The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, 1891 - 359 pages |
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... Battle of Bunker Hill ( from an Old Print ) . 160 V. Franklin's Letter to Strahan .. 162 VI . Thomas Jefferson ... VII . Henry Clay ... VIII . John C. Calhoun . 165 225 241 IX . Daniel Webster . 242 X. Abraham Lincoln .. 279 XI ...
... Battle of Bunker Hill ( from an Old Print ) . 160 V. Franklin's Letter to Strahan .. 162 VI . Thomas Jefferson ... VII . Henry Clay ... VIII . John C. Calhoun . 165 225 241 IX . Daniel Webster . 242 X. Abraham Lincoln .. 279 XI ...
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... battle - field to fight on . 34. Personal Appearance of the Indians ; the " Scalp- Lock . " 5 - Columbus called the natives Indians ; but they called themselves simply " Men , " or " Real Men " ; " Real Men " they cer- tainly often ...
... battle - field to fight on . 34. Personal Appearance of the Indians ; the " Scalp- Lock . " 5 - Columbus called the natives Indians ; but they called themselves simply " Men , " or " Real Men " ; " Real Men " they cer- tainly often ...
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... battle . That lock was the Indian's flag of defiance . It waved above his head as the colors do over a fort , as if to say , " Take me if you can ! " - 35. How the Indians lived . The Indians were savages ; but seldom degraded savages.1 ...
... battle . That lock was the Indian's flag of defiance . It waved above his head as the colors do over a fort , as if to say , " Take me if you can ! " - 35. How the Indians lived . The Indians were savages ; but seldom degraded savages.1 ...
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... battle would no more have dared to decorate himself like a veteran warrior than a private soldier in the United States army would venture to appear at parade in the uniform of a major - general . 11 2 Each tribe had a " " totem , ' or ...
... battle would no more have dared to decorate himself like a veteran warrior than a private soldier in the United States army would venture to appear at parade in the uniform of a major - general . 11 2 Each tribe had a " " totem , ' or ...
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... battle with Atlantic storms , and ocean commerce commenced . Trade took its first great step toward encircling the globe . V. New products were obtained from beyond the sea . America gave Europe the potato and Indian corn , for which ...
... battle with Atlantic storms , and ocean commerce commenced . Trade took its first great step toward encircling the globe . V. New products were obtained from beyond the sea . America gave Europe the potato and Indian corn , for which ...
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