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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
f battle; Rou Mirick. ville addressed the soldiers, who, after their orisons, marched against the fort, raised the shrill yell, and dispersed themselves through the village to their work of blood. The rifle rang; the cry of the dying rose. Benjamin Rolfe, the minister, was beaten to death; one Indian sunk a hatchet deep into the brain of his wife, while another caught his infant child from its dying mother, and dashed its head against a stone. Thomas Hartshorne and his two sons, attempting at a thirteenth part of their number, hung on their rear,— himself a victim, yet rescuing several from captivity. The day was advanced when the battle ended. The rude epitaph on the moss-grown stone tells where the interment was made in haste: Rolfe, his wife, and child, fill one grave: in the burial-ground of the village, an ancient mound marks the resting-place of the little multitude of victims. Such were the sorrows of that generation. At daybreak, the villagers seemed secure: a litt
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., R. (search)
. His assigns, 107. Character of, 108. A prisoner, 136. Randolph, Edward, II. 111. Rasles, Sebastian, III. 333, 337. Raymbault, Father, III. 129, 131,132. Reformation in England, I. 274. Regicides, II 32. Revolution of 1688, II. 445. Effect on New England, 447. On New York, 450. On New Jersey, 451. Its political theory, III. 9. Its character, 12. Loved privilege, 82. Rhode Island, island of, I. 392. Rhode Island, colony of, first settled, I. 379. Its charter, 425. Fostered by Charles II., II. 61. New charter, 62. Freedom of conscience in, 65. Loses its liberty, 431. Its population, II. 69. Ribault discovers River St. John, I. 61. Leaves a colony in Carolina, 62. Revisits it, 66. Rice introduced into Carolina, II. 20. Roberval's voyages, I. 22. Robinson, John, I. 306. His death, 321. Rolfe, Thomas, I. 146. Rowlandson, Mary, III. 106. Russia makes discoveries, III. 453. Rut's voyage, I. 76. Ryswick, peace of, III. 192.