The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeLippincott, Grambo, 1852 - 316 Seiten |
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... miles from the white settlements , and destitute of every thing but their rifles . At length , their ammunition being nearly ex- hausted , it was agreed upon between the two brothers , that the younger should return to Caro- lina for a ...
... miles from the white settlements , and destitute of every thing but their rifles . At length , their ammunition being nearly ex- hausted , it was agreed upon between the two brothers , that the younger should return to Caro- lina for a ...
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... miles from the scene of action . Here they remained until 1774 . But though his companions thus quietly , and perhaps with a sense of relief , ensconced them- selves within the limits of less dangerous territory , Boone himself was of ...
... miles from the scene of action . Here they remained until 1774 . But though his companions thus quietly , and perhaps with a sense of relief , ensconced them- selves within the limits of less dangerous territory , Boone himself was of ...
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... miles of the spot where Boones- borough was afterward built . Here they were attacked on two successive days by the Indians , who were finally beaten off after a severe contest , in which the whites sustained a loss of four men.
... miles of the spot where Boones- borough was afterward built . Here they were attacked on two successive days by the Indians , who were finally beaten off after a severe contest , in which the whites sustained a loss of four men.
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... miles from the former , and about one mile from the latter . In May , 1774 , Captain John Harrod , with forty - one men , descended the Ohio River , and penetrating the intervening forest , selected , about the middle of June , the site ...
... miles from the former , and about one mile from the latter . In May , 1774 , Captain John Harrod , with forty - one men , descended the Ohio River , and penetrating the intervening forest , selected , about the middle of June , the site ...
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... miles square on the Ohio , below the mouth of Greene River . Notwithstanding the check thus given to the ambitious schemes of the Transylvania Company , the settlements thus began continued to increase , though but slowly . In the ...
... miles square on the Ohio , below the mouth of Greene River . Notwithstanding the check thus given to the ambitious schemes of the Transylvania Company , the settlements thus began continued to increase , though but slowly . In the ...
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ADVENTURE American army artillery attack bank battle Bland Ballard boat Boone Boonesborough British Burr cabin camp canoes Captain captured Clark CO.'S PUBLICATIONS Colonel command commenced court Daniel Boone Daviess despatched detachment dians EDITION elected encamped enemy Engravings escape expedition fell fire force Fort Brown Fort Defiance Fort Jefferson Fort Massac Fort Meigs Fort Recovery French garrison Girty governor GRAMBO & CO.'S Hardin Harrodsburg horses Hubbell hundred ILLUSTRATIONS immediately Indians instantly Kaskaskia Kennan Kenton Kentuckians Kentucky killed land latter legislature Logan Logston ment miles militia Mississippi night OCTAVO officers Ohio Ohio River Orleans party prisoners pursuit reached received regulars retreat returned rifle river savages Sebastian session settlement Shelby shore shot soon Spain Spanish sprang station succeeded territory thousand tion tomahawk took town treaty troops tucky United Virginia volume volunteers warriors Wataga Wayne whites Whitley Wilkinson William Whitley wounded
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