The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, 1891 - 359 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 58
... House of Burgesses , as Jamestown , Friday , July 30 , 1619. * it was then called , was the first law - making ... House of Burgesses , or the lower house of the Virginia Legislature , is now called the House of Delegates . 4 The date is ...
... House of Burgesses , as Jamestown , Friday , July 30 , 1619. * it was then called , was the first law - making ... House of Burgesses , or the lower house of the Virginia Legislature , is now called the House of Delegates . 4 The date is ...
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... house - servants , and were not very numerous ; but at the South they were employed chiefly as field - hands : so that there the whole system of agriculture depended on them , and the wisest and best men did not then see how cotton and ...
... house - servants , and were not very numerous ; but at the South they were employed chiefly as field - hands : so that there the whole system of agriculture depended on them , and the wisest and best men did not then see how cotton and ...
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