The History of the State of Ohio: From the Discovery of the Great Valley, to the Present TimeNorthwestern publishing Company, 1875 - 876 Seiten |
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... United Colonies , struggling against the whole power of Great Britain - a population but little exceeding that of the State of Ohio , encountering , in deadly battle , the armies of the most powerful empire then upon the globe ...
... United Colonies , struggling against the whole power of Great Britain - a population but little exceeding that of the State of Ohio , encountering , in deadly battle , the armies of the most powerful empire then upon the globe ...
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... united to raise troops to meet the awful emergence . Twelve companies of Brit- ish regulars were sent , by General Amherst , to their aid . These troops , with a large number of provincials , were pushed rapidly forward , directly into ...
... united to raise troops to meet the awful emergence . Twelve companies of Brit- ish regulars were sent , by General Amherst , to their aid . These troops , with a large number of provincials , were pushed rapidly forward , directly into ...
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... united bands . In short , we beat them handsomely , and yet did not much hurt to them , for they ran extremely well . We only killed their leader and wounded three others . One of them fired at me at the distance of fifteen or twenty ...
... united bands . In short , we beat them handsomely , and yet did not much hurt to them , for they ran extremely well . We only killed their leader and wounded three others . One of them fired at me at the distance of fifteen or twenty ...
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... united to us by adoption . Though we now deliver them , we shall always look upon them as our relations , whenever the Great Spirit is pleased that we may visit them . We have taken as much care of them as if they were our own flesh and ...
... united to us by adoption . Though we now deliver them , we shall always look upon them as our relations , whenever the Great Spirit is pleased that we may visit them . We have taken as much care of them as if they were our own flesh and ...
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... united in an attack upon their villages , which attack they knew they were entirely unable to repel , were in consternation . They sent delegation after delegation , more and more importunately , soliciting peace . Lord Dunmore was a ...
... united in an attack upon their villages , which attack they knew they were entirely unable to repel , were in consternation . They sent delegation after delegation , more and more importunately , soliciting peace . Lord Dunmore was a ...
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Seite 364 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided always that any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 191 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 191 - 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 376 - But, the most disgraceful part of the business is, that the greatest part of the men threw away their arms and accouterments, even after the pursuit, which continued about four miles, had ceased. I found the road strewed with them for many miles, but was not able to remedy it ; for, having had all my horses killed, and being mounted upon one that could not be pricked out of a walk, I could not get forward myself; and the orders I sent forward either to halt the front, or to prevent the men from parting...