Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
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e for a minute, un- ^^v^Kwifj less tne Indianswere taught somesevere lesson.So an expeditionwas sent outfrom Massachu-setts, whichsailed along thecoast, and burned|JjPj a few wigwams,and destroyed alittle corn, butsucceeded in do-ing nothing morethan arousing thesavages to a pitchof fury. As soonas… … INDIAN POW-WOWS. THE FATE OF TILLY. 223 A sorry time the poor wretches had of it. They had prayed fora force that should teach the red men a lesson of the whitemans strength. Instead, their troubles had been only increased. You, said one of these settlers derisively to the commanderof this fiasco,…
American Revolution (1775-1783) · Young men · Young women · Sailing · Seafaring life · Vikings · Ship captains
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