History of Philip's War, Commonly Called the Great Indian War, of 1675 and 1676: Also, of the French and Indian Wars at the Eastward, in 1689, 1690, 1692, 1696, and 1704 |
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... inhabitants ; one third of which were warriours . Their numbers gradually diminished as the whites increased , so that we may conclude that there were not less than 10,000 warriours at the commencement of Philip's war . Hutchinson , I ...
... inhabitants ; one third of which were warriours . Their numbers gradually diminished as the whites increased , so that we may conclude that there were not less than 10,000 warriours at the commencement of Philip's war . Hutchinson , I ...
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... inhabitants of Newengland amounted to about 120,000 souls , of whom , perhaps , 16,000 were able to bear arms . Holmes ' American Annals , I , 416 . * Dr. Belknap , in his Hist . N. Hampshire , I , 108 , says , on the authority of ...
... inhabitants of Newengland amounted to about 120,000 souls , of whom , perhaps , 16,000 were able to bear arms . Holmes ' American Annals , I , 416 . * Dr. Belknap , in his Hist . N. Hampshire , I , 108 , says , on the authority of ...
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... inhabitants , of their right so to do , call them rebels ; yet , when the country was neither claimed nor im- proved , certainly , to take possession and improve was not wrong . Our author is by no means so lavish of ill names as many ...
... inhabitants , of their right so to do , call them rebels ; yet , when the country was neither claimed nor im- proved , certainly , to take possession and improve was not wrong . Our author is by no means so lavish of ill names as many ...
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... neck on which Bristol and Warren now are , mak- ing the ancient Pokanoket . § June 20 . States , I , 139 . See Trumbull , Hist . Con . I , 327. Ibid . U. ses that the inhabitants had deserted , but as yet 3 * PHILIP'S WAR . 29.
... neck on which Bristol and Warren now are , mak- ing the ancient Pokanoket . § June 20 . States , I , 139 . See Trumbull , Hist . Con . I , 327. Ibid . U. ses that the inhabitants had deserted , but as yet 3 * PHILIP'S WAR . 29.
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... inhabitants had deserted , but as yet of- fered no violence to the people , at least none were killed . * However the alarm was given by their num- bers and hostile equipage , and by the prey they made of what they could find in the ...
... inhabitants had deserted , but as yet of- fered no violence to the people , at least none were killed . * However the alarm was given by their num- bers and hostile equipage , and by the prey they made of what they could find in the ...
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