The Poetry and History of Wyoming: Containing Campbell's GertrudeWiley & Putnam, 1841 - 324 páginas |
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... directed to Wyoming as a field of historical investigation only about three years ago , when en- gaged in preparing for the press the Border Wars of the Revolution , as connected with the Life of the Mohawk chief- tain , Brant . It ...
... directed to Wyoming as a field of historical investigation only about three years ago , when en- gaged in preparing for the press the Border Wars of the Revolution , as connected with the Life of the Mohawk chief- tain , Brant . It ...
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... directed to their situation , and their wants , while visiting the mis- sionary stations along the Delaware . He made several journies among the Indians deeper in the interior , and succeeded without difficulty in esta- blishing a 94 ...
... directed to their situation , and their wants , while visiting the mis- sionary stations along the Delaware . He made several journies among the Indians deeper in the interior , and succeeded without difficulty in esta- blishing a 94 ...
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... directed to the same end , and were not without their effect . The fact was , the French were omitting no exertions to win the Six Nations from their alliance with the English . In this de- sign they were partially successful , and the ...
... directed to the same end , and were not without their effect . The fact was , the French were omitting no exertions to win the Six Nations from their alliance with the English . In this de- sign they were partially successful , and the ...
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... directed to repair to Al- bany , where a great Indian Council was to be as- sembled in 1754 , and if possible to effect the pur chase . Their movements were not invested with secrecy , and the Governor of Pennsylvania , - James Hamilton ...
... directed to repair to Al- bany , where a great Indian Council was to be as- sembled in 1754 , and if possible to effect the pur chase . Their movements were not invested with secrecy , and the Governor of Pennsylvania , - James Hamilton ...
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... directed blows , and in the course of the summer , they com- menced bringing the lands into cultivation on the west side of the river . Their advancement was now so rapid , that it is believed the jealousies of the Indians began to be ...
... directed blows , and in the course of the summer , they com- menced bringing the lands into cultivation on the west side of the river . Their advancement was now so rapid , that it is believed the jealousies of the Indians began to be ...
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The Poetry and History of Wyoming: Containing Campbell's Gertrude William Leete Stone Vista completa - 1841 |
The Poetry and History of Wyoming; Containing Campbell's Gertrude Washington Irving,William L. Stone Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
The Poetry and History of Wyoming; Containing Campbell's Gertrude William L. Stone Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Términos y frases comunes
afterward arms arrival battle beauty blood Brant brother called Captain Chapman Charles Miner chief civil claim Colonel Dennison Colonel John Butler Colonel Pickering colony command Connecticut continental army council defence Delawares dians distance Durkee Easton enemy escape father fell fire Forty Franklin French garrison Gertrude GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Governor hatchet heart honour hundred Indians inhabitants Jenkins John Jenkins killed land Lazarus Stewart living massacre ment miles militia Mohawk Moravian mountains neighbours New-York night Ogden party peace Penn Pennsylvania Philadelphia Plymouth Company Pokono prisoners Proprietaries resided returned river savage scene Senecas sent settlements settlers Shawanese side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Slocum spirit STANZA Stewart surrender Susquehanna Company taken Teedyuscung territory thee thou tion took tories town Travels tribes troops valley of Wyoming wampum warrior wild Wilkesbarré women woods wounded young Zebulon Butler
Pasajes populares
Página 311 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Página 51 - Forbid not thee to weep : — Nor will the Christian host, Nor will thy father's spirit grieve, To see thee, on the battle's eve, Lamenting, take a mournful leave Of her who loved thee most: She was the rainbow to thy sight; Thy sun — thy heaven— of lost delight! " To-morrow let us do or die ! But when the bolt of death is hurl'd, Ah ! whither then with thee to fly, Shall Outalissi roam the world?
Página 13 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look: A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd, from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear— A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.
Página 324 - Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and, with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject...
Página 88 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Página xxvii - Susquehannah's side, fair Wyoming ! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall And roofless homes, a sad remembrance bring Of what thy gentle people did befall : Yet thou wert once the loveliest land of all That see the Atlantic wave their morn restore.
Página 40 - With all his howling desolating band ; — These eyes have seen their blade and burning pine Awake at once, and silence half your land. Red is the cup they drink ; but not with wine : Awake, and watch to-night, or see no morning shine...
Página 320 - ... resembles, at a distance, a great chunk of wood floating about : only the upper jaw moves, which they raise almost perpendicular, so as to form a right angle with the lower one. In the fore-part of the upper jaw, on each side, just under the- nostrils, are two very large, thick, strong teeth, or tusks, not very sharp, but rather the shape of a cone : these are as white...