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Page 105
... Indians to desist , " that he was the good captain , " ( a name that the Indians had given him ) . He immediately fell upon his face pierced with thirteen arrows . Save one person , who escaped to the main party to tell the tale , all ...
... Indians to desist , " that he was the good captain , " ( a name that the Indians had given him ) . He immediately fell upon his face pierced with thirteen arrows . Save one person , who escaped to the main party to tell the tale , all ...
Page 110
... Indians and French and Indian half- breeds , and a few soldiers at the United States military post , and contained very little enterprise or trade beyond saloons , and stores for Indian supplies . There was no canal , and all transit to ...
... Indians and French and Indian half- breeds , and a few soldiers at the United States military post , and contained very little enterprise or trade beyond saloons , and stores for Indian supplies . There was no canal , and all transit to ...
Page 112
... Indians were encamped , the pecu- liar thump of the " tom - tom , " or Indian drum . The excitement of the white tourists now became intense . We all knew we were to look upon a genuine war dance - all but the war - not by some ...
... Indians were encamped , the pecu- liar thump of the " tom - tom , " or Indian drum . The excitement of the white tourists now became intense . We all knew we were to look upon a genuine war dance - all but the war - not by some ...
Page 113
... Indians , and another lady was attacked with the same dis- order , and escaped inside . Thump , thump , lounder sounded the tom - tom , nearer and nearer came the Indians , when another lady was attacked with the strange contagious ...
... Indians , and another lady was attacked with the same dis- order , and escaped inside . Thump , thump , lounder sounded the tom - tom , nearer and nearer came the Indians , when another lady was attacked with the strange contagious ...
Page 115
... Indians , the Governor , thrown off his guard by the excitement of the dance , and the words small present , in Harmon's suggestion , replied : " Very well , gentlemen , make them such a present as you think suitable for me . " Harmon ...
... Indians , the Governor , thrown off his guard by the excitement of the dance , and the words small present , in Harmon's suggestion , replied : " Very well , gentlemen , make them such a present as you think suitable for me . " Harmon ...
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