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... sides grow- ing higher , until it became " very mountainous . " This high land , it is observed , " had many points ... side of the river were called Mahiccans ; or , as the Dutch styled them , Mohickanders . These are the people of ...
... sides grow- ing higher , until it became " very mountainous . " This high land , it is observed , " had many points ... side of the river were called Mahiccans ; or , as the Dutch styled them , Mohickanders . These are the people of ...
Page 36
... side of the river . They attempted to rob the ship ; and repeatedly shot at the crew , with bows and arrows , from several points of land . Hudson's men dis- charged a number of muskets at them , and killed ten or twelve of them . In ...
... side of the river . They attempted to rob the ship ; and repeatedly shot at the crew , with bows and arrows , from several points of land . Hudson's men dis- charged a number of muskets at them , and killed ten or twelve of them . In ...
Page 42
... side of the river . The shad travelled along the eastern shore . Their chief place of resort was the basin at the foot of Fort Edward falls . " No particular path in the river was selected by the sturgeons . They seem to have swam at ...
... side of the river . The shad travelled along the eastern shore . Their chief place of resort was the basin at the foot of Fort Edward falls . " No particular path in the river was selected by the sturgeons . They seem to have swam at ...
Page 47
... downe by certaine creeks , washing the shoare on both sides as the coast lyeth . And beyond this we saw the open country rising in height above the sandy shoare , with many faire fields and plaines , full of mightie great 47.
... downe by certaine creeks , washing the shoare on both sides as the coast lyeth . And beyond this we saw the open country rising in height above the sandy shoare , with many faire fields and plaines , full of mightie great 47.
Page 53
... side to the other , to the number of 30 of their small boats , wherein were many people which passed from one shore to the other to come and see us . And , behold , upon the sudden ( as it is woont to fall out in sayling ) a contrary ...
... side to the other , to the number of 30 of their small boats , wherein were many people which passed from one shore to the other to come and see us . And , behold , upon the sudden ( as it is woont to fall out in sayling ) a contrary ...
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