American Literature: A Period Anthology, Volume 1Oscar Cargill Macmillan Company, 1939 |
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... Indians . After we were armed with light weapons , we took , each of us , an arquebus and were three chiefs . Our Indians like- wise advanced in similar order , and told me that those who had the three big plumes were the chiefs , and ...
... Indians . After we were armed with light weapons , we took , each of us , an arquebus and were three chiefs . Our Indians like- wise advanced in similar order , and told me that those who had the three big plumes were the chiefs , and ...
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... Indian that , in twenty days , hostile Indians would attack the town . The Rev. Rowlandson went , with some others , to the Bay to beg assistance , but during his absence the garri- sons were attacked . The Soveraignty & Goodness of God ...
... Indian that , in twenty days , hostile Indians would attack the town . The Rev. Rowlandson went , with some others , to the Bay to beg assistance , but during his absence the garri- sons were attacked . The Soveraignty & Goodness of God ...
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... Indian Songs and Legends The early Indian missionaries , from John Eliot down , were interested in reforming and converting the aborigines rather than in study- ing their culture . The literature of the Indians has been preserved to us ...
... Indian Songs and Legends The early Indian missionaries , from John Eliot down , were interested in reforming and converting the aborigines rather than in study- ing their culture . The literature of the Indians has been preserved to us ...
Contents
THE FIRST FRONTIER | 1 |
THE AWAKENING OF LITERARY CONSCIOUSNESS | 10 |
PROLOGUE | 17 |
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