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Captivity narratives
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Narrative of a late expedition against the Indians; with an acount of the barbarous execution of Col. Crawford; and the wonderful escape of Dr. Knight & John Slover from captivity in 1782. To which is added, a narrative of the captivity & escape of Mrs. Frances Scott, an inhabitant of Washington County, Virginia.
Date: [1798?]- Books
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Memoirs of odd adventures, strange deliverances, &c. in the captivity of John Gyles, Esq; commander of the garrison on St. George's River. Written by himself. Eight lines in English from Homer's Odyssey]
Gyles, John, 1678?-1755.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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The surprising adventures and sufferings of John Rhodes, a seaman of Workington. --Containing-- An account of his captivity and cruel treatment during eight years with the Indians, and five years in different prisons amongst the Spaniards in South-America. By a gentleman perfectly acquainted with the unfortunate sufferer.
Rhodes, John, 1755-Date: --1799- Books
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The redeemed captive returning to Zion. A faithful history of remarkable occurences, in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of the Gospel in Deerfield, who, in the desolation which befel that plantation, by an incursion of the French and Indians, was by them carried away, with all his family, and his neighbourhood, unto Canada. Drawn up by himself. Whereto there is annexed, a sermon preached by him, upon his return, at the lecture in Boston, December 5, 1706. On those words, Luke 8. 39. [Two lines of text] As also an appendix, containing a account of those taken captive at Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1703-4; of those killed after they went out of town; those who returned; and of those still absent from their native country; of those who were slain at that time in or near the town; and of the mischief done by the enemy in Deerfield, from the beginning of its settlement to the death of the Rev. Mr. Williams, in 1729. With a conclusion to the whole, by the Rev. Mr. Williams of Springfield, and the Rev. Mr. Prince of Boston.
Williams, John, 1664-1729.Date: 1774- Books
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New travels to the westward, or, unknown parts of America. Being a tour of almost fourteen months containing, an account of the country, upwards of two thousand miles west of the Christian parts of North-America; with an account of white Indians, their manners, habits, and many other particulars. By Don Alonso Decalves. Confirmed by three other persons.
Decalves, Alonso.Date: 1796