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... Indians desired by all , and every means , to drive the intruders from their fields and rivers . Laws were passed by ... Indian or English grayne " -is renewed . Act 6th with the additional penalty- and for the neglect of any constables ...
... Indians desired by all , and every means , to drive the intruders from their fields and rivers . Laws were passed by ... Indian or English grayne " -is renewed . Act 6th with the additional penalty- and for the neglect of any constables ...
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... Indian tribes , had relieved them from the alarms of midnight attacks . Governor Berkeley says , in 1671 , - " We suppose , and I am very sure we do not much miscount , that there are in Virginia above forty thousand persons , men ...
... Indian tribes , had relieved them from the alarms of midnight attacks . Governor Berkeley says , in 1671 , - " We suppose , and I am very sure we do not much miscount , that there are in Virginia above forty thousand persons , men ...
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... be- fore whom lye appeals , and this Assembly is composed of two Burgesses out of every county . These lay the necessary taxes , as the necessity of the war with the Indians , VIRGINIA IN 1688. - MANNER OF LIVING . 11.
... be- fore whom lye appeals , and this Assembly is composed of two Burgesses out of every county . These lay the necessary taxes , as the necessity of the war with the Indians , VIRGINIA IN 1688. - MANNER OF LIVING . 11.
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William Henry Foote. as the necessity of the war with the Indians , or other exigen- cies require . " Captain Smith in his History of Virginia , pp . 38 , 39 , vol . 2d , has preserved the concise account given by John Rolfe , of the ...
William Henry Foote. as the necessity of the war with the Indians , or other exigen- cies require . " Captain Smith in his History of Virginia , pp . 38 , 39 , vol . 2d , has preserved the concise account given by John Rolfe , of the ...
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... being more agreeable to the custome of England , to which you are as nigh as conve- niently you can to conforme yourselfe . " In 1688 the Indians in Virginia were a subdued people VIRGINIA IN 1688. - HOUSE OF BURGESSES . 13.
... being more agreeable to the custome of England , to which you are as nigh as conve- niently you can to conforme yourselfe . " In 1688 the Indians in Virginia were a subdued people VIRGINIA IN 1688. - HOUSE OF BURGESSES . 13.
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