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Page 10
... scarce less cordial wel- comes extended by the colonists even to the unknown stranger . Such was the re- ception of the emigrants at that period and in that country , where men were united . together 10 NICK OF THE WOODS .
... scarce less cordial wel- comes extended by the colonists even to the unknown stranger . Such was the re- ception of the emigrants at that period and in that country , where men were united . together 10 NICK OF THE WOODS .
Page 12
... scarce twenty - three years of age ; but five of those years had been passed in camps and battles ; and the la- bours , passions , and privations of his profes- sion had antedated the period of manhood . A frame tall and athletic , a ...
... scarce twenty - three years of age ; but five of those years had been passed in camps and battles ; and the la- bours , passions , and privations of his profes- sion had antedated the period of manhood . A frame tall and athletic , a ...
Page 13
... scarce conscious that he held it , -a de- gree of insensibility that would have spoken little in his favour to an observer , for his companion was both young and beautiful , and watched his moody countenance on her part with looks of ...
... scarce conscious that he held it , -a de- gree of insensibility that would have spoken little in his favour to an observer , for his companion was both young and beautiful , and watched his moody countenance on her part with looks of ...
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... scarce believe it , mom , " he continued , addressing Edith her- self , but the young brute did actually take the 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 ...
... scarce believe it , mom , " he continued , addressing Edith her- self , but the young brute did actually take the 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 ...
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... scarce exceeding seven- teen , whom she endeavoured to range in a row , to receive the expected guests in state , though every moment some one or other might be seen edging away from her side , as if in the act of deserting her alto ...
... scarce exceeding seven- teen , whom she endeavoured to range in a row , to receive the expected guests in state , though every moment some one or other might be seen edging away from her side , as if in the act of deserting her alto ...
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