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... thousand , while most of them were much smaller . Each of these tribes had its own territory , and was quite independent of the rest , and only in one instance do they seem to have attempted to unite in larger bodies . In the northern ...
... thousand , while most of them were much smaller . Each of these tribes had its own territory , and was quite independent of the rest , and only in one instance do they seem to have attempted to unite in larger bodies . In the northern ...
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... thousand has to think and the rest have little more to do than to obey , but they went out in small parties , sometimes of two or three ; and there was scarcely any hand - to - hand fighting , but everything lay in outwitting and ...
... thousand has to think and the rest have little more to do than to obey , but they went out in small parties , sometimes of two or three ; and there was scarcely any hand - to - hand fighting , but everything lay in outwitting and ...
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... thousand miles long , with large and beautiful cities , and yielding in gold and silver alone more than 60,000 / a year , while England had not so much as a single fishing - village . Yet the last fifty years had done much towards ...
... thousand miles long , with large and beautiful cities , and yielding in gold and silver alone more than 60,000 / a year , while England had not so much as a single fishing - village . Yet the last fifty years had done much towards ...
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... thousand persons had been sent thither , less than six hundred were left . At one place , Henrico , where there had been forty settlers , there was left but one house , and at Jamestown there were but ten or twelve . The con- dition of ...
... thousand persons had been sent thither , less than six hundred were left . At one place , Henrico , where there had been forty settlers , there was left but one house , and at Jamestown there were but ten or twelve . The con- dition of ...
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... thousand ; of these , two thousand were negro slaves . Besides these there were many English convicts , who were condemned to serve as slaves for a certain time . Most of these were prisoners who had been sentenced to death , but whose ...
... thousand ; of these , two thousand were negro slaves . Besides these there were many English convicts , who were condemned to serve as slaves for a certain time . Most of these were prisoners who had been sentenced to death , but whose ...
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