people, and that, in their whole lives, they had never done them any injury. While thus imploring mercy of these hard-hearted men, they were, without distinction, hewn down with hatchets, and, in a few moments, were all laid lifeless on the floor; a deplorable... Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806 - Page 241by Robert Sutcliff - 1811 - 293 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Sutcliff - United States - 1811 - 328 pages
...distressed parents.- In unutterable anguish they fell upon their knees, protesting their love to the English people, and that, in their whole lives, they had never...hatchets, and, in a few moments, were all laid lifeless on thefloor; a deplorable instance amongst many others, of what a pitch of wickedness the mind of x 3maybe... | |
| Robert Sutcliff - History - 1812 - 312 pages
...distressed parents. In unutterable anguish they fell upon their knees, protesting their love to the English people, and that in their whole lives, they had never...without distinction, hewn down with hatchets, and, in a fe\r moments, were all laid lifeless on the floor; a deplorable instance amongst many others, • of... | |
| Robert Sutcliff - Society of Friends - 1815 - 336 pages
...distressed parents. In unutterable anguish they fell upon their knees, protesting their love to the English people, and that, in their whole lives, they had never...others, of what a pitch of wickedness the mind of man may be brought to, when acting- under wrong impressions of imagined religious zeal. Tins cruel... | |
| William Leete Stone - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1864 - 444 pages
...their parents; they fell on their faces, protested their innocence, declared their love to the English, and that, in their whole lives, they had never done them any injury ; and in this posture they all received the hatchet. Men, women, and children —infants clinging to... | |
| William Leete Stone - New York (State) - 1865 - 574 pages
...their parents ; they fell on their faces, protested ieir innocence, declared their love to the English, and that, in their whole lives, they had never done them any injury; and in this posture they all received the hatchet. Men, women and children—infants clinging to the... | |
| Edward Manning Ruttenber - Social Science - 1872 - 436 pages
...parents; they fell on their faces, protested their innocence, declared their love for the English, and that in their whole lives they had never done them any harm, and in this posture they received the hatchet. Men, women and children, infants clinging to the... | |
| William Leete Stone - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1873 - 434 pages
...parents ; they fell on their faces, protested their innocence, declared their love to the English, and that, in their whole lives, they had never done them any injury ; and in this posture they all received the hatchet. Men, women, and children —infants clinging to... | |
| Cyrus Thomas - Indians of North America - 1903 - 540 pages
...parents ; they fell on their faces, protested their innocence, declared their love for the English, and that in their whole lives they had never done them any harm, and in this posture they received the hatchet. Men, women and children, infants clinging to the... | |
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