The Cincinnati Miscellany, Or, Antiquities of the West, and Pioneer History and General and Local Statistics: From April 1st, 1845 to April 1st, 1846C. Clark, printer, 1846 - Cincinnati (Ohio) |
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... Creek ; Gulick's sugar refinery on Arch street ; a glass house at the foot of Smith street ; a steam saw mill at the mouth of Mill street ; and the great steam mill on the river bank , half way be- tween Ludlow street and Broadway ...
... Creek ; Gulick's sugar refinery on Arch street ; a glass house at the foot of Smith street ; a steam saw mill at the mouth of Mill street ; and the great steam mill on the river bank , half way be- tween Ludlow street and Broadway ...
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... creek , Tygart's Val - ered the Indians by the smoke of their fires , ley , nearly depopulating the settlement . Among and creeping cautiously up through the brush others they killed Alexander Roney , Mrs. were enabled to get near ...
... creek , Tygart's Val - ered the Indians by the smoke of their fires , ley , nearly depopulating the settlement . Among and creeping cautiously up through the brush others they killed Alexander Roney , Mrs. were enabled to get near ...
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... creek , some few the convenience of members . The presump . miles N. W. of where Mt. Vernon stands , lay tion therefore is , that each general assembly is a down for the night , and the next morning walk- fair representation - and no ...
... creek , some few the convenience of members . The presump . miles N. W. of where Mt. Vernon stands , lay tion therefore is , that each general assembly is a down for the night , and the next morning walk- fair representation - and no ...
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... creek . One settler , you have for your division , and I enclose an or- der for what I want . I am putting you to some trouble , but it cannot be helped . Please keep an account of postage , expenses , & c . & c . I will adjust this ...
... creek . One settler , you have for your division , and I enclose an or- der for what I want . I am putting you to some trouble , but it cannot be helped . Please keep an account of postage , expenses , & c . & c . I will adjust this ...
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... creek and Sunday creek . fall on the ice . When teaching school in Har- The Federal creek division contains about 400. mar , two lads come under his instruction about From the commencement , the library has been the same time , with ...
... creek and Sunday creek . fall on the ice . When teaching school in Har- The Federal creek division contains about 400. mar , two lads come under his instruction about From the commencement , the library has been the same time , with ...
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Page 307 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 80 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Page 233 - In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said vessel hath affirmed to C. D bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; one of which being accomplished, the others to stand void.
Page 102 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Page 7 - Here they lay from midnight till morning. At daylight they resumed the pursuit, and about sunrise discovered the horses; and immediately dismounting and tying up their own, they crept cautiously to a rising ground which intervened, from the crest of which they perceived the encampment of four lodges close by. They proceeded quietly and had got within thirty or forty yards of their object, when a movement among the horses discovered them to the Indians.
Page 8 - An old squaw, possibly his mother, stopped and looked back from the mountain side she was climbing, threatening and lamenting. The frightful spectacle appalled the stout hearts of our men ; but they did what humanity required, and quickly terminated the agonies of the gory savage. They were now masters of the camp. which was a pretty little recess in the mountain, with a fine spring, and apparently safe from all invasion. Great preparations had been made to feast a large party, for it was a very...
Page 70 - And, half suspected, animate the whole; Of mordant mustard add a single spoon, Distrust the condiment that bites so soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault...
Page 105 - The world is full of poetry — the air Is living with its spirit ; and the waves Dance to the music of its melodies, And sparkle in its brightness. Earth is veiled And mantled with its beauty ; and the walls That close the universe with crystal in, Are eloquent with voices that proclaim The unseen glories of immensity, In harmonies too perfect and too high For aught but beings of celestial mould, And speak to man in one eternal hymn. Unfading beauty and unyielding power.
Page 8 - ... he was not to be killed, but only tied as a prisoner. Their object accomplished, our men gathered up all the surviving horses, fifteen in number. returned upon their trail, and rejoined us at our camp in the afternoon of the same day. They had rode about one hundred miles in the pursuit and return, and all in thirty hours.
Page 270 - Again an unknown agent had interposed in their behalf. This second sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks of the assailants, and just as the sun was disappearing behind the western hills the foe withdrew for a short distance, to devise some new mode of attack.