 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 710 pages
...were writhing and shrieking, under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and, from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood,...every one being destroyed, who could be found, there was a general cry of " AH is finished;" At the same instant, I heard some of the Indians enter the... | |
 | Samuel R. Brown - United States - 1815 - 324 pages
...dying were writhing and s'uicking under the msatiated knife and tomabawk, and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollows of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." ' fc - - ' J * * .- -'. Detroit... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 344 pages
...writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every victim who could be found being destroyed,... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 346 pages
...writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk ; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every victim who could be found being destroyed,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1832 - 338 pages
...writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk ; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood...hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every victim who could be found being destroyed,... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1839 - 384 pages
...dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood,...every one being destroyed who could be found, there was a general cry of " All is finished ! " At the same instant I heard some of the Indians enter the... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1841 - 374 pages
...dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood,...every one being destroyed who could be found, there was a general cry of "All is finished!" At the same instant I heard some of the Indians enter the house... | |
 | Indian captivities - 1841 - 664 pages
...writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk; and from the tedies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quaifed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1842 - 332 pages
...writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and the reeking tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quafi'ed amid shouts of rage and victory. In a few minutes, which to Henry seemed scarcely one, every... | |
 | Isaac Brock - Canada - 1845 - 492 pages
...dying were writhing and shrieking under the insatiated knife and tomahawk, and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood scooped up in the hollows of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory." their fall. Captain Dalzell,... | |
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... a view of the area of the fort, I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and... 
