Boston Two Hundred Years Ago: Or, The Romantic Story of Miss Ann Carter (daughter of One of the First Settlers) and the Celebrated Indian Chief, Thundersquall; with Many Humorous Reminiscences and Events of Olden Time1830 - 16 pages |
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11 cypresses fall ancient OR OLDEN ANN CARTER begin my death bison BOSTON IN 1630 burn my eyes Cape Cod CARTER AND THUNDERSQUALL Carter was deeply cypresses fall beneath death song Dempsey disturbing the genii echoed the monotonous England father fear no torments FOLEY EARLY AMERICAN fore postponed forest was compelled funeral pile rises genii of night HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY heard Heirs of George Indians had drank Massachusetts Massasoit drank meantime they stretched ments which once Miss Carter multitude are buried Muscogules objected against disturbing P. K. FOLEY EARLY past events pressed pow-wow of joy prisoners of war quail red hot tomahawks REMINISCENCES renowned warriors retire to rest savage scalp shadow of Moregan solitary and holy squall stand or help stork cried succeeds the whistling tacle Thither they conducted thou Thundersquall thus continued Thundersquall was obliged virgin wigwam wild horse wilderness augments wilt be burned Winslow young Indian
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Page 11 - And of all the four parts of the world that I have yet seen not inhabited, could I have but means to transport a colony, I would rather live here than anywhere. And if it did not maintain itself, were we but once indifferently well fitted, let us starve.
Page 12 - Full are thy cities with the sons of Art; And trade, and joy, in every busy street, Mingling are heard; even Drudgery himself, As at the car he sweats, or dusty hews The palace stone, looks gay.
Page 4 - Lopez dressed in my savage attire, holding in one hand my bow and arrows, and in the other my European...
Page 1 - Whate'er in life may be my varied lot, Boston, dear Boston, ne'er shall be forgot.
Page 7 - Drunkenness* which lasts a long time among the savages, and is a kind of disease in their constitutions generally, prevents their doing much mischief while the fit is on them. So k proved on this occasion.
Page 3 - ... twice wounded in his defence. Oh that I had descended to the land of shadows, that I might have escaped the miseries which awaited me on earth! But the spirits had ordained otherwise; and I was led away by the remaining fugitives to St. Augustine. In this town, lately built by the Spaniards, I ran the risk of being carried off to work in the mines of Mexico.