Illustrated History, Comprising in a Condensed Form a History of the United States, a Geography of the Western Continent, and the Chief Objects of Interest on the Eastern Continent, Including a Hihstorical and Descriptive Sketch of the Holy LandJ. H. Clark & Company, 1870 - 435 страница |
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... twenty from the Bay Colony , the colonists entered upon their first warfare . The Pequod confed- eracy consisted of twenty - six tribes , numbering over two thousand men . Their principal villages were on what is now called the 66 ...
... twenty from the Bay Colony , the colonists entered upon their first warfare . The Pequod confed- eracy consisted of twenty - six tribes , numbering over two thousand men . Their principal villages were on what is now called the 66 ...
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... twenty thousand , scattered through fifty villages . Each colony retained the control of its own territory ; but all matters of common interest and questions of war and peace were decided by a council consisting of two commissioners ...
... twenty thousand , scattered through fifty villages . Each colony retained the control of its own territory ; but all matters of common interest and questions of war and peace were decided by a council consisting of two commissioners ...
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... twenty - five villages were in ruins and one white family in every twenty had been burned out . But the fate of the Indians during this struggle was more terrible than that of the whites . They often perished in their burning wig- wams ...
... twenty - five villages were in ruins and one white family in every twenty had been burned out . But the fate of the Indians during this struggle was more terrible than that of the whites . They often perished in their burning wig- wams ...
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... twenty - two thousand acres , was purchased in 1624 by the Dutch from the Indians , for about twenty - four dollars . This island , called New Amster- dam , contained a few Dutch cottages with thatched roofs and wooden chimneys . It is ...
... twenty - two thousand acres , was purchased in 1624 by the Dutch from the Indians , for about twenty - four dollars . This island , called New Amster- dam , contained a few Dutch cottages with thatched roofs and wooden chimneys . It is ...
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... twenty - one years of age , was chosen as the messenger . There was much danger connected with the mission , and the route was an exceedingly difficult one , but a better man to undertake it , than Washington , notwithstanding his youth ...
... twenty - one years of age , was chosen as the messenger . There was much danger connected with the mission , and the route was an exceedingly difficult one , but a better man to undertake it , than Washington , notwithstanding his youth ...
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