 | Europe - 1785 - 522 pages
...infirm, or corpulent perfons, as could not bear the hardfhips of a journey through the wilderDel!. If they took a woman far advanced in pregnancy, their...knives were plunged into her bowels. An infant when it beCttne troublcfome had its brains dallied out againftthcnext tree or ilone. Sometimes to torment,... | |
 | David Ramsay - History - 1816 - 458 pages
...together, watching the motions of the people at their work, without daring to discover themselves. Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they •would whip and beat the child, till almost dead, and then throw it to her, to comfort and quiet it. If the... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Indians of North America - 1831 - 566 pages
...of Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people, Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...journey through the wilderness. If they took a woman far Time. Plaves attacked. Jfo. Killed. Wounded. Cap't. 1605. 9 September, Pemaquid, Me. 46 — 7 October,... | |
 | Henry White - Indian captivities - 1841 - 440 pages
...Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people. " Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they would whip and beat the child till almost dead, or hold it under water till its breath was just gone, and... | |
 | Henry White - Indian captivities - 1843 - 444 pages
...Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people. " Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they would whip and beat the child till almost dead, or hold it under water till its breath was just gone, and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1844 - 852 pages
...watching the INDIAN WARS. 479 motions of the people at their work, without daring to discover themselves. Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they would whip and beat the child till almost dead, and then throw it to her, to comfort and quiet it. If the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - America - 1850 - 928 pages
...watching the INDIAN WARS. 479 motions of the people at their work, without daring to discover themselves. Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children...corpulent persons, as could not bear the hardships of n journey through the wilderness. If they took a woman far advanced in pregnancy, their knives were... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 786 pages
...of Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people. Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they would whip and beat the child till almost dead, or hold it under water till its breath was just gone, and... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1854 - 775 pages
...of Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people. Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children,...Sometimes, to torment the wretched mother, they would whip and beat the child till almost dead, or hold it under water till its breath was just gone, and... | |
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Portsmouth, looking into the windows of houses, and listening to the conversation of the people. " Their cruelty was chiefly exercised upon children, and such aged, infirm, or corpulent persons, as could not bear the hardships of a journey through the... 
