 | George Bancroft - 1837 - 496 pages
...Rowlandson, " it was the dolefulest day that ever mine eyes saw. Now the dreadful hour is come. Some in our house were fighting for their lives ; others wallowing...the Indians shot so thick, that the bullets rattled flgainst the house, as if one had thrown a handful of stones. We had six stout dogs, but none of them... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1839 - 382 pages
...often heard of in time of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, " Lord, what shall... | |
 | James Wimer - 1841 - 664 pages
...often heard of in time of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, "Lord, what shall... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 374 pages
...often heard of in time of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, " Lord, what shall... | |
 | James Wimer - 1841 - 788 pages
...of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were lighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, "Lord, what shall... | |
 | Barbara Hawes - 1844 - 414 pages
...blood ; the house was on fire over our heads, and the cruel heathen were standing ready to kill us if we stirred out. I took my children to go forth,...thick, that the bullets rattled against the house." The bullets flying thick, one went through the hand and body of the poor infant that she carried in... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 708 pages
...often heard of in lime of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, " Lord, what shall... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1853 - 394 pages
...often heard of in time of the war, as it was the case of others, but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on tho head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1854 - 550 pages
...others wallowing in blood ; the house on fin over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock re on the head, if we stirred out. I took my children...go forth; but the Indians shot so thick, that the buUtirattled against the house, as if one had thrown a handfti of stones. We had six stout dogs, but... | |
 | Mary White Rowlandson - 1856 - 134 pages
...often heard of (in time of the war, as it was the case of others) but now mine eyes see it. Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing...heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, " Lord, what shall... | |
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Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one... 
