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... loan . On the sixteenth of the month , eighteen of the men , six of whom were of the officers or crew of the ship , proceeded in the shallop upon an extended explora- tion for a site for settlement . Two days later PLYMOUTH ROCK.
... loan . On the sixteenth of the month , eighteen of the men , six of whom were of the officers or crew of the ship , proceeded in the shallop upon an extended explora- tion for a site for settlement . Two days later PLYMOUTH ROCK.
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... officer . The spy walked to the water's edge , hoping to find a friendly boat . One approached , but when near up rose sev- eral enemy marines . Covered by their guns , he em- barked . The officer in command took him to the man - of ...
... officer . The spy walked to the water's edge , hoping to find a friendly boat . One approached , but when near up rose sev- eral enemy marines . Covered by their guns , he em- barked . The officer in command took him to the man - of ...
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... officer tore them to bits . The William Cunningham who did this , who refused to unloose the bound arms of his prisoner , who caused the unnecessary agonies of the captured colonists who came to his keeping and the horrors of the Sugar ...
... officer tore them to bits . The William Cunningham who did this , who refused to unloose the bound arms of his prisoner , who caused the unnecessary agonies of the captured colonists who came to his keeping and the horrors of the Sugar ...
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... officers . By one of these he was given a scarlet jacket . He wore this , and a succession of others similar , throughout his life . From this circumstance he acquired the name by which he was most commonly known , " Red Jacket ...
... officers . By one of these he was given a scarlet jacket . He wore this , and a succession of others similar , throughout his life . From this circumstance he acquired the name by which he was most commonly known , " Red Jacket ...
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... officers , should be won back by liberal treatment . To this end a council of the Chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy was held at Fort Stanwix . The principal representatives of the Six Nations were Cornplanter and Red Jacket . The ...
... officers , should be won back by liberal treatment . To this end a council of the Chiefs of the Iroquois confederacy was held at Fort Stanwix . The principal representatives of the Six Nations were Cornplanter and Red Jacket . The ...
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