A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 36
... fight seven years and not kill seven men . " The Indians , he insisted , fought one another from great distances . When they discharged their missile " they gaze up in the sky to see where the arrow fall , and not until it is fallen do ...
... fight seven years and not kill seven men . " The Indians , he insisted , fought one another from great distances . When they discharged their missile " they gaze up in the sky to see where the arrow fall , and not until it is fallen do ...
Pagina 43
... fight the natives was to be " light and naked , as they come Against Us , creeping near . . . . " During King Philip's War , Benjamin Church ordered his troops to " creep . on their bellies , until they came as near as they could ; and ...
... fight the natives was to be " light and naked , as they come Against Us , creeping near . . . . " During King Philip's War , Benjamin Church ordered his troops to " creep . on their bellies , until they came as near as they could ; and ...
Pagina 145
... fight to the death , and , he freely acknowledged , in doing so his motives " were more urgent than theirs , " for he did not wish to be captured . But apparently he did not offer to stand and fight for his life alongside the crew . He ...
... fight to the death , and , he freely acknowledged , in doing so his motives " were more urgent than theirs , " for he did not wish to be captured . But apparently he did not offer to stand and fight for his life alongside the crew . He ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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