 | Richard Parkinson - Agriculture - 1805 - 374 pages
...attention. " Colonel Crawford, at this period of his sufferings, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...as near as I can judge ; when at last, being almost spent, he lay down on his belly : they then scalped him, and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face,... | |
 | Archibald Loudon - Indian captivities - 1808 - 320 pages
...little attention. Colonel Crawford at this period of his sufferings, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...I can judge, when at last, being almost exhausted, ( 11 ) he lay down on his belly; they then scalped him and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face, telling... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1841 - 550 pages
...little attention. Colonel Crawford at this period of his sufferings, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...as near as I can judge, when at last being almost spent, he lay down on his belly : they then scalped him and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face telling... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 642 pages
...little attention. Colonel Crawford at this period of his sufferings besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...when at last, being almost exhausted, he lay down on hi? belly ; they then scalped him, and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face, telling me, " that was... | |
 | Henry Howe - Ohio - 1849 - 646 pages
...to be burnt at the Shawanese towns. He swore by G— d I need not expect to escape death, but ehould suffer it in all its extremities Colonel Crawford,...extremities of pain for an hour and three quarters or two boon longer, as near as I can judge, when ;u last, being almost exhausted, he lay down on his belly... | |
 | Wills De Hass - Indians of North America - 1851 - 444 pages
...extremities. " Colonel Crawford at this period of his suffering, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...as near as I can judge, when at last being almost spent, he lay down on his belly ; they then scalped him and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face,... | |
 | Henry Howe - History - 1851 - 636 pages
...l T ' at,thÍS Pe?ud °fuhi9 sufferi»Ss, besought the Almighty to have mercy tin lj SOul',,Sp°ke very low> and bore his torments with the most manly fortitude. He connear as T a 'the,extrem».es ot pain for an hour and three quarte™ o/two hours longer, M near... | |
 | John Frost - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1853 - 624 pages
...extremities Colonel Crawford, at this period of his sufferings, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...continued in all the extremities of pain for an hour and three-quarters, or two hours longer, as near as I can judge, when at last, being almost exhausted,... | |
 | John Frost - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1854 - 626 pages
...extremities Colonel Crawford, at this period of his sufferings, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments...the most manly fortitude. He continued in all the extremitiesi of pain for an hour and three-quarters, or two hours longer, as near as I can judge, when... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1855 - 908 pages
...He swore by G — d I need not expect to escape death, but should suffer it in all its extremities. three quarters or two hours longer, as near as I can judge, when at last, Deing almost exhausted, he lay down on his belly; they then scalped him, and repeatedly threw the scalp... | |
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I can judge, when at last, being almost exhausted, he lay down on his belly ; they then scalped him, and repeatedly threw the scalp in my face, telling me, 
