two maids were taken cap- tive , twenty cows killed , and other damages done to the inhabitants . The court holden at Hartford , May 1st , 1637 , resolved to prosecute the war with the Pequots ; that ...
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... killed seven , and took one prisoner . The prisoner had been a perfidious villian . He had lived in the fort some time before , and could speak Eng- lish well . But after the Pequots commenced hostilities against the English , he became ...
... killed seven , and took one prisoner . The prisoner had been a perfidious villian . He had lived in the fort some time before , and could speak Eng- lish well . But after the Pequots commenced hostilities against the English , he became ...
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... killed , and others sorely wounded , the victory still hung in sus- pense . The Captain , finding himself much exhausted , and out of breath , as well as his men , by the extraordinary exertions which they had made ; in this critical ...
... killed , and others sorely wounded , the victory still hung in sus- pense . The Captain , finding himself much exhausted , and out of breath , as well as his men , by the extraordinary exertions which they had made ; in this critical ...
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... killed several of the ene- my while they pursued them , but sustained no loss them- selves . When they killed a Pequot , the other Indians would shout , run , and fetch his head . At length the ene- my , finding that they could make no ...
... killed several of the ene- my while they pursued them , but sustained no loss them- selves . When they killed a Pequot , the other Indians would shout , run , and fetch his head . At length the ene- my , finding that they could make no ...
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