Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... party silently approached the dwelling of the Doctor and tried to open the door , but found it fast . The Doctor was in bed in an adjoining room , wide awake , with his large knife under his pillow , cool and prepared . The outside party ...
... party silently approached the dwelling of the Doctor and tried to open the door , but found it fast . The Doctor was in bed in an adjoining room , wide awake , with his large knife under his pillow , cool and prepared . The outside party ...
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... party to be charged . " This I supposed settled the case , but not so . Mr. Finch .- " Hand me that book . If the court please , that law is void under the Constitution of the United States ; it reads , No State shall pass any law ...
... party to be charged . " This I supposed settled the case , but not so . Mr. Finch .- " Hand me that book . If the court please , that law is void under the Constitution of the United States ; it reads , No State shall pass any law ...
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... parties John Jones and James Backhouse . The facts : Jones was raised and educated in that part of New York , called the Genessee country , and Backhouse was an Ohioan , from near Cincinnati . In New York , where Jones came from , they ...
... parties John Jones and James Backhouse . The facts : Jones was raised and educated in that part of New York , called the Genessee country , and Backhouse was an Ohioan , from near Cincinnati . In New York , where Jones came from , they ...
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... party of Seneca Indians , consisting of two men , three squaws , and four children , encamped on the east side of Fall Creek , about eight miles above the falls . The country around their camping ground was a dense , unbroken forest ...
... party of Seneca Indians , consisting of two men , three squaws , and four children , encamped on the east side of Fall Creek , about eight miles above the falls . The country around their camping ground was a dense , unbroken forest ...
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... party then met , and proceeded to within gun - shot of the camp . Sawyer shot one of the squaws through the head . She fell and died without a struggle . Bridge , sen . , shot another squaw , and Bridge , jr . , the other squaw . Both ...
... party then met , and proceeded to within gun - shot of the camp . Sawyer shot one of the squaws through the head . She fell and died without a struggle . Bridge , sen . , shot another squaw , and Bridge , jr . , the other squaw . Both ...
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