 The cold was so extremely severe that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning and went to Mr. Frazier's.  The life of George Washington - Page 20by John Marshall - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1813 - 478 pages
...cold" he observes, " was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist. [then his companion] had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen; and the water was shut...hard, that we found no difficulty in. getting off the itlandon the ice in the morning." Washington's Journal. 2 " It is situated on the fouth or west fork... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...Island. " The cold," continues the Journal, " was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard that we had no difficulty iu getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's,... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut...in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. We met hero with twenty warriors, who were going to the southward to war ; but coming to a place on the head... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...quit our raft and make to it. " The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut...war ; but coming to a place on the head of the Great Kenhawa, where they found seven people killed and scalped (all but one woman with very light hair),... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...quit our raft and make to it. "The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut...war ; but coming to a place on the head of the Great Kenhawa, where they found seven people killed and scalped (all but one woman with very light hair),... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...quit our raft and make to it. "The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut...war ; but coming to a place on the head of the Great Kenhawa, where they found seven people killed and scalped (all but one woman with very light hair),... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - Presidents - 1835 - 300 pages
...it. " The cold was extremely severe, and Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen. The water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island the next morning on the ice, and proceeding to Mr. Frazier's. We met here with twenty warriors who... | |
 | Periodicals - 1836 - 706 pages
...for it The cold was extremely severe, and Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen. The water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island the next morning on the ice." The frequent occurrence of such new illustrative passages as the following,... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 766 pages
...to quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen ; and the water was shut...the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. As we intended to take horses here, and it required some time to find them, I went up about three miles... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...to quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen ; and the water was shut...island on the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazicr's. As we intended to take horses here, and it required some time to find them, I went up about... | |
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