The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... Indians and with the French , Colonial Life ) , 1607 to 1763 . IV . The Revolution ; the Constitution , 1763 to 1789 .... V. The Union , National Development ( Presidents from Wash- ington to Buchanan , inclusive ) , 1789 to 1861 VI ...
... Indians and with the French , Colonial Life ) , 1607 to 1763 . IV . The Revolution ; the Constitution , 1763 to 1789 .... V. The Union , National Development ( Presidents from Wash- ington to Buchanan , inclusive ) , 1789 to 1861 VI ...
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... Indians . However incorrect that designation may seem to us , knowing , as we do , that the Indies are many thousand miles west of the Bahamas , still that name will doubtless cling to that people as long as they continue to exist ...
... Indians . However incorrect that designation may seem to us , knowing , as we do , that the Indies are many thousand miles west of the Bahamas , still that name will doubtless cling to that people as long as they continue to exist ...
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... Indians , kidnapped to be sold as slaves in Europe . Loud was then the outcry against Columbus . The rabble nick- named him the " Admiral of Mosquito Land . " They pointed at him as the man who had promised everything , and ended by dis ...
... Indians , kidnapped to be sold as slaves in Europe . Loud was then the outcry against Columbus . The rabble nick- named him the " Admiral of Mosquito Land . " They pointed at him as the man who had promised everything , and ended by dis ...
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... Indians of a land not very far distant which was said to pos- sess two things he coveted , gold , and a fountain which could make the old young again . De Leon readily obtained a royal charter from Spain , which gave him power to go in ...
... Indians of a land not very far distant which was said to pos- sess two things he coveted , gold , and a fountain which could make the old young again . De Leon readily obtained a royal charter from Spain , which gave him power to go in ...
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... Indian village . Land- ing , he climbed the lofty hill behind it . He was so delighted with the grand view that he called the ... Indians . After a long captivity , he and three of his companions managed to escape . They plunged into the ...
... Indian village . Land- ing , he climbed the lofty hill behind it . He was so delighted with the grand view that he called the ... Indians . After a long captivity , he and three of his companions managed to escape . They plunged into the ...
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