The History of North and South America, from Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Volumes 1-2Benjamin Warner, and sold at his stores, Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, 1819 - America |
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Page 28
... force of the Spanish arms . These rude people , strangers to any hostile weapons , but wooden swords , javelins hardened in the fire , and reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , admired and trembled , but the sudden explosion of the ...
... force of the Spanish arms . These rude people , strangers to any hostile weapons , but wooden swords , javelins hardened in the fire , and reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , admired and trembled , but the sudden explosion of the ...
Page 31
... force , as might enable him to take possession of those countries which he had already discovered , as well as to search for those more opulent regions , which he still confidently expected to find . Columbus's name now quickly spread ...
... force , as might enable him to take possession of those countries which he had already discovered , as well as to search for those more opulent regions , which he still confidently expected to find . Columbus's name now quickly spread ...
Page 38
... force , and drive them from the settlements , of which they had violently taken possession . Such were the ... forces ; which were reduced to a very smali num- ber : two hundred foot , twenty horse , and 38 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
... force , and drive them from the settlements , of which they had violently taken possession . Such were the ... forces ; which were reduced to a very smali num- ber : two hundred foot , twenty horse , and 38 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
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... force he could muster , against ( agreeable to the Spa- nish accounts ) one hundred thousand Indians . Although it may seem strange , to mention dogs as composing part of a military force , they were perhaps as formidable and ...
... force he could muster , against ( agreeable to the Spa- nish accounts ) one hundred thousand Indians . Although it may seem strange , to mention dogs as composing part of a military force , they were perhaps as formidable and ...
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... force , that when it meets the tide , which on that coast rises to an uncommon hight , occasions such a swell and agita- tion , that it is both surprising and formidable . Columbus , before he was aware of the danger , was entangled ...
... force , that when it meets the tide , which on that coast rises to an uncommon hight , occasions such a swell and agita- tion , that it is both surprising and formidable . Columbus , before he was aware of the danger , was entangled ...
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