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" Whereupon all the rest fled away, some in their canoes, and so leapt out of them into the water. We manned our boat, and got our things againe. Then one of them that swamme got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cooke tooke a sword, and... "
Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ... - Page 99
by New-York Historical Society - 1811
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Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ...

New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1811 - 452 pages
...anchored at tvvelue of the clocke. The people of the Mountaynes came aboord vs. wondring at oui\ship and weapons. We bought some small skinnes of them...But our Cooke tooke a Sword, and cut off one of his Tiands, and he was drowned. By this time the ebbe was come, and we weighed and got downe two leagues,...
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The New World: Embracing American History, Volume 1

Henry Howard Brownell - America - 1862 - 524 pages
...all the rest fled away, some in their Canoes and so leapt out of them into the water. We manned our Boat and got our things againe. Then one of them that...and cut off one of his hands and he was drowned." The next day, seven leagues further down, hostilities were renewed. Many savages appeared, and would...
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The Northmen in America. The Spaniards in America. The Portuguese in America ...

Henry Howard Brownell - America - 1863 - 562 pages
...all the rest fled away, some in their Canoes and so leapt out of them into the water. We manned our Boat and got our things againe. Then one of them that...and cut off one of his hands and he was drowned." The next day, seven leagues further down, hostilities were renewed. Many savages appeared, and would...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 14

Literature - 1866 - 802 pages
...then- canoes, and so leapt out of them into the water. We manned our boat, and got our things again. Then one of them that swamme got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cooke tooke a sword, and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned." Only...
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 14

1866 - 506 pages
...boat, and got our thin;again. Then one of them tha: swamme got hold of our boat, thinting to overthrow it. But our cooke tooke a sword, and cut off one of h:~ hands, and he was drowned." Only once Juet does full justice to the natives :— " There wee found...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 94

American periodicals - 1867 - 850 pages
...their canoes, and so leapt out of them into the water. We manned our boat, and got our things again. Then one of them that swamme got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cooke tooke a sword, -and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned." Only...
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History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manners and ...

Edward Manning Ruttenber - Social Science - 1872 - 426 pages
...one of them who was in the water seized hold of it " thinking to overthrow it," but " the cook seized a sword and cut off one of his hands and he was drowned." At the head of Manhattan island the vessel was again attacked. It was here that Hudson had attempted...
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The Old Streets of New York Under the Dutch: A Paper Read Before the New ...

James Watson Gerard - New York (N.Y.) - 1875 - 58 pages
...the rest fled away, some in their canoes, and some leapt out of them into the water. We manned our boat and got our things againe. Then one of them that swamme got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cooke took a sword and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned." Another...
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Young Folks' Book of American Explorers

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Explorers - 1877 - 446 pages
...ON BOARD THE HALF-MOON. that swam got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cook took a sword, and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned. By this time the ebb was come, and we weighed and got down two leagues. By that time it was dark. So we anchored in...
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A Book of American Explorers

Thomas Wentworth Higginson - America - 1877 - 408 pages
...THR HALF-MOON. that swam got hold of our boat, thinking to overthrow it. But our cook took a sworcl, and cut off one of his hands, and he was drowned. By this time the ebb was come, and we weighed and got down two leagues. By that time it was dark. So we anchored in...
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