The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2 |
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Page 25
To the honour of Dumas , particular instructions were given , to restrain the
Indians as far as should be in his power , from murdering those who should fall
into their hands . Unfortunately , obedi . ence to such orders could seldom be
enforced .
To the honour of Dumas , particular instructions were given , to restrain the
Indians as far as should be in his power , from murdering those who should fall
into their hands . Unfortunately , obedi . ence to such orders could seldom be
enforced .
Page 51
This , I think , iş evidently the case in speaking of Indian affairs at all , after being
instructed in very express terms ' Not to ... me to forbear mentioning the Indians in
my letters to your honour of late , and to leave the misunderstanding which you ...
This , I think , iş evidently the case in speaking of Indian affairs at all , after being
instructed in very express terms ' Not to ... me to forbear mentioning the Indians in
my letters to your honour of late , and to leave the misunderstanding which you ...
Page 6
The Indians inquired very particularly after their brothers in Carolina goal . They
also asked what sort of a boy it was who was taken from the south branch ; for
they were told by some Indians , that a party of French Indians had carried a
white ...
The Indians inquired very particularly after their brothers in Carolina goal . They
also asked what sort of a boy it was who was taken from the south branch ; for
they were told by some Indians , that a party of French Indians had carried a
white ...
Page 12
I excused it in the best manner of which I was capable , and told him , I did not
think their company agreeable , as I had heard him say a good deal in dispraise
of Indians in general : but another motive prevented me from bringing them into ...
I excused it in the best manner of which I was capable , and told him , I did not
think their company agreeable , as I had heard him say a good deal in dispraise
of Indians in general : but another motive prevented me from bringing them into ...
Page 15
As I found many plots concerted to retard the Indians ' business , and prevent
their returning with me ; I endeavoured all that lay in my power to frustrate their
schemes , and hurried them on to execute their intended design . They
accordingly ...
As I found many plots concerted to retard the Indians ' business , and prevent
their returning with me ; I endeavoured all that lay in my power to frustrate their
schemes , and hurried them on to execute their intended design . They
accordingly ...
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| Title | The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is ..., Volume 2 The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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