A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... battle . His equa- nimity in the career of victory , was only equall- ed by his fortitude in the hour of adversity . If he had many vices incident to the savage life , he had some virtues seldom found among the civilized . He commanded ...
... battle . His equa- nimity in the career of victory , was only equall- ed by his fortitude in the hour of adversity . If he had many vices incident to the savage life , he had some virtues seldom found among the civilized . He commanded ...
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... battle . He had no sooner recovered than he began to plot the ruin of the invaders . For this purpose he issued secret orders to his warriors to assemble and attack the colony . The plot fortunately for the English was dis- covered ...
... battle . He had no sooner recovered than he began to plot the ruin of the invaders . For this purpose he issued secret orders to his warriors to assemble and attack the colony . The plot fortunately for the English was dis- covered ...
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... battle , lay among the slain . He was taken pri- soner by the enemy , and after being cured of his wounds he was sold to the bashaw Bogul , who sent him as a present to his mistress Tra- gabigzanda at Constantinople . This lady be- came ...
... battle , lay among the slain . He was taken pri- soner by the enemy , and after being cured of his wounds he was sold to the bashaw Bogul , who sent him as a present to his mistress Tra- gabigzanda at Constantinople . This lady be- came ...
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... battle , and compelled to yield at least a tem- porary submission to the English . The arrival of Pocahontas excited much curiosity in England , while the wonders of the metropolis were no less calculated to awake her own . Having at ...
... battle , and compelled to yield at least a tem- porary submission to the English . The arrival of Pocahontas excited much curiosity in England , while the wonders of the metropolis were no less calculated to awake her own . Having at ...
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... battle and fortitude in ad- versity , mingled with treachery and cunning in their domestic intercourse , form the grand lineaments of the Indian character . We must not however exclude from the list of their vir- tues the warm fidelity ...
... battle and fortitude in ad- versity , mingled with treachery and cunning in their domestic intercourse , form the grand lineaments of the Indian character . We must not however exclude from the list of their vir- tues the warm fidelity ...
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affairs afterwards American Biography Anne Burras appointed arms army arrived in Virginia assembly attack battle Blair body British captain Smith chief church civil colonel colonists colony command commenced committee conduct congress convention Cornwallis coun court death defence delegates despatched destroyed detachment died Edmund Edmund Pendleton elected enemy England English expedition Fayette force formed French George George Yeardley ginia governor of Virginia gress Henry history of Virginia honour house of burgesses hundred Indians insurgents James river Jamestown John killed king land length liberty lord Dunmore ment Middle Plantation military militia monarch Monongahela natives Newport Opechancanough party peace Powhatan Powhatan confederacy preached present president prisoners proceeded Quesne received regiment religion retreat returned to England Richmond sailed savage sent settlements sion sir William Berkeley soon succeeded thousand tion took town tribes troops vernment Washington Williamsburg wounded