 | William Leete Stone - 1838 - 568 strani
...the late venerable John Watts, of New- York. Tryon County, now returned in arms against their fonnei neighbors. As no quarrels are so bitter as those of...rusede-guerre was attempted by Colonel Butler, which had wellnigh proved fatal. It was the sending, suddenly, from the direction of the fort, a detachment of... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1838 - 540 strani
...returned in arms against their former neighbors. As no quarrels are so bitter as those of famines, so no wars are so cruel and passionate as those called...rusede-guerre was attempted by Colonel Butler, which had wellnigh proved fatal. It was the sending, suddenly, from the direction of the fort, a detachment of... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 strani
...they advanced, and then springing like tigers from their covers, attacked them with their bayonets and butts of their muskets ; or both parties in closer...knives — stabbing, and sometimes literally dying in each other's embrace." This murderous conflict did not continue long : the Indians seeing with what... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1844 - 552 strani
...narrative of Henry Seeber. f Campbell's Annals. { Brother of the late venerable John Watts, of New- York. Tryon County, now returned in arms against their former...rusede-guerre was attempted by Colonel Butler, which had wellnigh proved fatal. It was the sending, suddenly, from the direction of the fort, a detachment of... | |
 | Charles Neilson - 1844 - 316 strani
...coverts, attacked them with their bayonets and butts of their muskets ; or both parties iu close contest throttled each other and drew their knives — stabbing and sometimes literally dying in each other's embrace. This murderous conflict did not continue long : the Indians seeing with what... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1851 - 546 strani
...bosoms. The Provincials fired upon them as they advanced, and then springing like chafed tigers from thek covers, attacked them with their bayonets and the...rusede-guerre was attempted by Colonel Butler, which had wellnigh proved fatal. It was the sending, suddenly, from the direction of the fort, a detachment of... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1851 - 478 strani
...advanced, and then springing like tigers from thei:r covers, attacked them with their bayonets and butts of their muskets; or both parties in closer contact throttled each other and drew their knives—stabbing, and sometimes literally dying in each other's embrace." This murderous conflict... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - 1858 - 774 strani
...than before. Mutual resentments and feelings of hate and revenge raged in their bosoms. The Americans fired upon them as they advanced, and then springing...sometimes literally dying, in one another's embrace." 1 After this contest had continued some time, a firing was heard from the direction of the fort, 2... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 strani
...they advanced, and then springing like tigers from their covers, attacked them with their bayonets and butts of their muskets, or both parties, in closer...knives, stabbing, and sometimes literally dying in each other's embrace.' • This murderous conflict did not continue long; the Indians seeing with what... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 strani
...they advanced, and then springing like tigers from their covers, attacked them with their bayonets and butts of their muskets, or both parties, in closer...knives, stabbing, and sometimes literally dying in each other's embrace.' This murderous conflict did not continue long; the Indians seeing with what... | |
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... civil. • Many of the Provincials and Greens were known to each other ; and as they advanced so near as to afford opportunities of mutual recognition, the contest became, if possible, more of a death struggle than before. Mutual resentments, and... 
