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... tribes , gave rise to a tradition that the Roanoke settlers had been absorbed . In the course of two centuries it even became a sign of family antiquity among the Virginians if any tint of the Indian complexion appeared in their line ...
... tribes , gave rise to a tradition that the Roanoke settlers had been absorbed . In the course of two centuries it even became a sign of family antiquity among the Virginians if any tint of the Indian complexion appeared in their line ...
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... tribe kindly as it was happy . The feeling of fear in the Europeans had given way to emotions of admiration , and now these , in turn , were being merged in a curiosity which grew all the stronger that it did not appear to be ...
... tribe kindly as it was happy . The feeling of fear in the Europeans had given way to emotions of admiration , and now these , in turn , were being merged in a curiosity which grew all the stronger that it did not appear to be ...
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... tribe dealt cruelly by a company of pale - faced men and women who landed among them ; they thought them demons , and so treated them ; that tradition is now a grief to us , and we long to bring such among us that we may be kind to them ...
... tribe dealt cruelly by a company of pale - faced men and women who landed among them ; they thought them demons , and so treated them ; that tradition is now a grief to us , and we long to bring such among us that we may be kind to them ...
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... and the only condition on which the that when they went away , it came , with bandaged eyes . tribe insisted was , should be as they He then ordered refreshments , and when the rest had been dis- missed THE INVISIBLE QUEEN . 13.
... and the only condition on which the that when they went away , it came , with bandaged eyes . tribe insisted was , should be as they He then ordered refreshments , and when the rest had been dis- missed THE INVISIBLE QUEEN . 13.
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... tribe ? " " How do they happen to speak English ? " " Why is your Majesty , being a young man , called a Queen ? " ' Why does your Majesty wear a woman's hair ? " " All about your Majesty's wig ? " " Who painted these pictures ...
... tribe ? " " How do they happen to speak English ? " " Why is your Majesty , being a young man , called a Queen ? " ' Why does your Majesty wear a woman's hair ? " " All about your Majesty's wig ? " " Who painted these pictures ...
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