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... . Atwater , Caleb ; Tour to Prairie du Chien . Cincinnati : 1829 . Baldwin , Thomas ; Narrative of the Massacre by the Savages , etc. New York : 1835 . INTRODUCTORY . XV Barre , W. L .; Writings and xiv HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
... . Atwater , Caleb ; Tour to Prairie du Chien . Cincinnati : 1829 . Baldwin , Thomas ; Narrative of the Massacre by the Savages , etc. New York : 1835 . INTRODUCTORY . XV Barre , W. L .; Writings and xiv HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
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... savages who were found with title and possession ; or recount the attending perils and heroic achievements through which the white race have , in a single century , wrought a mighty State and civilization out of the chaos of wild and ...
... savages who were found with title and possession ; or recount the attending perils and heroic achievements through which the white race have , in a single century , wrought a mighty State and civilization out of the chaos of wild and ...
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... savage cruelty , or returned to the settlements again , history bears uncertain record . Boone and Stewart were alone in the midst of the vast wilderness , with no living being , save savages and wild beasts , within hundreds of miles ...
... savage cruelty , or returned to the settlements again , history bears uncertain record . Boone and Stewart were alone in the midst of the vast wilderness , with no living being , save savages and wild beasts , within hundreds of miles ...
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... savages , as was their immemorial custom , from rushing upon the slain victim , and , winding one hand in the crown of hair , with a large knife in the other , taking off the scalp , and leaving bare the skull . This barbarous practice ...
... savages , as was their immemorial custom , from rushing upon the slain victim , and , winding one hand in the crown of hair , with a large knife in the other , taking off the scalp , and leaving bare the skull . This barbarous practice ...
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... savages , often professedly for the hunt , but always painted , equipped , and armed to assume the role of warrior when oppor- tunity tempted . The great unoccupied forest and prairie country that lay west of the mountains , bordered on ...
... savages , often professedly for the hunt , but always painted , equipped , and armed to assume the role of warrior when oppor- tunity tempted . The great unoccupied forest and prairie country that lay west of the mountains , bordered on ...
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