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The sav- ages named Kiskakons , who have been making public profession of Christianity for nearly ten years , and who were in- structed by Father Marquette when he lived at the point of St. Esprit , at the extremity of Lake Superior ...
The sav- ages named Kiskakons , who have been making public profession of Christianity for nearly ten years , and who were in- structed by Father Marquette when he lived at the point of St. Esprit , at the extremity of Lake Superior ...
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My father pleaded for his life , but our guide was inexorable , saying he never spared the life of a rattle snake , and killed him ; my father took his skin and fangs . Some years after this , when again in company with my father on a ...
My father pleaded for his life , but our guide was inexorable , saying he never spared the life of a rattle snake , and killed him ; my father took his skin and fangs . Some years after this , when again in company with my father on a ...
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the enemy he might have to lament a father or a brother . And whilst he was publicly obliged to appear rejoiced at the secess of the Indians , he would privately lament the defeat of his own countrymen . The soul of Rachel was equally ...
the enemy he might have to lament a father or a brother . And whilst he was publicly obliged to appear rejoiced at the secess of the Indians , he would privately lament the defeat of his own countrymen . The soul of Rachel was equally ...
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