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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... party of nine , with all their needful stores of guns , ammunition , cooking utensils , and blankets , setting out on an expedition , which must occupy , at the shortest , several weeks , they took two birch canoes . Their food they ...
... party of nine , with all their needful stores of guns , ammunition , cooking utensils , and blankets , setting out on an expedition , which must occupy , at the shortest , several weeks , they took two birch canoes . Their food they ...
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... party was advancing to attack him by surprise . Within an hour he was on the march , led by his Indian guides ... parties . Just as the day was beginning to dawn , so that they could see to take aim at their sleeping and unsuspecting ...
... party was advancing to attack him by surprise . Within an hour he was on the march , led by his Indian guides ... parties . Just as the day was beginning to dawn , so that they could see to take aim at their sleeping and unsuspecting ...
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... party being hastily sent from the main body to the aid of the rear guard . At length British intelligence , discipline and valor prevailed over the Cherokees , and they were put to flight . Sixty of the English were struck by the ...
... party being hastily sent from the main body to the aid of the rear guard . At length British intelligence , discipline and valor prevailed over the Cherokees , and they were put to flight . Sixty of the English were struck by the ...
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... party of three hundred men from the western frontiers of Pennsylvania , across the Alleghany mountains , for the purpose of opening a road , by which artillery could be transported for the attack of Fort Duquesne . When the party had ...
... party of three hundred men from the western frontiers of Pennsylvania , across the Alleghany mountains , for the purpose of opening a road , by which artillery could be transported for the attack of Fort Duquesne . When the party had ...
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... party , whose yell had announced that they were returning in tri- umph . Though the Indians in the camp belonged to another tribe , the visitors were treated with great hospitality . The next morning the march was continued , and on the ...
... party , whose yell had announced that they were returning in tri- umph . Though the Indians in the camp belonged to another tribe , the visitors were treated with great hospitality . The next morning the march was continued , and on the ...
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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...