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... savage war cry ; when , instead of helpful instruction , would be seen , in the lurid glare of the burning cabin , the fatal gleam of the tomahawk and the vengeful flash of the scalping knife ; when , in place of the white belt of the ...
... savage war cry ; when , instead of helpful instruction , would be seen , in the lurid glare of the burning cabin , the fatal gleam of the tomahawk and the vengeful flash of the scalping knife ; when , in place of the white belt of the ...
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... by the re- counting of Kenton's escapes from the savage gauntlets and the stake , by the story of Crockett at the Alamo , and of Carson , Fremont , Lewis , Clark and Cody on the plains and in the mountains Nathan Hale ...
... by the re- counting of Kenton's escapes from the savage gauntlets and the stake , by the story of Crockett at the Alamo , and of Carson , Fremont , Lewis , Clark and Cody on the plains and in the mountains Nathan Hale ...
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... savage threats , they hurried to the attack of nearly two hundred Mo- hawk warriors . The weapons were the arrows and spears of the Stone Age . Appalled by the numbers of their opponents , the assailants called for help . From beneath ...
... savage threats , they hurried to the attack of nearly two hundred Mo- hawk warriors . The weapons were the arrows and spears of the Stone Age . Appalled by the numbers of their opponents , the assailants called for help . From beneath ...
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... death , every tree lifted a possible shield for a savage enemy , and the pleasant sounds of the woodland might be the deceptive calls of skulking foes . In the veins of Sagoyewatha ran no chieftain's blood . RED JACKET.
... death , every tree lifted a possible shield for a savage enemy , and the pleasant sounds of the woodland might be the deceptive calls of skulking foes . In the veins of Sagoyewatha ran no chieftain's blood . RED JACKET.
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... savage bereft of most of the qualities that make a savage great was able , through the keenness of his desire to become an orator , to so succeed that his abilities in the line of his choice placed him at the head of the greatest Indian ...
... savage bereft of most of the qualities that make a savage great was able , through the keenness of his desire to become an orator , to so succeed that his abilities in the line of his choice placed him at the head of the greatest Indian ...
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