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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... soldiers , to plant leaden plates , containing inscriptions of the claims of France , at the mouths of all the prin- cipal rivers flowing into the Ohio . Captain Celeron , who led the expedition , was also instructed , should he meet ...
... soldiers , to plant leaden plates , containing inscriptions of the claims of France , at the mouths of all the prin- cipal rivers flowing into the Ohio . Captain Celeron , who led the expedition , was also instructed , should he meet ...
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... soldiers , with a pretty strong force of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians , to destroy the settlement . The Miami warriors took the part of their friends , the English . There was a hard fight . The Miamis were over- powered ; the block ...
... soldiers , with a pretty strong force of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians , to destroy the settlement . The Miami warriors took the part of their friends , the English . There was a hard fight . The Miamis were over- powered ; the block ...
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... soldiers in Colonel Washington's reg- iment . This fact seems conclusive proof that the French decla- ration , that no hostile demonstration was intended , should be credited . About nine o'clock of one dark and stormy night , when the ...
... soldiers in Colonel Washington's reg- iment . This fact seems conclusive proof that the French decla- ration , that no hostile demonstration was intended , should be credited . About nine o'clock of one dark and stormy night , when the ...
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... soldiers knew nothing about life in the wilderness , and had no acquaintance whatever with Indian warfare . They were under the command of General Braddock , a self - conceited , self - willed man , who , in the pride . of his technical ...
... soldiers knew nothing about life in the wilderness , and had no acquaintance whatever with Indian warfare . They were under the command of General Braddock , a self - conceited , self - willed man , who , in the pride . of his technical ...
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... soldiers they fled into the forest with the swiftness of deer . In the following words Wash- ington describes the scene , which was then open before them : " On entering we saw a sight that , though we were familiar with blood and ...
... soldiers they fled into the forest with the swiftness of deer . In the following words Wash- ington describes the scene , which was then open before them : " On entering we saw a sight that , though we were familiar with blood and ...
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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...