The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 13
... miles below Mount Vernon , and on the same woody ridge bordering the Potomac . William Fairfax was a man of liberal education and intrinsic worth ; he had seen much of the world , and his mind had been enriched and ripened by varied and ...
... miles below Mount Vernon , and on the same woody ridge bordering the Potomac . William Fairfax was a man of liberal education and intrinsic worth ; he had seen much of the world , and his mind had been enriched and ripened by varied and ...
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... miles wide ; a lovely and temperate region , diversified by gentle swells and slopes , admirably adapted to cultivation . The Blue Ridge bounds it on one side , the North mountain , a ridge of the Alleghanies , on the other ; while ...
... miles wide ; a lovely and temperate region , diversified by gentle swells and slopes , admirably adapted to cultivation . The Blue Ridge bounds it on one side , the North mountain , a ridge of the Alleghanies , on the other ; while ...
Stran 21
... miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present state of Ohio . Here he overtook George Croghan at Muskingum , a town of Wyandottes and Mingoes . He had ordered all the traders in his employ , who ...
... miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present state of Ohio . Here he overtook George Croghan at Muskingum , a town of Wyandottes and Mingoes . He had ordered all the traders in his employ , who ...
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... miles of the falls . Here he came upon traps newly set , and Indian footprints not a day old , and heard the distant report of guns . The story of Indian hunters , then , was true . He was in a dangerous neighborhood . The savages might ...
... miles of the falls . Here he came upon traps newly set , and Indian footprints not a day old , and heard the distant report of guns . The story of Indian hunters , then , was true . He was in a dangerous neighborhood . The savages might ...
Stran 27
... miles further up the river , and directed his course to Piqua , the great town of the Twightwees , where Gist and Croghan had been so well received by the Miamis , and the French flag struck in the council - house . All now was reversed ...
... miles further up the river , and directed his course to Piqua , the great town of the Twightwees , where Gist and Croghan had been so well received by the Miamis , and the French flag struck in the council - house . All now was reversed ...
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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