Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Teil 6R. Blanchard & Company, 1881 - 768 Seiten |
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... British Secretary of State , Governor Dinwiddie now determined to take decisive steps to secure a foothold on the Ohio by building a fort at the fork where Pitts- burgh now stands . It was proposed to raise two companies for this ...
... British Secretary of State , Governor Dinwiddie now determined to take decisive steps to secure a foothold on the Ohio by building a fort at the fork where Pitts- burgh now stands . It was proposed to raise two companies for this ...
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Rufus Blanchard. few British marines destined to co - operate with the land forces in the invasion of Acadia . The French had not been tardy in preparations for the war . Early in the spring , their forces , under command of Baron Dies ...
Rufus Blanchard. few British marines destined to co - operate with the land forces in the invasion of Acadia . The French had not been tardy in preparations for the war . Early in the spring , their forces , under command of Baron Dies ...
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... British with admirable skill . Braddock was mortally wounded ; 36 British officers were killed and 37 wounded , among whom was Col. Gage ; 715 privates were killed or wounded . The French and Indian loss , all told , was less than 50 ...
... British with admirable skill . Braddock was mortally wounded ; 36 British officers were killed and 37 wounded , among whom was Col. Gage ; 715 privates were killed or wounded . The French and Indian loss , all told , was less than 50 ...
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... British sub- jects , inasmuch as they had refused to take the oath of alle- giance , and therefore could scarcely be considered rebels . They were not prisoners of war , because they had been suffered for nearly half a cenutry to retain ...
... British sub- jects , inasmuch as they had refused to take the oath of alle- giance , and therefore could scarcely be considered rebels . They were not prisoners of war , because they had been suffered for nearly half a cenutry to retain ...
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... MAP Illustrating the DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST AND THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR . British Possessions , colored Red French do doYellow . Spanish do do Green . 69 28 36 LOUIS BURG Oswego Taken . 81 one historian was uncharitable enough to.
... MAP Illustrating the DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST AND THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR . British Possessions , colored Red French do doYellow . Spanish do do Green . 69 28 36 LOUIS BURG Oswego Taken . 81 one historian was uncharitable enough to.
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Seite 148 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 671 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Seite 671 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Seite 318 - ... provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Seite 174 - States ; that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit...
Seite 105 - Englishman, your king has never sent us any presents, nor entered into any treaty with us, wherefore he and we are still at war ; and, until he does these things, we must consider that we have no other father, nor friend, among the white men, than the King of France...
Seite 674 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Seite 105 - Englishman, our father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Seite 95 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Seite 655 - All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate ; and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...