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Page 16
... wigwam , might lie in wait round about it , expecting my return , and so delaying the attack upon friend Ash- burn's house ; whereby I might have time . to reach him , and warn him of his danger again ; and this idea prevailed with me ...
... wigwam , might lie in wait round about it , expecting my return , and so delaying the attack upon friend Ash- burn's house ; whereby I might have time . to reach him , and warn him of his danger again ; and this idea prevailed with me ...
Page 237
... wigwam , thee would seek for their blood , and thee would shed it ; thee would think of thee wife and thee little babes , and thee heart would be as stone and fire within thee - thee would kill , friend , thee would kill , thee would ...
... wigwam , thee would seek for their blood , and thee would shed it ; thee would think of thee wife and thee little babes , and thee heart would be as stone and fire within thee - thee would kill , friend , thee would kill , thee would ...
Page 249
... that lives in the woods , having neither cabin nor wigwam , the Injuns having burned down the same , so that it is tedious to re- build them and having neither pots nor pans , the same having been all stolen , I NICK OF THE WOODS . 249.
... that lives in the woods , having neither cabin nor wigwam , the Injuns having burned down the same , so that it is tedious to re- build them and having neither pots nor pans , the same having been all stolen , I NICK OF THE WOODS . 249.
Page 68
... wigwam , and watched by wakeful ha- bitants , shone too brightly from its door , he crept by with the greatest circumspec- tion ; and he gave as wide a berth as pos- sible to every noisy straggler who yet roamed through the village ...
... wigwam , and watched by wakeful ha- bitants , shone too brightly from its door , he crept by with the greatest circumspec- tion ; and he gave as wide a berth as pos- sible to every noisy straggler who yet roamed through the village ...
Page 77
... wigwams here , in the dead of the night , and nothing , in the morning , but the mark of the Jibbenainosay to tell who was the butcher . There's not a cussed warrior of them all that does n't go to his bed at night in fear ; for none ...
... wigwams here , in the dead of the night , and nothing , in the morning , but the mark of the Jibbenainosay to tell who was the butcher . There's not a cussed warrior of them all that does n't go to his bed at night in fear ; for none ...
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