... the woods, whither I pursued them, killing still more of them. Our savages also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The remainder escaped with the wounded. The Niagara River - Page 159by Archer Butler Hulbert - 1908 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
| New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1850 - 1280 pages
...slain, that they lost courage, took to flight and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows ; they... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1858 - 610 pages
...slain, that they bit courage, took to flight, and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows ; they... | |
| Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1859 - 594 pages
...their chiefs slain, that they lost courage, took to flight, and abandoned their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows ; they... | |
| 1859 - 592 pages
...their chiefs slain, that they lost courage, took to flight, and abandoned their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them, I killed some others. Our savtiges also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded.... | |
| Peter Sailly Palmer - Canada - 1866 - 292 pages
...took to flight, and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depth of the forests, whither pursuing them I killed some others. Our savages...also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of our party were wounded by arrows;... | |
| Benjamin Franklin DeCosta - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1868 - 218 pages
...slain, that they lost courage, took to flight, and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows, but... | |
| Winslow Cossoul Watson - Champlain, Lake - 1869 - 526 pages
...trophy in some of their southern incursions. abandoned the field and their fort, hiding in the depth of the forest, whither pursuing them I killed some...also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded ; these were promptly... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Explorers - 1877 - 446 pages
...slain, that they lost courage, took to flight, and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them, and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows : they... | |
| Samuel de Champlain - America Discovery and exploration - 1887 - 58 pages
...slain, that they lost courage, took to flight and abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depths of the forest, whither pursuing them,...also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of ours were wounded by arrows ; they... | |
| Possons, Charles H., pub - Champlain, Lake - 1887 - 198 pages
...abandoned the field and their fort, hiding themselves in the depth of the forests, whither pursuing I killed some others. Our savages also killed several of them and took ten or twelve prisoners. The rest carried off the wounded. Fifteen or sixteen of our party were wounded by arrows... | |
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