The signal was given for an insurrection. The tax-gatherers drove the people back; the people made use of the fruit as their weapons.Continuing
Philip Murdered
Today's installment concludes King Philip's War,our selection from History of the United States by Richard Hildreth published in 1853. For works
Settlers Attack Indian Fort
The winter was unfavorable to the Indians; the leafless woods no longer concealed their lurking attacks.Continuing King Philip's War,our selection
Indians Unite Against the Settlers
The colonists now found that by driving Philip to extremity they had roused a host of unexpected enemies.Continuing King Philip's War,our
Three Kinds of the Dances
Today's installment concludes Medieval Dancing Mania,our selection from Epidemics of the Middle Ages by J. F. C. Hecker published in 1832. For works
Public Attitude Towards this Behavior
When they arrived at that place they fell exhausted to the ground, and, according to an account of an old chronicle, many of them, after they were
What Studies of the Saints Tell Us
There is good ground for supposing that the frantic celebration of the festival of St. John, A.D. 1374, only served to bring to a crisis a malady
The Plague Spreads
Was this a religious phenomenon? Pentecostal Churches today see wild convulsions and excited behavior but pastors of those churches are careful to
Tranquility of Sapor’s Last Years
Today's installment concludes Reign of Persia's King Sapor I,our selection from The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy by George Rawlinson published in