The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... express also to Colonel Fry , who lay ill at Wills ' Creek , urging instant reinforcements , but declaring his resolution to " : fight with very unequal numbers rather than give up one inch of what he had gained . ” The half - king was ...
... express also to Colonel Fry , who lay ill at Wills ' Creek , urging instant reinforcements , but declaring his resolution to " : fight with very unequal numbers rather than give up one inch of what he had gained . ” The half - king was ...
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... express arrived at Winchester from Colonel Stephens , who commanded at Fort Cumberland , giving the alarm that a body of Indians were ravaging the country , burning the houses and slaughtering the inhabitants . The express was instantly ...
... express arrived at Winchester from Colonel Stephens , who commanded at Fort Cumberland , giving the alarm that a body of Indians were ravaging the country , burning the houses and slaughtering the inhabitants . The express was instantly ...
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... express hurried into town , breathless with haste and terror . The Indians , he said , were but twelve miles off ; they had attacked the house of Isaac Julian ; the inhabitants were flying for their lives . Washington immediately ...
... express hurried into town , breathless with haste and terror . The Indians , he said , were but twelve miles off ; they had attacked the house of Isaac Julian ; the inhabitants were flying for their lives . Washington immediately ...
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... express returned with sad accounts from Fort Cumberland . No troops could be furnished from that quarter . The garrison was scarcely strong enough for self - defense , having sent out detachments in different directions . The express ...
... express returned with sad accounts from Fort Cumberland . No troops could be furnished from that quarter . The garrison was scarcely strong enough for self - defense , having sent out detachments in different directions . The express ...
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... express his own desire for peace and friendship with Virginia , and fair dealings with her traders ; all which Washington promised to report faithfully to the governor . At the Great Kanawha Washington's expedition down the Ohio ...
... express his own desire for peace and friendship with Virginia , and fair dealings with her traders ; all which Washington promised to report faithfully to the governor . At the Great Kanawha Washington's expedition down the Ohio ...
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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