"Lords of the Soil": A Romance of Indian Life Among the Early English SettlersDuplicitous English colonists in the company of Captain Lion Gardiner on Long Island in the year 1654 conspire to obtain Indian land by having "Heather Flower," daughter of the Montauk sachem, Wyandanch, kidnapped and held for ransom by the Narragansetts, a warring tribe. |
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... Montauks XI A Bow with Two Strings XII The Warwhoop of the XIII The Law of the White Man • 906 90 97 • 108 118 XIV Wic - chi - tau - bit 124 XV Birds of Prey 136 XVI The Signal Fire 148 XVII " Noche Trieste " 155 XVIII " Even to the ...
... Montauks XI A Bow with Two Strings XII The Warwhoop of the XIII The Law of the White Man • 906 90 97 • 108 118 XIV Wic - chi - tau - bit 124 XV Birds of Prey 136 XVI The Signal Fire 148 XVII " Noche Trieste " 155 XVIII " Even to the ...
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... Montauks . The Indian proprietors had named the island paradise Man - cho - nock , but Lyon Gardiner had re - christened his estate the Isle of Wight . For a year Major Gordon's only child had been a guest at the Isle of Wight , and ...
... Montauks . The Indian proprietors had named the island paradise Man - cho - nock , but Lyon Gardiner had re - christened his estate the Isle of Wight . For a year Major Gordon's only child had been a guest at the Isle of Wight , and ...
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... Montauks , mourns . " With a wave of her hand Heather Flower dis- missed her guests , and without a word , turned away , disappearing within a small wigwam . " Now , by my faith , a decidedly cavalier way of dismissing one's guests ...
... Montauks , mourns . " With a wave of her hand Heather Flower dis- missed her guests , and without a word , turned away , disappearing within a small wigwam . " Now , by my faith , a decidedly cavalier way of dismissing one's guests ...
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... not of his amber - tressed , lily - fair Damaris , but of the bewitching , glowing beauty of Ash - kick - o - tau - tup , the Heather Flower of the Montauks . CHAPTER IV AN INDIAN SHRINE " With reverent steps we 28 LORDS OF THE SOIL.
... not of his amber - tressed , lily - fair Damaris , but of the bewitching , glowing beauty of Ash - kick - o - tau - tup , the Heather Flower of the Montauks . CHAPTER IV AN INDIAN SHRINE " With reverent steps we 28 LORDS OF THE SOIL.
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... In the three villages of Wyandance , King of the Montauks , Nowedanah , Grand Sachem of the Shin- necocks , and Momometou , Sagamore of the Mat- titucks , the ordinary occupations were suspended , and not 29 IV An Indian Shrine.
... In the three villages of Wyandance , King of the Montauks , Nowedanah , Grand Sachem of the Shin- necocks , and Momometou , Sagamore of the Mat- titucks , the ordinary occupations were suspended , and not 29 IV An Indian Shrine.
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arms arrow asked beneath blood boat breath Canady Canarsees canoe Captain Gardiner chief Colonel Lawrence colonies Damaris dark daughter dead death deep devil enemies English exclaimed eyes face father fear feet fell fierce fire flame forest gaze Guy Kingsland hall hand head heart Heather Flower Henry Lawrence Highflyer hour hunting Indian island Isle of Wight King Lady Moody land Lieutenant light lips Listen lodge look maiden Major Gordon Man-cho-nock Mandush Manhansetts Mohawks Mohicans Montauks moon Narragansetts never night Ninigret pale pale-face papoose Poggatticut Poniute princess prisoner red brother replied returned Richard Smith Roswell Sachem sailed savage scalp Sea-wan-ha-ka serpent shadows shore shoulders silence Sir Henry Snowbird Spirit squaw stood strong tauks tell To-cus tomahawk tone tongue tribes turned voice Wa-ne-no wampum waters waves Wee-gon whispered white brother white wolf Wic-chi-tau-bit wigwam wind words wounded Wyancombone Wyandance Yo-kee young warrior Zounds