The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... town , and the scaling - ladders proved too short . That part of the attack , however , with which Lawrence was con- cerned distinguished itself by its bravery . The troops sustained , unflinching , a destructive fire for several hours ...
... town , and the scaling - ladders proved too short . That part of the attack , however , with which Lawrence was con- cerned distinguished itself by its bravery . The troops sustained , unflinching , a destructive fire for several hours ...
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... town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar - maples on ...
... town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar - maples on ...
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... town of Piqua , which was the principal town of the Twightwees , or Miamis , the most powerful confederacy of the west , combining four tribes , and extending its influence even beyond the Mississippi . A king , or sachem , of one or ...
... town of Piqua , which was the principal town of the Twightwees , or Miamis , the most powerful confederacy of the west , combining four tribes , and extending its influence even beyond the Mississippi . A king , or sachem , of one or ...
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... town , near the mouth of the Scioto , and reported to his Indian friends there the alliance he had formed with the Miami confederacy , there was great feasting and speech - making and firing of guns . He had now happily accom- plished ...
... town , near the mouth of the Scioto , and reported to his Indian friends there the alliance he had formed with the Miami confederacy , there was great feasting and speech - making and firing of guns . He had now happily accom- plished ...
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... town and build a fort at Chartier's creek , on the east side of the Ohio , a little below the site of the present city of Pittsburg . He commenced a settlement , also , in a valley just beyond Laurel Hill , not far from the Youghiogeny ...
... town and build a fort at Chartier's creek , on the east side of the Ohio , a little below the site of the present city of Pittsburg . He commenced a settlement , also , in a valley just beyond Laurel Hill , not far from the Youghiogeny ...
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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