 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned, while at the same moment two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks...confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before which had alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband to fly.... | |
 | Barbara Hawes - 1844 - 414 pages
...informant. His wife was then questioned, while two Indians stood threatening the children with their tomahawks, in case she did not confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by pretending that she had a dream the night before, which had warned her to fly, and that she had persuaded... | |
 | Samuel Watkins Eager - 1847 - 672 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned, while at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her hnsband to fly.... | |
 | John Frost - 1849 - 478 pages
...informant. His wife was then questioned, while two Indians stood threatening the children with their tomahawks, in case she did not confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by pretending that she had a dream the night before, which had warned her to fly, and that she had persuaded... | |
 | Theodore Soden - 1856 - 354 pages
...refused to betray his informant. Hia wife was then questioned, while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband to fly.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned ; while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband to fly.... | |
 | Warren Wildwood (pseud.) - 1861 - 400 pages
...His wife was then questioned, while two Indians stood threatening tke children with their uplifted tomahawks, in case she did not confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by pretending that she had a dream the night before, which had warned her to fly, and that she had persuaded... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned; while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband to fly.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned ; while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...not confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by deelaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...refused to betray his informant. His wife was then questioned, while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks,...confess. She attempted to evade the truth by declaring she had a dream the night before which alarmed her, and that she had persuaded her husband to fly.... | |
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His wife was then questioned; while, at the same moment, two Indians stood threatening the two children with tomahawks, in case she did not confess. She attempted to evade the truth, by declaring she had a dream the night before, which alarmed her, and... 
