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... captive from Pittsburg was , however , actually bound to the stake near the Sandusky villages , and rescued with difficulty by British traders . But this happened in 1790 , eight years after the date of our story . young lady , your ...
... captive from Pittsburg was , however , actually bound to the stake near the Sandusky villages , and rescued with difficulty by British traders . But this happened in 1790 , eight years after the date of our story . young lady , your ...
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... captive at the stake : -it is a brand in the hands of a ' camping Shawnee ! Look , friend ; he is blowing it into a flame ; and presently thee will see the whole bank around it in a glow . " It was even as Nathan said . Almost while he ...
... captive at the stake : -it is a brand in the hands of a ' camping Shawnee ! Look , friend ; he is blowing it into a flame ; and presently thee will see the whole bank around it in a glow . " It was even as Nathan said . Almost while he ...
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... captives , that only one made his way home , the other two having perished in the woods in some way unknown . But truly , " continued Nathan , suddenly diverting his attention from the tragic theme to the motions of his dog , 66 little ...
... captives , that only one made his way home , the other two having perished in the woods in some way unknown . But truly , " continued Nathan , suddenly diverting his attention from the tragic theme to the motions of his dog , 66 little ...
Page 117
... captivity , so like the juggling transi- tion of a dream the whole catastrophe , that Forrester , although overthrown and bleed- ing from two several wounds received at the first fire , and wholly in the power of his enemies , who ...
... captivity , so like the juggling transi- tion of a dream the whole catastrophe , that Forrester , although overthrown and bleed- ing from two several wounds received at the first fire , and wholly in the power of his enemies , who ...
Page 121
... glanced a moment from the bush in which he was lying , in search of the barbarians who had lately covered the slope of the hill , VOL . II . G but all had vanished ; captor and captive had alike NICK OF THE WOODS . 121 CHAPTER VII. ...
... glanced a moment from the bush in which he was lying , in search of the barbarians who had lately covered the slope of the hill , VOL . II . G but all had vanished ; captor and captive had alike NICK OF THE WOODS . 121 CHAPTER VII. ...
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