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Page vi
... women and children . If Dr. BIRD'S views on this subject are coloured by national anti- pathy , and by a desire to justify the encroachments of his countrymen upon the persecuted natives , rather than by a reasonable estimate of the ...
... women and children . If Dr. BIRD'S views on this subject are coloured by national anti- pathy , and by a desire to justify the encroachments of his countrymen upon the persecuted natives , rather than by a reasonable estimate of the ...
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... women and children , whom all other races in the world , no matter how barbarous , consent to spare , has hitherto been , and we suppose , to the end of our days will remain , a stumbling - block to our imagination : we look into the ...
... women and children , whom all other races in the world , no matter how barbarous , consent to spare , has hitherto been , and we suppose , to the end of our days will remain , a stumbling - block to our imagination : we look into the ...
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... women , and children , the last bearing that proportion to the others in point of numbers usually found in a bor- derer's family ; and thus , with the help of pack - horses , cattle , and a few negroes , the property of the more wealthy ...
... women , and children , the last bearing that proportion to the others in point of numbers usually found in a bor- derer's family ; and thus , with the help of pack - horses , cattle , and a few negroes , the property of the more wealthy ...
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... women and children , stowed carefully away for the most part , with other valuable chattels , on the backs of pack - horses , were mingled with droves . of cattle in the centre , many of which were made to bear burthens as well as the ...
... women and children , stowed carefully away for the most part , with other valuable chattels , on the backs of pack - horses , were mingled with droves . of cattle in the centre , many of which were made to bear burthens as well as the ...
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... women and fighting Injuns in all Kentucky ! And so , captain , if young ma- dam , your sister h'yar , is for picking a husband out of Kentuck , I'll say it , and stand to it , thar's not a better lad to c 2 NICK OF THE WOODS . 27 by ...
... women and fighting Injuns in all Kentucky ! And so , captain , if young ma- dam , your sister h'yar , is for picking a husband out of Kentuck , I'll say it , and stand to it , thar's not a better lad to c 2 NICK OF THE WOODS . 27 by ...
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