A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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... [ captives ' ] flesh piece - meales off their Bones . " Such encounters and rumors " much daunted " the soldiers ... captives while in sight of pursuing troops . 43 The Indians ' treatment of captives reflected ceremonial , even religious ...
... [ captives ' ] flesh piece - meales off their Bones . " Such encounters and rumors " much daunted " the soldiers ... captives while in sight of pursuing troops . 43 The Indians ' treatment of captives reflected ceremonial , even religious ...
Pagina 51
... captives were compelled to run the gauntlet and were clubbed to death . Some captives were slowly starved to death . Those who were dragged in " slave straps " back to the tribal village and tortured suffered unimaginable agonies . In ...
... captives were compelled to run the gauntlet and were clubbed to death . Some captives were slowly starved to death . Those who were dragged in " slave straps " back to the tribal village and tortured suffered unimaginable agonies . In ...
Pagina 52
... captives " by the Law of warre , or to save them at their pleasure . . . . " The King sent similar instructions to Sir Edmund Andros , governor of the Dominion of New England . Depredations inevitably occurred . In one of the earliest ...
... captives " by the Law of warre , or to save them at their pleasure . . . . " The King sent similar instructions to Sir Edmund Andros , governor of the Dominion of New England . Depredations inevitably occurred . In one of the earliest ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
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