| James Wimer - 1841 - 664 páginas
...1«nefit to the little girl. Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a few faint moans, and all was again silent. Presently the crackling...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some mijfht escape; in the other their late would... | |
| Joseph Pritts - 1849 - 742 páginas
...means of several rails taken from the yard fence, the door was forced from its hinges and the throe girls were at the mercy of the savages. One was immediately...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case, there was a possibility that some might escape; in the other, their late would... | |
| Joseph Pritts - 1849 - 774 páginas
...terrified little creature ran around the house wringing her hands, and crying out WIDOW SCRAOOS. 667 that her sisters were killed. The brothers, unwilling...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case, there was a possibility that some might escape; in the other, their fate would... | |
| John Alexander McClung - 1852 - 344 páginas
...benefit to the little girl. Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a few faint moans and all was again silent. Presently the crackling...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some might escape; in the other, their fate would... | |
| John Frost - 1853 - 624 páginas
...benefit to the little girl. Just then the child uttered a.loud scream, followed by a few faint moans and all was again silent. Presently the crackling...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some might escape ; in the other, their fate would... | |
| John Frost - 1854 - 626 páginas
...benefit to the little girl. Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a few faint moans and all was again silent. Presently the crackling...that they had set fire to that division of the house _ which had been occupied by the daughters, and of which they held undisputed possession. The fire... | |
| Henry Clay Watson - 1856 - 460 páginas
...unfortunately, they discovered the door of the other cabin, Attack upon the Widow Scraggs'a Ilouse. which contained the three daughters. The rifles of..." The fire was quickly communicated to the rest of 2B the building, and it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case, there... | |
| John Frost - 1860 - 390 páginas
...benefit to the little girl. Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a few faint moans and all was again silent. Presently the crackling...it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some might escape, in the other their fate would... | |
| Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming - 1869 - 310 páginas
...to the door and were preparing to sally out to her assistance, when their mother threw her19* self before them and calmly declared that the child must...undisputed possession. The fire was quickly communicated to rest of the building, it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case, there... | |
| John Alexander McClung - 1872 - 450 páginas
...and all was again silent. Presently the crackling of flames was heard, accompanied by a trinmphant yell from the Indians, announcing that they had set...it' became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some might escape ; in the other, their fate would... | |
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