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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 146

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 146 — er the doorway, so that thedefenders might not only look down througha trap-door, but throw out missiles or boiling THE SOLE SURVIVORS. l33 water over any attacking the door. Experienceafterward taught the settlers always to con-struct their log houses with such means of de-fending the entrance;… … ARMING THEMSELVES AS MASTER NEVILLE HAD DIRECTED, THEY RAN UP THE STAIRS, HALF BLINDEDAND NEARLY SUFFOCATED BY THE THICK SMOKE. (SEE PAGE 135.) Neville established himself there they werealtogether ignorant of the Indian tactics. About midnight a horn sounded, and in-stantly the crowd of natives…

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