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Chapter XIII

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THE INDIAN MASSACRE.
Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.
At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.
Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.
Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.
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Hope and Have

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE INDIAN MASSACRE.
Line 2
Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.
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At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.
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Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.
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Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.”

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.”

John noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.”

Sometimes noun US /sometimes/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

always

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

Bear

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

called

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

came

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

chief

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

denizens

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

exerted

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

familiar

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

Fanny

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

forest

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

frequently

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

generous

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

Grant

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

hospitality

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

house

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

INDIAN

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From this reading THE INDIAN MASSACRE.

Indians

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

interested

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

Irons

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

John

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

kindness

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

Lake

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

Lean

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

MASSACRE

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From this reading THE INDIAN MASSACRE.

much

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

near

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

particularly

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

place

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

please

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

Red

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

residing

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

Settlement

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

settlers

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

sometimes

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From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

terms

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE INDIAN MASSACRE.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

there

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

treated

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From this reading At the house of John Grant they were always treated with kindness and a generous hospitality.

tribe

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From this reading Fanny was much interested in these denizens of the forest, and she exerted herself to please them, and particularly the chief of the Red Irons, as his tribe was called.

very

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

visited

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From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Among those who sometimes came was a chief called Lean Bear.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Though there were no Indians residing very near the Lake Settlement, they frequently visited the place, and the settlers were on familiar terms with them.