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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... means of subsistence are often precarious and always scanty . The labours and hardships of the women , and the constant and destructive wars of the men , equally tend to retard the progress of population . When the first settlement of ...
... means of subsistence are often precarious and always scanty . The labours and hardships of the women , and the constant and destructive wars of the men , equally tend to retard the progress of population . When the first settlement of ...
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... means of subsistence . The Indians of Virginia were generally well formed , and something above the European sta- ture . Smith , in his History of Virginia , repre- sents some of the tribes , particularly the Sus- quehannocks , as ...
... means of subsistence . The Indians of Virginia were generally well formed , and something above the European sta- ture . Smith , in his History of Virginia , repre- sents some of the tribes , particularly the Sus- quehannocks , as ...
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... means of intelligence , he obtained relief by means of a telegraph con- structed by Smith . Information was given of their design to attack the Turks on the east quarter , and advising Eberspaught at what time to make a sally . The ...
... means of intelligence , he obtained relief by means of a telegraph con- structed by Smith . Information was given of their design to attack the Turks on the east quarter , and advising Eberspaught at what time to make a sally . The ...
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... means of afford- ing substantial relief , and being discouraged by the dismal aspect of affairs , they resolved , with the miserable residue of the colony , to abandon their settlements and return to Eng- land . They accordingly ...
... means of afford- ing substantial relief , and being discouraged by the dismal aspect of affairs , they resolved , with the miserable residue of the colony , to abandon their settlements and return to Eng- land . They accordingly ...
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... mean time Bacon had raised his popularity by a successful attack on the In- dian settlements , in which he had made a number of prisoners . He was returning , swell- ed with the importance of his victory , when he received the news of ...
... mean time Bacon had raised his popularity by a successful attack on the In- dian settlements , in which he had made a number of prisoners . He was returning , swell- ed with the importance of his victory , when he received the news of ...
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