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... scalp of a full grown Shawnee , before he war fourteen y'ar old , and that in fa'r fight , whar thar war none to help him . The way of it war this : Tom war out in the range , looking for a neighbour's horse ; when what should he see ...
... scalp of a full grown Shawnee , before he war fourteen y'ar old , and that in fa'r fight , whar thar war none to help him . The way of it war this : Tom war out in the range , looking for a neighbour's horse ; when what should he see ...
Page 45
... scalp a woman just as readily as a man . As to their torturing them , that's not so certain , but the brutes are n't a bit too good for it ; and I did h'ar of their burning one poor woman at Sandusky . But now , captain , if you are ...
... scalp a woman just as readily as a man . As to their torturing them , that's not so certain , but the brutes are n't a bit too good for it ; and I did h'ar of their burning one poor woman at Sandusky . But now , captain , if you are ...
Page 47
... scalp , " said the Kentuckian , warmly grasping the young man's hand , " if I don't honour you the more for boasting such a father and such uncles ! You come of the true stock , cap- tain , thar's no denying ; and my brave old major's ...
... scalp , " said the Kentuckian , warmly grasping the young man's hand , " if I don't honour you the more for boasting such a father and such uncles ! You come of the true stock , cap- tain , thar's no denying ; and my brave old major's ...
Page 65
... scalp in Kentucky , without taking great pains to show it to his neighbours . " " And besides , captain , " said the father , very gravely , " thar are men among us who have seen the creatur ' ! " " That , " said Roland , who perceived ...
... scalp in Kentucky , without taking great pains to show it to his neighbours . " " And besides , captain , " said the father , very gravely , " thar are men among us who have seen the creatur ' ! " " That , " said Roland , who perceived ...
Page 134
... scalp in the company ; and so it makes one sad - like to pass thar , and the more partickelarly that its ' all nat- teral fine ground for an ambush . You'll see the road , when you are six mile deep 134 NICK OF THE WOODS .
... scalp in the company ; and so it makes one sad - like to pass thar , and the more partickelarly that its ' all nat- teral fine ground for an ambush . You'll see the road , when you are six mile deep 134 NICK OF THE WOODS .
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