The History of the United States of America, Volume 1Harper, 1849 - United States |
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... Prisoners . 543 Berkeley occupies Jamestown 543 Siege and Destruction of Jamestown ... 543 Brent's Army dispersed ; Gloucester takes the Engagement 545 Death of Bacon ; Drummond and Lawrence .. 545 Ingram succeeds Bacon ; Capture of ...
... Prisoners . 543 Berkeley occupies Jamestown 543 Siege and Destruction of Jamestown ... 543 Brent's Army dispersed ; Gloucester takes the Engagement 545 Death of Bacon ; Drummond and Lawrence .. 545 Ingram succeeds Bacon ; Capture of ...
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... prisoner into the hands of his abler rival . Setting sail 1528. from Cuba in search of a new Mexico , he landed with three hundred men on the northern shore of the gulf , near the Bay of Appalache . After wandering inland for some ...
... prisoner into the hands of his abler rival . Setting sail 1528. from Cuba in search of a new Mexico , he landed with three hundred men on the northern shore of the gulf , near the Bay of Appalache . After wandering inland for some ...
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... prisons - hopeful materials for the foundation of a state ! The two commanders could not agree , and did not act in concert . Cartier 1541. sailed first with five ships , ascended the St. Lawrence , and built a fort on the Island of ...
... prisons - hopeful materials for the foundation of a state ! The two commanders could not agree , and did not act in concert . Cartier 1541. sailed first with five ships , ascended the St. Lawrence , and built a fort on the Island of ...
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... prisoner was adopted on the spot as son or brother , and was expected to evince his gratitude and to ratify his adoption by forgetting for- ever his native tribe and all his former connections . CHAPTER II . Next to war , it was thought ...
... prisoner was adopted on the spot as son or brother , and was expected to evince his gratitude and to ratify his adoption by forgetting for- ever his native tribe and all his former connections . CHAPTER II . Next to war , it was thought ...
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Richard Hildreth. CHAPTER With the aid of the Indians , and hanged his prisoners , III . with this inscription " Not as to Spaniards and mari- 1564. ners , but as to robbers , traitors , and murderers . " Sat- 1580 . isfied with this ...
Richard Hildreth. CHAPTER With the aid of the Indians , and hanged his prisoners , III . with this inscription " Not as to Spaniards and mari- 1564. ners , but as to robbers , traitors , and murderers . " Sat- 1580 . isfied with this ...
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Page 294 - He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Page 301 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be.
Page 389 - I further add that I never denied, that notwithstanding this liberty, the commander of this ship ought to command the ship's course, yea, and also command that justice, peace and sobriety, be kept and practiced, both among the seamen and all the passengers.
Page 322 - Further, the Lord hath been pleased to turn all the wigwams, huts, and hovels the English dwelt in at their first coming, into orderly, fair, and well-built houses...
Page 362 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 132 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 320 - The serpent is the devil ; the synod, the representative of the churches of Christ in New England. The devil had formerly and lately attempted their disturbance and dissolution ; but their faith in the seed of the woman overcame him and crushed his head.
Page 527 - No, may it please your honor, we will not hurt a hair of your ' head, nor of any other man's; we are come for a commission ' to save our lives from the Indians, which you have so often ' promised, and now we will have it before we go.
Page 166 - They were well weaned from the delicate milk of their mother country, and inured to the difficulties of a strange land.
Page 206 - Calvert issued a proclamation in 1638, to prohibit "all unreasonable disputations in point of religion tending to the disturbance of the public peace and quiet of the colony, and to the opening of faction in religion.