The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... crossed to the Maryland side , swimming their horses . A weary day's ride of forty miles up the left side of the river , in a continual rain , and over what Washington pronounces the worst road ever trod by man or beast , brought them ...
... crossed to the Maryland side , swimming their horses . A weary day's ride of forty miles up the left side of the river , in a continual rain , and over what Washington pronounces the worst road ever trod by man or beast , brought them ...
Stran 17
... Washington was sleeping caught fire , and he was awakened by a • companion just in time to escape a scorching . A DANCE AMONG THE FRENCH AND INDIANS ON THE FRONTIER . GIST AND WASHINGTON CROSSING THE ALLEGHENY . LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 17 ...
... Washington was sleeping caught fire , and he was awakened by a • companion just in time to escape a scorching . A DANCE AMONG THE FRENCH AND INDIANS ON THE FRONTIER . GIST AND WASHINGTON CROSSING THE ALLEGHENY . LIFE OF WASHINGTON . 17 ...
Stran 20
... crossed the ridges of the Alleghany , arrived at Shannopin , a Delaware village on the southeast side of the Ohio , or rather , of that upper branch of it , now called the Allegheny , swam his horses across the river , and , descending ...
... crossed the ridges of the Alleghany , arrived at Shannopin , a Delaware village on the southeast side of the Ohio , or rather , of that upper branch of it , now called the Allegheny , swam his horses across the river , and , descending ...
Stran 21
... crossed the Great Moneami , or Miami , river on a raft , swimming their horses ; and on February 17 , 1750 , arrived at the Indian town of Piqua , which was the principal town of the Twightwees , or Miamis , the most powerful ...
... crossed the Great Moneami , or Miami , river on a raft , swimming their horses ; and on February 17 , 1750 , arrived at the Indian town of Piqua , which was the principal town of the Twightwees , or Miamis , the most powerful ...
Stran 23
... crossed the river , attended only by a lad as a traveling companion and aid , and proceeded cautiously down the east side until within fifteen miles of the falls . Here he came upon traps newly set , and Indian footprints not a day old ...
... crossed the river , attended only by a lad as a traveling companion and aid , and proceeded cautiously down the east side until within fifteen miles of the falls . Here he came upon traps newly set , and Indian footprints not a day old ...
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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