The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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Page 41
... house- keeping was simple . She kindled a fire on the ground by rubbing two dry sticks rapidly to- gether ; then she roasted the meat on the coals , or boiled it in an earthen pot . Birch - Bark Canoe . There was always plenty of smoke ...
... house- keeping was simple . She kindled a fire on the ground by rubbing two dry sticks rapidly to- gether ; then she roasted the meat on the coals , or boiled it in an earthen pot . Birch - Bark Canoe . There was always plenty of smoke ...
Page 49
... house erected in Massachusetts , intending to leave a colony there ; but when he had got a cargo of sassafras root and cedar logs , the settlers determined to go back 1 Gosnold sailed from Falmouth on the southwest coast of England ...
... house erected in Massachusetts , intending to leave a colony there ; but when he had got a cargo of sassafras root and cedar logs , the settlers determined to go back 1 Gosnold sailed from Falmouth on the southwest coast of England ...
Page 53
... houses at first , but lived under rude shelters made of branches or of old sails . The provisions they brought with them had partly spoiled , and the river water was unwholesome to drink . Many fell ill with fever . During the hot ...
... houses at first , but lived under rude shelters made of branches or of old sails . The provisions they brought with them had partly spoiled , and the river water was unwholesome to drink . Many fell ill with fever . During the hot ...
Page 57
... . Acting under instructions from the London Company , he summoned a general assembly or legis- lature , to be elected by all the freemen of Virginia . 1 Yeardley ( Yeerd❜ly ) . They met in the church at This House of Burgesses.
... . Acting under instructions from the London Company , he summoned a general assembly or legis- lature , to be elected by all the freemen of Virginia . 1 Yeardley ( Yeerd❜ly ) . They met in the church at This House of Burgesses.
Page 58
... House of Burgesses , or the lower house of the Virginia Legislature , is now called the House of Delegates . * Confirmed by a written Constitution sent out by the London Company in 1621 . 4 The date is sometimes , though incorrectly ...
... House of Burgesses , or the lower house of the Virginia Legislature , is now called the House of Delegates . * Confirmed by a written Constitution sent out by the London Company in 1621 . 4 The date is sometimes , though incorrectly ...
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