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" ... two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty... "
Western Journal of Education - Página 18
1898
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Pocahontas

Grace Steele Woodward - 1969 - 244 páginas
...be put to death. When the feast ended, Powhatan and his advisers held a lengthy parley, after which "two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him [Smith] , dragged him to [the stones] and thereon laid his head." The execution was...
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American Colonial Prose: John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Mary Ann Radzinowicz - 1984 - 300 páginas
...of feathers, in stead of a Towell to dry them: having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z

Dan L. Thrapp - 1991 - 612 páginas
...Opechancanough and taken to Powhatan where it was apparently planned to execute him. He wrote that "two great stones were brought before Powhatan; then as many as could layd hands on (Smith), dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing

Robert F. Sayre - 1994 - 750 páginas
...of feathers, in stead of a Towell to dry them: having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia: A Conflict of Cultures

Frederic W. Gleach - 2000 - 262 páginas
...of feathers, instead of a towel, to dry them. Having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan. Then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 páginas
...of feathers, in stead of a Towell to dry them: having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 páginas
...held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs, to beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got...
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Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Present

G. J. Barker-Benfield, Catherine Clinton - 1998 - 626 páginas
...she could return to her home and people. . . . having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature

Laurie E. Rozakis - 1999 - 500 páginas
...Powhatan's house. Smith's account: "At his entrance before the King, all the people gave a great shout... [A] long consultation was held, but the conclusion...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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From Islands to Portraits: Four Literary Variations

Sergio Perosa - 2000 - 132 páginas
...King, all the people gave a great shout [...] having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the...were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs,...
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