 | 1817 - 436 pages
...carrying oft' any our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond endeavoring to apply a remedy. He would put it, however, to all who then heard him, to... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 344 pages
...carrying off any of our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable."* The Virginians... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832 - 346 pages
...carrying off any of our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable."* The Virginians... | |
 | Child rearing - 1832 - 338 pages
...carrying off any of our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable."* The Virginians... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1843 - 336 pages
...scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead the}' scalped rather than we should have them ; but our...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed, It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable."* The Virginians... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 788 pages
...carrying off any of our men's scalps, sare one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped, rather than we should...them; but our troops scalped upwards of twenty of their men that were first killed. It is beyond doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...carrying off any our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable. Field officers killed... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1852 - 500 pages
...carrying off any our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable. Field officers killed... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...carrying off any our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...troops scalped upwards of twenty of those who were firsi killed. It is beyond a doubt their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable. Field... | |
 | Fort Hill Cemetery Association - Auburn (N.Y.) - 1853 - 146 pages
...carrying off any of our men's scalps, save one or two stragglers, whom they killed before the engagement. Many of their dead they scalped rather than we should...upwards of twenty of those who were first killed. It is beyond a doubt that their loss in number far exceeds ours, which is considerable.'* "The Virginians... | |
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Sun sett they Continued firing on us which we returned to their Disadvantage at length Night Coming on they found a safe retreat They had not the satisfaction of scalping any of our men save One or Two straglers whom they Killed before the ingagement... 
