Identifier: storyofournation00stra (find matches)
Title: The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ... together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands ..
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Stratton, Ella (Hines), Mrs. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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water ; they had thin shoes, so that water could freelyenter ; they never had cold drinks, even their beer being heated ; it wasthought best to feed them on niilk, pottage, flummery, bread and cheese,and never let them drink beer until they had first eaten a piece of brownbread. They were sent to school early, the boys to study books, thegirls to learn to sew, spin, knit and cook. I found about a queer law in one Massachusetts town. It wasthat every unmarried man in the township should kill six blackbirdsor three crows, each year until he was married, and he could not be mar-ried until his fines were paid, laughed Nettie. The more I study ye olden times the more satisfied I am withour own, observed Josie. King Philips war next, said Hadley. I think we will ride to Medfield and see if the trees, under whichthe pow-wow was held when Medfield was burned, are still standing, saidMamma Nelson. Another surprise ! How do you like to study history—with Mammaas teacher ? questioned Charlie.
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CHAPTER VII. FOUND something which should come beforeKing Philips war, said Charlie, whenthe)7 were about to begin their lesson.In 1675 the people of Maryland werehaving a war witb the Indians, whichextended to Virginia, and ColonelJohn Washington was sent againstthem. It was a fierce war on both sides. At last sixchiefs came to his camp to sue for peace, but weretreacherously murdered. Governor Berkeley con-demned the act, and the Indians avenged it, until they had killed tenfor every one killed by the white men, which was required by theircustoms before the spirits of the dead braves could rest in peace. The war went on and Governor Berkely did not try to stop it, someaccounts say that he was having too good a fur trade with the Indiansto anger them against himself. At last a resolute man, named NathanBacon, took the lead and put a stop to it. But the trouble led to openrebellion against Berkeleys oppressions, with Bacon at the head, andbefore they had hardly begun, they burned thei

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