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... exposed to the inclemencies of the season , often subsisting on no other food than the unwholesome moss which he gathered from the rocks , and sleeping beneath the skies on the open ground , without the comfort of a fire .
... exposed to the inclemencies of the season , often subsisting on no other food than the unwholesome moss which he gathered from the rocks , and sleeping beneath the skies on the open ground , without the comfort of a fire .
Σελίδα 26
Lots in the old times were enclosed by cedar posts or pickets , planted about two feet in the ground and extending five feet above . These pickets were placed touching each other , the whole forming a light and safe paling around each ...
Lots in the old times were enclosed by cedar posts or pickets , planted about two feet in the ground and extending five feet above . These pickets were placed touching each other , the whole forming a light and safe paling around each ...
Σελίδα 27
... the beam was nearly straight , resting on an axle supported by two small wheels , the wheels low , and the beam so fixed on the axle with a chain or rope of raw hide , that the plough could be placed deep or shallow in the ground .
... the beam was nearly straight , resting on an axle supported by two small wheels , the wheels low , and the beam so fixed on the axle with a chain or rope of raw hide , that the plough could be placed deep or shallow in the ground .
Σελίδα 30
Immediately upon the commencement of hostilities , the savages attacked the frontier settlements and burnt them to the ground , causing the forests to resound with the heart - rending shrieks of helpless women and children , who fell ...
Immediately upon the commencement of hostilities , the savages attacked the frontier settlements and burnt them to the ground , causing the forests to resound with the heart - rending shrieks of helpless women and children , who fell ...
Σελίδα 37
... were erected at the four corners of a square lot of ground , as large as the necessities of the people required . The intervals between these block - houses were filled up with large timbers , placed deep in the ground , and ...
... were erected at the four corners of a square lot of ground , as large as the necessities of the people required . The intervals between these block - houses were filled up with large timbers , placed deep in the ground , and ...
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