The Young American: A Civic ReaderMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1897 - 244 páginas |
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... Dustin's Escape * IN March , 1697 , Thomas Dustin , of Haverhill , was at work in his field , when he heard the terrible whoop of Indians , and ran towards his house . He had eight children — the youngest only a week old . The mother ...
... Dustin's Escape * IN March , 1697 , Thomas Dustin , of Haverhill , was at work in his field , when he heard the terrible whoop of Indians , and ran towards his house . He had eight children — the youngest only a week old . The mother ...
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... Dustin began her march through the wilderness , driven by her captors . Her feet were torn and chilled . Every step was marked by her blood . Some of her fellow - captors grew faint and fell , and then the tomahawk dispatched them . All ...
... Dustin began her march through the wilderness , driven by her captors . Her feet were torn and chilled . Every step was marked by her blood . Some of her fellow - captors grew faint and fell , and then the tomahawk dispatched them . All ...
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... Dustin runs the scalping - knife around the brows of the dead Indians , takes their scalps , and starts once more , guid- ing the canoe with her paddle , landing , and carrying it past dangerous rapids , reaching Haverhill , sixty miles ...
... Dustin runs the scalping - knife around the brows of the dead Indians , takes their scalps , and starts once more , guid- ing the canoe with her paddle , landing , and carrying it past dangerous rapids , reaching Haverhill , sixty miles ...
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PREFACE | 29 |
THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT John C Calhoun | 53 |
THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD | 59 |
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