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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... peace , which was highly ornamented with bril- liantly colored plumes . As these chiefs drew near , they saw to their surprise and delight that the strangers were pale faces . Though none of them had ever before seen a white man , the ...
... peace , which was highly ornamented with bril- liantly colored plumes . As these chiefs drew near , they saw to their surprise and delight that the strangers were pale faces . Though none of them had ever before seen a white man , the ...
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... peaceful embassage to Colonel Washington , seeking to avert hostile action . M. Jamonville , the peace commissioner , was a civilian . He took with him , as his escort through the wilderness , but thirty - four men ; not one to ten of ...
... peaceful embassage to Colonel Washington , seeking to avert hostile action . M. Jamonville , the peace commissioner , was a civilian . He took with him , as his escort through the wilderness , but thirty - four men ; not one to ten of ...
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... peace amicably . Everything promised a speedy and firm alliance , when a messenger came in with the announcement that a party of their warriors , who had been on a visit to the French on the banks of the Ohio , while peaceably returning ...
... peace amicably . Everything promised a speedy and firm alliance , when a messenger came in with the announcement that a party of their warriors , who had been on a visit to the French on the banks of the Ohio , while peaceably returning ...
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... peace . Come and join our standards or I will desolate your whole coun- try with my military force , which is now ready to march . " The sage Indian chiefs felt keenly this insult . They had visited the Governor with hearts open for peace ...
... peace . Come and join our standards or I will desolate your whole coun- try with my military force , which is now ready to march . " The sage Indian chiefs felt keenly this insult . They had visited the Governor with hearts open for peace ...
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... peace . Among them was the noble Attakulla . In the following appropriate and truly pathetic speech he addressed General Grant : " You live at the water side , and are in light . We are in dark- ness ; but we hope that all will yet be ...
... peace . Among them was the noble Attakulla . In the following appropriate and truly pathetic speech he addressed General Grant : " You live at the water side , and are in light . We are in dark- ness ; but we hope that all will yet be ...
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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...