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... was the first white child born in America , and she was named Virginia . Nine days after her birth , Governor White sailed for England to procure supplies , leaving on the island eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and.
... was the first white child born in America , and she was named Virginia . Nine days after her birth , Governor White sailed for England to procure supplies , leaving on the island eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and.
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... and may show our gratitude for their having been the means , even when our fathers slew them , of leaving with us a priceless benefit which we still enjoy . " This last reply completely puzzled the Euro- peans , and THE INVISIBLE QUEEN .
... and may show our gratitude for their having been the means , even when our fathers slew them , of leaving with us a priceless benefit which we still enjoy . " This last reply completely puzzled the Euro- peans , and THE INVISIBLE QUEEN .
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... leave the retreat , which had been discovered by their enemies , and where some of their best men had been slain . It was no longer to them CROATOAN , the Land of Peace . The cry was raised for another CROATOAN . They looked with pity ...
... leave the retreat , which had been discovered by their enemies , and where some of their best men had been slain . It was no longer to them CROATOAN , the Land of Peace . The cry was raised for another CROATOAN . They looked with pity ...
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... leaving the valley , and settling in one adjacent to it . There they set up a government of their own ; and while their government re- sembled in most respects that from which they had seceded , so great was their wrath , that they made ...
... leaving the valley , and settling in one adjacent to it . There they set up a government of their own ; and while their government re- sembled in most respects that from which they had seceded , so great was their wrath , that they made ...
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... leave it to me whether their shrines should stand or fall . " This position of arbiter was sprung upon me before I had been able to lay before the tribe my views . It was evident too that they were moved by sentiment , and that the ...
... leave it to me whether their shrines should stand or fall . " This position of arbiter was sprung upon me before I had been able to lay before the tribe my views . It was evident too that they were moved by sentiment , and that the ...
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