The Story of DetroitDetroit News, 1923 - 764 Seiten |
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... gun weighing about 30 pounds and another a tripod on which to rest the muzzle . It had no lock but was fired like the old cannon by means of a small torch or linstock . Year after year the Iroquois raided the Huron villages of Canada ...
... gun weighing about 30 pounds and another a tripod on which to rest the muzzle . It had no lock but was fired like the old cannon by means of a small torch or linstock . Year after year the Iroquois raided the Huron villages of Canada ...
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... guns roared , cheers resounded and many voices speak- ing a strange language clamored in the streets and about the bar- racks . The old French families within the town and those living on the farms up and down the shore , from the mouth ...
... guns roared , cheers resounded and many voices speak- ing a strange language clamored in the streets and about the bar- racks . The old French families within the town and those living on the farms up and down the shore , from the mouth ...
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... guns . The narrow streets laid out by Cadillac and their houses still remained , but the streets had been extended and continued beyond the walls of the stockade . In fact , there were more houses outside the stockade than within it ...
... guns . The narrow streets laid out by Cadillac and their houses still remained , but the streets had been extended and continued beyond the walls of the stockade . In fact , there were more houses outside the stockade than within it ...
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... gun barrels in two so as to make them short enough to be concealed under their blankets . Mr. Guoin told some of the ... guns hidden under their blankets . At a given signal they were to shoot down Gladwin and as many as possible of his ...
... gun barrels in two so as to make them short enough to be concealed under their blankets . Mr. Guoin told some of the ... guns hidden under their blankets . At a given signal they were to shoot down Gladwin and as many as possible of his ...
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... gun barrels which gave the first clue to the Pontiac conspiracy . In those days files were not common property . They were used exclusively by blacksmiths and gun- smiths and the only place where they could be obtained about Detroit was ...
... gun barrels which gave the first clue to the Pontiac conspiracy . In those days files were not common property . They were used exclusively by blacksmiths and gun- smiths and the only place where they could be obtained about Detroit was ...
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acres American Amherstburg army attack bank battle became began boat British Buffalo building built Cadillac Canada Canadian Capt Cass CHAPTER Church citizens Clair command Company Congress corner court Detroit Detroit River Douglass Houghton east Elijah Brush erected farm feet fight fire force Fort Lernoult Fort Malden French Gladwin Government Governor Gratiot Avenue Griswold guns held Hull Huron Indians James Jefferson Avenue John killed Lake Erie land Larned later Lewis Cass Mackinac Malden Mayor ment Michigan Territory miles military named Niagara officers Ohio organized Ottawas Perry Pingree Pontiac present President prisoners promotion railway river front River Raisin scalps sent settlement settlers Shelby ships shore side soldiers Solomon Sibley soon steamboat stockade Street surrender Tecumseh territory tion town treaty tribes troops United vessels Wayne West William Woodward Avenue
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 547 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Seite xviii - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 37 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.
Seite vi - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 72 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 330 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided, always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect...
Seite 37 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me...
Seite 177 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Seite 90 - Ohio" confirmed the provision of 1785, and declared that "religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
Seite 37 - And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town...