Tennessee Historical Magazine, Τόμος 4John Hibbert De Witt, William Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sloussat The Society, 1918 |
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... death or otherwise disposed of as he might think proper . Attakullakulla promised to do all that he could to persuade his countrymen to give the satisfaction demanded ; yet he frankly told the governor it could not be done , as the ...
... death or otherwise disposed of as he might think proper . Attakullakulla promised to do all that he could to persuade his countrymen to give the satisfaction demanded ; yet he frankly told the governor it could not be done , as the ...
Σελίδα 21
... death in front of his camp ; or four green scalps to be brought to him in the space of twelve nights . " 42 This he said he had no power to concede , and Colonel Grant consented that he might go to Charleston and see whether Governor ...
... death in front of his camp ; or four green scalps to be brought to him in the space of twelve nights . " 42 This he said he had no power to concede , and Colonel Grant consented that he might go to Charleston and see whether Governor ...
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... death as well as the death of Attakullakulla , was spoken of at the treaty of Hopewell , in 1785 , as an event well known to the whites as well as the Indians.50 15James Robertson to Governor Caswell , October 17 , 1777. State Records ...
... death as well as the death of Attakullakulla , was spoken of at the treaty of Hopewell , in 1785 , as an event well known to the whites as well as the Indians.50 15James Robertson to Governor Caswell , October 17 , 1777. State Records ...
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... death by burning . " The Tassel afterwards asserted , no doubt truthfully , that he was the only white person ever burned by the Indians in Tennessee . " " Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee , p . 157 . " Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee , p ...
... death by burning . " The Tassel afterwards asserted , no doubt truthfully , that he was the only white person ever burned by the Indians in Tennessee . " " Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee , p . 157 . " Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee , p ...
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... death . The Indians rushed on him , and one of them , twisting his fingers in his hair , began to scalp him . His knife being very dull the scalp did not yield readily ; he took a new hold , and sawed away until he could pull it off ...
... death . The Indians rushed on him , and one of them , twisting his fingers in his hair , began to scalp him . His knife being very dull the scalp did not yield readily ; he took a new hold , and sawed away until he could pull it off ...
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Σελίδα 72 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that. You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Σελίδα 21 - ... rejoice under their precious loads— the fields stood thick with bread. We encamped the first night in the woods, near the fields, where the whole army feasted on the young corn, which, with fat venison, made a most delicious treat. The next morning we proceeded, by order of Colonel Grant, to burn down the Indian cabins.
Σελίδα 226 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Σελίδα 55 - Ford.] after the image of the Creator. He has mental capacities, and an immortal principle in his nature, that constitute him equal to his owner, but for the accidental position in which fortune has placed him.
Σελίδα 42 - Journal of a Voyage, intended by God's permission, in the good boat Adventure, from Fort Patrick Henry, on Holston River, to the French Salt Springs on Cumberland River, kept by John Donelson.
Σελίδα 63 - They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Σελίδα 97 - Report of the Committee on social studies of the Commission on the reorganization of secondary education of the National education association.
Σελίδα 255 - Judge shall proceed to the last fatal ceremony, and demand what he has to say why the Sentence of the Law should not be pronounced upon him...
Σελίδα 242 - Descriptive List of Manuscript Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin . . . ( Madison, 1906...
Σελίδα 7 - THE MEMOIRS of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (who accompanied the three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1762,) containing whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public notice, during his travels to and from that nation ; wherein the country, government, genius, and customs of the inhabitants, are authentically described. Also the principal occurrences during their residence in London. Illustrated with an accurate map of their overhill settlement, and a curious secret journal, taken by the...