Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... savages renewed former treaties . They declared that the French had asked them to take up the hatchet against the English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the ...
... savages renewed former treaties . They declared that the French had asked them to take up the hatchet against the English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the ...
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... savage nature , however , cannot be wholly changed by partial civilization . It takes many generations to drive the barbarian from his soul , and the instructions of Father Rale were unheeded . The little French chapel of St. Louis was ...
... savage nature , however , cannot be wholly changed by partial civilization . It takes many generations to drive the barbarian from his soul , and the instructions of Father Rale were unheeded . The little French chapel of St. Louis was ...
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... terrified inmates roused him . He leaped from the bed just as the door was burst in , and an icy blast swept over his half - dressed form . The room was immediately filled with savages , and , knowing that captivity 18 BRADDOCK .
... terrified inmates roused him . He leaped from the bed just as the door was burst in , and an icy blast swept over his half - dressed form . The room was immediately filled with savages , and , knowing that captivity 18 BRADDOCK .
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A Story of the French and Indian Wars John Roy Musick. immediately filled with savages , and , knowing that captivity was certain , he had the presence of mind to don his clothes and wrap a blanket about him . He was seized by two stout ...
A Story of the French and Indian Wars John Roy Musick. immediately filled with savages , and , knowing that captivity was certain , he had the presence of mind to don his clothes and wrap a blanket about him . He was seized by two stout ...
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... whom were murdered afterward on the way , and two starved to death near Coos , in a time of great scarcity and famine the savages underwent there . When we came to the foot of the mountain , they took away our 20 BRADDOCK .
... whom were murdered afterward on the way , and two starved to death near Coos , in a time of great scarcity and famine the savages underwent there . When we came to the foot of the mountain , they took away our 20 BRADDOCK .
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