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 Hon. 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, Volume 4Richard Phillips, 1805 - Presidents |
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... hundred strong , composed of about three hundred Indians led by their own chiefs , and a number of tories painted like Indians under the command of Colonel John Butler , broke into the Wyoming settlement , and obtained easy pos- session ...
... hundred strong , composed of about three hundred Indians led by their own chiefs , and a number of tories painted like Indians under the command of Colonel John Butler , broke into the Wyoming settlement , and obtained easy pos- session ...
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... hundred men to the place appointed , where no person was found on the part of the enemy ; but at a sti !! greater distance from the fort , at the foot of a mountain , a flag was exhibit- ed , which retired as he approached , as if appre ...
... hundred men to the place appointed , where no person was found on the part of the enemy ; but at a sti !! greater distance from the fort , at the foot of a mountain , a flag was exhibit- ed , which retired as he approached , as if appre ...
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... hundred men , principally Indians , projecting an expedition , first against the post at Kaskaskias , and then up the Ohio to Pittsburgh ; after which he proposed to desolate the frontiers of Virginia ; when Clarke anticipated and ...
... hundred men , principally Indians , projecting an expedition , first against the post at Kaskaskias , and then up the Ohio to Pittsburgh ; after which he proposed to desolate the frontiers of Virginia ; when Clarke anticipated and ...
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... hundred troops , mark the military and enterprising genius of the man who plans and exe cutes them . Clarke was too far removed from the inhabited country to hope ... hundred hundred and thirty men , the whole force he could 34 THE LIFE OF.
... hundred troops , mark the military and enterprising genius of the man who plans and exe cutes them . Clarke was too far removed from the inhabited country to hope ... hundred hundred and thirty men , the whole force he could 34 THE LIFE OF.
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... hundred infantry , and one hundred ca- valry , from Pittsburgh and Wyoming , against Detroit and Niagara . The object of these corps was to be openly avowed , and they were to destroy the towns belonging to the hostile tribes of Indians ...
... hundred infantry , and one hundred ca- valry , from Pittsburgh and Wyoming , against Detroit and Niagara . The object of these corps was to be openly avowed , and they were to destroy the towns belonging to the hostile tribes of Indians ...
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