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New England , surprised and unprepared , suffered numerous defeats , but by the end of 1675 had taken the offensive . Although peace was made in 1676 with some of the tribes , the war dragged on until 1678 , involving New Hampshire and ...
New England , surprised and unprepared , suffered numerous defeats , but by the end of 1675 had taken the offensive . Although peace was made in 1676 with some of the tribes , the war dragged on until 1678 , involving New Hampshire and ...
Page 90
I had often before this said that , if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but , when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their glittering weapons SO daunted my spirit that I ...
I had often before this said that , if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but , when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their glittering weapons SO daunted my spirit that I ...
Page 98
... they killed some , and took others , whom they also killed ; and , among the rest , a young maid of about fourteen years old was taken , and the scalp of her head taken off , and her skull broken , and left for dead with others .
... they killed some , and took others , whom they also killed ; and , among the rest , a young maid of about fourteen years old was taken , and the scalp of her head taken off , and her skull broken , and left for dead with others .
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| Title | American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 1 American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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