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... Indians have piously touched them ; they show the battering marks of Santa Anna's soldiers . Behind these stout old doors once a little band of stouter hearts had gloriously fought and died . One enters the little room where in the ...
... Indians have piously touched them ; they show the battering marks of Santa Anna's soldiers . Behind these stout old doors once a little band of stouter hearts had gloriously fought and died . One enters the little room where in the ...
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... added his training in the Alleghany forests , where woodcraft was learned and a wide acquaint- ance with the Indians gained . In all his study , training and exercise , Washington was diligent and earnest , GEORGE WASHINGTON.
... added his training in the Alleghany forests , where woodcraft was learned and a wide acquaint- ance with the Indians gained . In all his study , training and exercise , Washington was diligent and earnest , GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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... Indian ambush attack . He was fitted for membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and was sent there to serve . When the Revolution came , to him , because he was best prepared , the Continental Congress turned for its military ...
... Indian ambush attack . He was fitted for membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and was sent there to serve . When the Revolution came , to him , because he was best prepared , the Continental Congress turned for its military ...
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... Indians . Among these were knives , beads , mir- rors , cotton cloth , blankets , fish hooks , " strong waters , " hatchets and articles for personal adorn- ment . Doubtless they were prepared both with the materials and the ...
... Indians . Among these were knives , beads , mir- rors , cotton cloth , blankets , fish hooks , " strong waters , " hatchets and articles for personal adorn- ment . Doubtless they were prepared both with the materials and the ...
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... Indians . After two days ' absence , the explorers returned with a supply of Indian corn , which they had taken from a cache . On December 7 , the shallop being ready , thirty- four of the party , including Captain Jones and some of the ...
... Indians . After two days ' absence , the explorers returned with a supply of Indian corn , which they had taken from a cache . On December 7 , the shallop being ready , thirty- four of the party , including Captain Jones and some of the ...
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