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Title: The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: University Society, New York
Subjects: Children's literature Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries Literature Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York. : University Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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er, sail-ing down nearly 1000 miles. They also explorethe Des Moines River, and are the first whitemen to set foot in Iowa.—A Dutch fleet recap-tures New York, during the two years warbetween England and Holland (1672-74). TheDutch hold it for over a year, when it is againrestored to the English. 1674—Sir Edmund Andros becomes governorof New York.—King Philip is accused of urgingthe Indians in New England to attack the colon-ists. A converted or praying Indian namedSausamon is murdered for informing the colon-ists of his plans. 1675—The New England colonists hang themurderers of Sausamon, the Indian informer,and this leads to the killing of colonists at Swan-sea, Massachusetts, by other Indians. This isthe beginning of King Philips War, in which In-dians from Maine to Rhode Island fight againstthe colonists. It lasted for nearly two years.Several villages, such as Springfield, Deerfield,Hadley, and Brookfield, in Massachusetts, areburned by the Indians. The tribe of the Narra-
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UKAKTING THE DECLARATION OF IXDEPEXDENCE. FROM THE PAINTING BY P. F. ROTHERMEL. H.T.&GD. II. 16. »4I 242 EVENTS OF OUR COUNTRYS HISTORY gansetts is nearly destroyed in a battle at SouthKingston, Rhode Island, on December 19, by anarmy of colonists under Josiah Winslow, gover-nor of Plymouth. 1676—King Philips War is continued. Othertowns are burned and many Indians are killed.In August King Philip himself is shot by anotherIndian, while trying to escape. Philips deathends the war.—In Virginia the colonists led byNathaniel Bacon resist Berkeley, the royal gov-ernor, who would not protect them from theIndians, and elect Sir Henry Chicheley in hisplace. Bacon burns the old city of Jamestown,but dies soon after—in October. His death endsBacons Rebellion, as it was called, and GovernorBerkeley returns to his office.—Colonists in NewYork resist Governor Edmund Andros, and de-mand liberties, which the Duke of York, pro-prietor of New York, will not grant. 1677—Berkeley, govern

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