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Page 138
... Indian and would show her the scalp when he got home . General Andrew Lewis's Virginians scalped the Indians they killed in the battle at Point Pleasant in 1774 , and two years later , during the great Cherokee war , the Legislature of ...
... Indian and would show her the scalp when he got home . General Andrew Lewis's Virginians scalped the Indians they killed in the battle at Point Pleasant in 1774 , and two years later , during the great Cherokee war , the Legislature of ...
Page 176
... Indians were caught between the devil and the deep blue sea . By the whites they were distrusted and suspected of being secret allies of the enemy , while by the hostile Indians they were hated as renegades and traitors to their own ...
... Indians were caught between the devil and the deep blue sea . By the whites they were distrusted and suspected of being secret allies of the enemy , while by the hostile Indians they were hated as renegades and traitors to their own ...
Page 358
George William Stimpson. Indians , fields , did they fertilize , 162 Indians , Flathead , did they flatten heads , 264 Indians , lacrosse played by , 289 Indians , largest tribe in United States , 194 Indians , mound builders , were they ...
George William Stimpson. Indians , fields , did they fertilize , 162 Indians , Flathead , did they flatten heads , 264 Indians , lacrosse played by , 289 Indians , largest tribe in United States , 194 Indians , mound builders , were they ...
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