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Page 14
... band , died miserably on the Mis- sissippi , and was buried beneath its waves . The whole country which these adventurers tra- versed , they found to be quite densely populated with numerous small tribes of natives , each generally wan ...
... band , died miserably on the Mis- sissippi , and was buried beneath its waves . The whole country which these adventurers tra- versed , they found to be quite densely populated with numerous small tribes of natives , each generally wan ...
Page 28
... bands . But generally this was not the case . The emigrants seem to have been inspired with a spirit of almost reckless indifference to danger ; they apparently loved the solitude of the forest , avoided neighbors who might interfere ...
... bands . But generally this was not the case . The emigrants seem to have been inspired with a spirit of almost reckless indifference to danger ; they apparently loved the solitude of the forest , avoided neighbors who might interfere ...
Page 46
... Bands of Indians were roving around them , but even if hostile , so long as they had only bows and arrows , the settler in his log - hut , which was a fortress , and with his death - dealing rifle , was comparatively safe . Here the ...
... Bands of Indians were roving around them , but even if hostile , so long as they had only bows and arrows , the settler in his log - hut , which was a fortress , and with his death - dealing rifle , was comparatively safe . Here the ...
Page 90
... bands . They often met in bloody encounters . These conflicts were so frequent and so sanguinary , that this realm subsequently received the appropriate name of " The dark and bloody ground . " After an absence of many months , Finley ...
... bands . They often met in bloody encounters . These conflicts were so frequent and so sanguinary , that this realm subsequently received the appropriate name of " The dark and bloody ground . " After an absence of many months , Finley ...
Page 103
... band of savages , they pressed forward hour after hour with sinews ap- parently as tireless as if they had been wrought of iron . When the fugitives reached their camp they found it plundered and deserted . Whether the red men had ...
... band of savages , they pressed forward hour after hour with sinews ap- parently as tireless as if they had been wrought of iron . When the fugitives reached their camp they found it plundered and deserted . Whether the red men had ...
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