 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - 1834 - 172 páginas
...our stay in the thicket, a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering us ! Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murr dering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - 1834 - 174 páginas
...our stay in the thicket, a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without, discovering us! Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance...cross the Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up—the whites paid no attention to their entreaties—but commenced slaughtering them ! In a little... | |
 | Franc Bangs Wilkie - 1858 - 376 páginas
...our stay in the thicket, a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering us! Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance...cross the Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up—the whites paid no attention to their entreaties—but commenced slaughtering them! In a little... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1892 - 542 páginas
...the conflict resembled more a carnage than a regular battle." — Reynolds's My Own Times, p. 265. " Our braves, but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Henry Eduard Legler - 1898 - 336 páginas
...Indians could carry more than a few of them across. The story is best told in the words of Black Hawk: "Early in the morning a party of whites, being in...but few In number, finding that the enemy paid no attention to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Henry Eduard Legler - 1898 - 332 páginas
...party of whites, being in advance ol the army, came upon our people, who were attempting to fiross the Mississippi; they tried to give themselves up;...little while the whole army arrived; our braves, but lew in number, finding that the enemy paid no attention to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1903 - 446 páginas
...desperation, yet the conflict resembled more a carnage than a regular battle." — Reynolds, p. 265. " Our braves, but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Norman Barton Wood - 1906 - 806 páginas
...Mississippi. The account we give of it is quoted from Black Hawk's autobiography, in which the chief said : "Early in the morning a party of whites, being in...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | Black Hawk (Sauk chief) - 1912 - 192 páginas
...During our stay in the thicket a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering us. Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
 | 1916 - 226 páginas
...our stay in the thicket, a party of whites came close by us, but passed on without discovering us. Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance...but few in number, finding that the enemy paid no regard to age or sex, and seeing that they were murdering helpless women and little children, determined... | |
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Early in the morning a party of whites, being in advance of the army, came upon our people, who were attempting to cross the Mississippi. They tried to give themselves up; the whites paid no attention to their entreaties, but commenced slaughtering them.... 
