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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... rifles the adventurers would procure food , and with their hatchets rear such shelters as they might need . Hardy as were these pioneers , and accustomed as they were to life in the wilderness , they found their path so rugged and ...
... rifles the adventurers would procure food , and with their hatchets rear such shelters as they might need . Hardy as were these pioneers , and accustomed as they were to life in the wilderness , they found their path so rugged and ...
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... rifle , which instrument they had never seen before . They were amazed when they saw the invisible rifle bullet strike down the game even at twice the distance their arrows would reach . They admired the courage of Boone , and soon ...
... rifle , which instrument they had never seen before . They were amazed when they saw the invisible rifle bullet strike down the game even at twice the distance their arrows would reach . They admired the courage of Boone , and soon ...
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... rifle , had been unusually successful in the chase . In many respects the savages were , in character , like over- grown children . Elated with abundance they had a sumptuous feast , and sang and danced till midnight , causing the wide ...
... rifle , had been unusually successful in the chase . In many respects the savages were , in character , like over- grown children . Elated with abundance they had a sumptuous feast , and sang and danced till midnight , causing the wide ...
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... rifle , to traverse a pathless wilderness five hundred miles in extent , exposed to ferocious beasts , such as panthers , bears and wolves , and to wandering bands of Indians still more to be dreaded . Having gained his home , he was to ...
... rifle , to traverse a pathless wilderness five hundred miles in extent , exposed to ferocious beasts , such as panthers , bears and wolves , and to wandering bands of Indians still more to be dreaded . Having gained his home , he was to ...
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... rifle , were continually exciting the vengeance of the peacefully - inclined Indians , by the most atrocious crimes . The war whoop echoed through the forest . At midnight merciless savages , with hideous yells , assailed the lonely hut ...
... rifle , were continually exciting the vengeance of the peacefully - inclined Indians , by the most atrocious crimes . The war whoop echoed through the forest . At midnight merciless savages , with hideous yells , assailed the lonely hut ...
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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...