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... July , Spain appointed Francisco de Boladilla , Governor of Hispaniola . December 17 , Columbus arrested on his voyage to Spain by Boladilla , at Hispan- iola , but is received with honor at the Court and charges dismissed without in ...
... July , Spain appointed Francisco de Boladilla , Governor of Hispaniola . December 17 , Columbus arrested on his voyage to Spain by Boladilla , at Hispan- iola , but is received with honor at the Court and charges dismissed without in ...
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... July , Samuel de Champlain , coming from the north with a party of Hurons , dis- covers Lake Champlain . July 30 , Champlain defeats the Iroquois near Ticonderoga , hence dates the en- mity between the French and Iroquois . Fire - arms ...
... July , Samuel de Champlain , coming from the north with a party of Hurons , dis- covers Lake Champlain . July 30 , Champlain defeats the Iroquois near Ticonderoga , hence dates the en- mity between the French and Iroquois . Fire - arms ...
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... July 25 , Samuel Godyn , a director of the Dutch West India Company , purchases for the Dutch a tract of land from the natives at the mouth of the Delaware River . July , First church in Boston , Mass . , third in order of time in the ...
... July 25 , Samuel Godyn , a director of the Dutch West India Company , purchases for the Dutch a tract of land from the natives at the mouth of the Delaware River . July , First church in Boston , Mass . , third in order of time in the ...
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... July , John Oldham killed by the Indians near Block Island . July , Providence , Rhode Island , settled by Roger Williams . July , A company of Colonists from Cambridge , Massachusetts , reach the Con- necticut River for settlement ...
... July , John Oldham killed by the Indians near Block Island . July , Providence , Rhode Island , settled by Roger Williams . July , A company of Colonists from Cambridge , Massachusetts , reach the Con- necticut River for settlement ...
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... July 13 , The Pequod Indians attempt to escape from Connecticut into the wilder- ness . Captain Stoughton , with a Massachusetts company , pursues them along the Long Island Sound . The Pequods take shelter with Sassacus , their sachem ...
... July 13 , The Pequod Indians attempt to escape from Connecticut into the wilder- ness . Captain Stoughton , with a Massachusetts company , pursues them along the Long Island Sound . The Pequods take shelter with Sassacus , their sachem ...
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