A Compendium of the History of the United States: From the Earliest Settlements to 1872E. J. Hale, 1875 - 513 pages |
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... raised by the strong arms of Powhatan himself , to strike the tatal blow . 6. But the blow was not struck , and the prisoner's life . was saved . Pocahontas , the daughter of Powhatan , a beautiful girl of about twelve years , had been ...
... raised by the strong arms of Powhatan himself , to strike the tatal blow . 6. But the blow was not struck , and the prisoner's life . was saved . Pocahontas , the daughter of Powhatan , a beautiful girl of about twelve years , had been ...
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... was done by Massachusetts and Conrecticut before war was Leclared ? 4. Massachusetts raised four companies , under the com- mand 3 * CHAP . X. ] THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION . 57 New settlements and new towns were erected in Massa- ...
... was done by Massachusetts and Conrecticut before war was Leclared ? 4. Massachusetts raised four companies , under the com- mand 3 * CHAP . X. ] THE NEW ENGLAND CONFEDERATION . 57 New settlements and new towns were erected in Massa- ...
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From the Earliest Settlements to 1872 Alexander Hamilton Stephens. 4. Massachusetts raised four companies , under the ... raise ? Яeld ? Who commanded the Connecticut forces ? battle fought ? Who gave the order to burn them ? supposed to ...
From the Earliest Settlements to 1872 Alexander Hamilton Stephens. 4. Massachusetts raised four companies , under the ... raise ? Яeld ? Who commanded the Connecticut forces ? battle fought ? Who gave the order to burn them ? supposed to ...
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... raised the tide on the Narragansett shore fourteen feet above the common Spring tides , and the one on the 25th of September caused the highest swell of the sea ever be- fore observed on that coast . 16. The winter of 1641-42 was the ...
... raised the tide on the Narragansett shore fourteen feet above the common Spring tides , and the one on the 25th of September caused the highest swell of the sea ever be- fore observed on that coast . 16. The winter of 1641-42 was the ...
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... raised a rebellion , which kept the colony in a state of turmoil for three years . The governor himself was driven from the colony and took refrge in Virginia . The public records were lost or de- stroyed . 7. After Clayborne's defeat ...
... raised a rebellion , which kept the colony in a state of turmoil for three years . The governor himself was driven from the colony and took refrge in Virginia . The public records were lost or de- stroyed . 7. After Clayborne's defeat ...
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