The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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Stran 16
... night's lodging at the house of one of the settlers - Captain Hite , near the site of the present town of Winchester . Here , after supper , most of the company stretched themselves in backwoods style before the fire ; but Washington ...
... night's lodging at the house of one of the settlers - Captain Hite , near the site of the present town of Winchester . Here , after supper , most of the company stretched themselves in backwoods style before the fire ; but Washington ...
Stran 33
... night they lit a fire , and " camped " by it in the woods . At two o'clock in the morning they were again on foot , and pressed forward until they struck the southeast fork of Beaver creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of ...
... night they lit a fire , and " camped " by it in the woods . At two o'clock in the morning they were again on foot , and pressed forward until they struck the southeast fork of Beaver creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of ...
Stran 34
... night to leave this perfidious neighborhood behind them ; but first it was necessary to blind the guide as to their intentions . He accordingly addressed him in a friendly tone , and adverting to the late circumstance , pretended to ...
... night to leave this perfidious neighborhood behind them ; but first it was necessary to blind the guide as to their intentions . He accordingly addressed him in a friendly tone , and adverting to the late circumstance , pretended to ...
Stran 35
... night , exposed to intense cold , by which the hands and feet of Mr. Gist were frozen . In the morning they found the drift - ice wedged so closely together that they suceeded in getting from the island to the opposite side of the river ...
... night , exposed to intense cold , by which the hands and feet of Mr. Gist were frozen . In the morning they found the drift - ice wedged so closely together that they suceeded in getting from the island to the opposite side of the river ...
Stran 38
... night on a secret expe- dition . Close upon this report came a message from the half - king , addressed " to the first of his majesty's officers whom it may concern . " AN ENVOY ATTENDING A COUNCIL OF INDIAN CHIEFS . " 38 LIFE OF ...
... night on a secret expe- dition . Close upon this report came a message from the half - king , addressed " to the first of his majesty's officers whom it may concern . " AN ENVOY ATTENDING A COUNCIL OF INDIAN CHIEFS . " 38 LIFE OF ...
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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