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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... captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of July they cast anchor at a place cal- led Wococon * on the coast of North Carolina . " Wococon , or Wokoken is supposed by ...
... captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of July they cast anchor at a place cal- led Wococon * on the coast of North Carolina . " Wococon , or Wokoken is supposed by ...
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... captain Amydas , with seven of his companions , went on a visit , and were hos- pitably entertained by the wife of that chief , who was himself absent . The town consisted of eight or nine houses , built of cedar , and enclosed by a ...
... captain Amydas , with seven of his companions , went on a visit , and were hos- pitably entertained by the wife of that chief , who was himself absent . The town consisted of eight or nine houses , built of cedar , and enclosed by a ...
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... captain John Smith , that part of Virginia that lies between the sea and the mountains was inhabited by forty - three different tribes of Indians . Thirty of these were united in a grand confederacy under the emperor Powhatan . The ...
... captain John Smith , that part of Virginia that lies between the sea and the mountains was inhabited by forty - three different tribes of Indians . Thirty of these were united in a grand confederacy under the emperor Powhatan . The ...
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... captain of the christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains being selected , they chose by lot one of that number to fight the Turkish hero . The lot fell upon Smith , who cheerfully accepted the challenge . He met his antagonist ...
... captain of the christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains being selected , they chose by lot one of that number to fight the Turkish hero . The lot fell upon Smith , who cheerfully accepted the challenge . He met his antagonist ...
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... captain , and enabled him to add to the glory of his former victories the head of Bonamalgro . For these exploits he was honoured with a grand military proces- sion , in which three Turks ' heads borne on the points of lances , graced ...
... captain , and enabled him to add to the glory of his former victories the head of Bonamalgro . For these exploits he was honoured with a grand military proces- sion , in which three Turks ' heads borne on the points of lances , graced ...
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