The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 16
... appearance of a war party of thirty Indians , bearing a scalp as a trophy . A little liquor procured the spectacle of a war - dance . A large space was cleared , and a fire made in the center , round which the warriors took their seats ...
... appearance of a war party of thirty Indians , bearing a scalp as a trophy . A little liquor procured the spectacle of a war - dance . A large space was cleared , and a fire made in the center , round which the warriors took their seats ...
Stran 23
... appeared at Logstown , accompanied by another Frenchman and forty Iroquois warriors . He found an assemblage of the western tribes , feasting and rejoicing and firing of guns , for George Croghan and Montour , the interpreter , were ...
... appeared at Logstown , accompanied by another Frenchman and forty Iroquois warriors . He found an assemblage of the western tribes , feasting and rejoicing and firing of guns , for George Croghan and Montour , the interpreter , were ...
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... appeared in their conversation , and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely . They told me that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio . " Washington retained his sobriety and his ...
... appeared in their conversation , and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely . They told me that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio . " Washington retained his sobriety and his ...
Stran 31
... appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every artifice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with us , to prevent their going until after our departure ; presents , rewards and everything which could ...
... appeared to be extremely complaisant , though he was exerting every artifice which he could invent to set our Indians at variance with us , to prevent their going until after our departure ; presents , rewards and everything which could ...
Stran 33
... appeared to have known of his coming , and to have been waiting for him . One of them accosted Mr. Gist , and expressed great joy at seeing him . The wary woodsman regarded him narrowly , and thought he had seen him at Joncaire's . If ...
... appeared to have known of his coming , and to have been waiting for him . One of them accosted Mr. Gist , and expressed great joy at seeing him . The wary woodsman regarded him narrowly , and thought he had seen him at Joncaire's . If ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York