Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, Volume 30Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1921 - Ohio |
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Page 60
... inconvenience for the lack of food . On the 14th of December Gist and his party reached a town on the Muskingum occupied by the Wyandots . As he approached this town he saw the English colors 60 Ohio Arch . and Hist . Society Publications .
... inconvenience for the lack of food . On the 14th of December Gist and his party reached a town on the Muskingum occupied by the Wyandots . As he approached this town he saw the English colors 60 Ohio Arch . and Hist . Society Publications .
Page 63
... party ar- rived at the mouth of the Scioto . Situated on the right bank of the river was Hannoahstown occupied by Shawnees . It consisted of about one hundred houses . Across the Ohio River was another town of the same tribe with about ...
... party ar- rived at the mouth of the Scioto . Situated on the right bank of the river was Hannoahstown occupied by Shawnees . It consisted of about one hundred houses . Across the Ohio River was another town of the same tribe with about ...
Page 64
... party's absence . Their trip was northwest across the divide between the Scioto and the Little Miami valleys . Reaching the Little Miami they crossed it probably in the vicinity of where Xenia is now located , and then con- tinued ...
... party's absence . Their trip was northwest across the divide between the Scioto and the Little Miami valleys . Reaching the Little Miami they crossed it probably in the vicinity of where Xenia is now located , and then con- tinued ...
Page 65
... party , the English or the French , could array the entire Miami tribe in its behalf would have a great advantage not only in trade , but in the final possession of the country . The events taking place in this far away trading post may ...
... party , the English or the French , could array the entire Miami tribe in its behalf would have a great advantage not only in trade , but in the final possession of the country . The events taking place in this far away trading post may ...
Page 66
... party seemed at the time to have been successful . The promises were all the English could wish . But the Indians were not always true to their agreements . Three years later these very Miami tribes were arrayed on the side of the ...
... party seemed at the time to have been successful . The promises were all the English could wish . But the Indians were not always true to their agreements . Three years later these very Miami tribes were arrayed on the side of the ...
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Page 22 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original states, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
Page 283 - John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt by white men to get up a revolt among slaves, in which the slaves refused to participate. In fact it was so absurd that the slaves, with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history, at the assassination of kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned...
Page 502 - Chairman of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology of the National Research Council in 19f>(i-5S.
Page 278 - Let me say also a word in regard to the statements made by some of those connected with me. I hear it has been stated by some of them that I have induced them to join me. But the contrary is true. I do not say this to injure them, but as regretting their weakness.
Page 423 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 285 - I. John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.
Page 277 - I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted, — the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri and there took slaves without the snapping of a gun on either side, moved them through the country, and finally left them in Canada.
Page 372 - A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box.
Page 276 - Brown, was the coolest and firmest man ho ever saw in defying danger and death. With one son dead by his side, and another shot through, he felt the pulse of his dying son with one hand and held his rifle with the other, and commanded his men with the utmost composure, encouraging them to be firm, and to sell their lives as dearly as they could.
Page 255 - Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States, is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable war of one portion of its citizens upon another portion...