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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... miles from north to south , and two hundred miles from east to west . It con- tains forty thousand square miles , which is equivalent to twenty- five million six hundred thousand acres . On the south it has a navigable frontier ...
... miles from north to south , and two hundred miles from east to west . It con- tains forty thousand square miles , which is equivalent to twenty- five million six hundred thousand acres . On the south it has a navigable frontier ...
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... miles or five thousand miles on the west , across to the Pacific Ocean . And there was no moun- tain , or river , or imaginary line , upon the north , definitely to bound their claim in that direction . The French , in 1525 , took ...
... miles or five thousand miles on the west , across to the Pacific Ocean . And there was no moun- tain , or river , or imaginary line , upon the north , definitely to bound their claim in that direction . The French , in 1525 , took ...
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... miles through the wilderness , led by their Indian guides . It was an excursion of pleasure . The weather was delightful , the scenery enchanting , ever opening new views of beauty . The loads they bore were not oppressive , and they ...
... miles through the wilderness , led by their Indian guides . It was an excursion of pleasure . The weather was delightful , the scenery enchanting , ever opening new views of beauty . The loads they bore were not oppressive , and they ...
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... miles , they came to an Indian trail leading back into the country , and so well trodden as to give evidence that a powerful tribe was near . It speaks well for the Indians - for the reputation which they then enjoyed -- that Marquette ...
... miles , they came to an Indian trail leading back into the country , and so well trodden as to give evidence that a powerful tribe was near . It speaks well for the Indians - for the reputation which they then enjoyed -- that Marquette ...
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... miles on foot , to Canada , for aid . His men mutinied on the way and killed him . The colonists left behind were soon after all massacred by the Indians , excepting a few children , who were taken captive . Not long after this another ...
... miles on foot , to Canada , for aid . His men mutinied on the way and killed him . The colonists left behind were soon after all massacred by the Indians , excepting a few children , who were taken captive . Not long after this another ...
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acres Alleghanies American arms army attack band banks battle beautiful Blennerhassett boat Boone Boonesborough British brother bullets cabin called camp canoe Captain captive chief Chillicothe Colonel command commenced David Tod death Detroit distance emigrants encampment enemy English entered escape father feet fire forest Fort Meigs French friends garrison Governor Governor of Ohio horses hundred immediately Indians Jeremiah Morrow Joe Smith Johnston Kentucky killed Lake Lake Erie land Little Miami Little Turtle Lord Dunmore Marietta Maumee Meigs miles military morning mouth Muskingum nearly night officers Ohio River party peace Pontiac President prisoners reached retreat returned rifle rushed Sandusky savages scalp scene Scioto sent settlements Shawanese Sherman shore shot Skyles Smith soldiers soon stream Tecumseh territory thousand tomahawk took town trees tribes troops United valley village Virginia warriors Washington Wayne whole wilderness wounded Wyandot yells young
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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...