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Page 290
... fired our people killed an Indian in one canoe , and with other discharges they killed three more in the same canoe . All the soldiers fired together ; they sent three or four canoes to the bottom , and they killed by chance ten or ...
... fired our people killed an Indian in one canoe , and with other discharges they killed three more in the same canoe . All the soldiers fired together ; they sent three or four canoes to the bottom , and they killed by chance ten or ...
Page 334
... fired at another who was riding on a pole , making ferocious threats , saying that he was going to kill and eat them ... firing at them . And one Indian 334 DISCOVERY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS . [ 22 May.
... fired at another who was riding on a pole , making ferocious threats , saying that he was going to kill and eat them ... firing at them . And one Indian 334 DISCOVERY OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS . [ 22 May.
Page 405
... fired an arquebus at a dog which came out of a hut , and killed it . They thought little of it , but through this they discovered two ambushes , which the Indians had skilfully arranged in the bush near the place where they landed ; for ...
... fired an arquebus at a dog which came out of a hut , and killed it . They thought little of it , but through this they discovered two ambushes , which the Indians had skilfully arranged in the bush near the place where they landed ; for ...
Contents
PAGE | vii |
The Gela Florida Islands | xxx |
The Islands of Savo Solomon and Sesarga Spain | lxxxvi |
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