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... warrior , the ' feather- cinctured chief , ' rushing to meet his foe , and behold him retiring , laden with the scalps of miserable squaws and their babes . - Heroical ? Hoc verbum quid valeat , non vident . NICK OF THE WOODS . CHAPTER ...
... warrior , the ' feather- cinctured chief , ' rushing to meet his foe , and behold him retiring , laden with the scalps of miserable squaws and their babes . - Heroical ? Hoc verbum quid valeat , non vident . NICK OF THE WOODS . CHAPTER ...
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... warriors ; while some few of the negroes were pro- vided with the same formidable weapons . In fact , the dangers of the journey through the wilderness required that every indivi- dual of a party should be well armed , who was at all ...
... warriors ; while some few of the negroes were pro- vided with the same formidable weapons . In fact , the dangers of the journey through the wilderness required that every indivi- dual of a party should be well armed , who was at all ...
Page 194
... warriors , whose guns and voices had been heard by the party . Besides communicating all the informa- tion which he possessed on these points , he proceeded without waiting to be asked , to give an account of his own history ; and a ...
... warriors , whose guns and voices had been heard by the party . Besides communicating all the informa- tion which he possessed on these points , he proceeded without waiting to be asked , to give an account of his own history ; and a ...
Page 207
... warrior , all in like manner shivered to pieces by the unknown assassin . The warrior seemed to have perished only after a fearful struggle ; the earth was torn where he lay , and his hands , yet grasping the soil , were dyed a double ...
... warrior , all in like manner shivered to pieces by the unknown assassin . The warrior seemed to have perished only after a fearful struggle ; the earth was torn where he lay , and his hands , yet grasping the soil , were dyed a double ...
Page 210
... warrior of life . The gashes across the ribs were the only other wounds on the body ; that on the head , made by a hatchet , was evidently the one that had caused the warrior's death . If this circumstance abated the wonder the soldier ...
... warrior of life . The gashes across the ribs were the only other wounds on the body ; that on the head , made by a hatchet , was evidently the one that had caused the warrior's death . If this circumstance abated the wonder the soldier ...
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