Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... mile from my house , where we found a great number of our Christian neigh- bors , men , women and children , to the number of one hundred , nineteen of whom were murdered afterward on the way , and two starved to death near Coos , in a ...
... mile from my house , where we found a great number of our Christian neigh- bors , men , women and children , to the number of one hundred , nineteen of whom were murdered afterward on the way , and two starved to death near Coos , in a ...
Page 58
... miles wide , so the idea of his crossing it was preposterous . He travelled on and on for three hours over the rocky uneven coast and was still out of sight of the St. Lawrence River . Pausing , he turned about and gazed out to sea ...
... miles wide , so the idea of his crossing it was preposterous . He travelled on and on for three hours over the rocky uneven coast and was still out of sight of the St. Lawrence River . Pausing , he turned about and gazed out to sea ...
Page 71
... fleet could be seen several miles out in the bay . The fog rolled away and revealed the wretched condi- tion of the English ships . The Lieutenant and his men determined to go to them . The stranger END OF QUEEN ANNE'S WAR . 71.
... fleet could be seen several miles out in the bay . The fog rolled away and revealed the wretched condi- tion of the English ships . The Lieutenant and his men determined to go to them . The stranger END OF QUEEN ANNE'S WAR . 71.
Page 72
... mile away pulling toward the fleet . " Gone ! deserted again ! " the wanderer groaned , and , sinking down upon the ground , he wept . For a few days after the disaster , the fleet of Sir Hovenden Walker continued to linger about the ...
... mile away pulling toward the fleet . " Gone ! deserted again ! " the wanderer groaned , and , sinking down upon the ground , he wept . For a few days after the disaster , the fleet of Sir Hovenden Walker continued to linger about the ...
Page 85
... mile off . It has been long deserted ; but I could find it , I am quite sure . can bring you there , where you might have shelter until the storm has passed . " 99 " Take us there as soon as you can , " said the mademoiselle . The ...
... mile off . It has been long deserted ; but I could find it , I am quite sure . can bring you there , where you might have shelter until the storm has passed . " 99 " Take us there as soon as you can , " said the mademoiselle . The ...
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