Early History of Western Pennsylvania: And of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII. |
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... took them back to England , and thus unfortunately ended this experiment of colonization . * A lineal descendant of Americus Vespucius has been for several years re- siding in this country , and is now living in the northern part of the ...
... took them back to England , and thus unfortunately ended this experiment of colonization . * A lineal descendant of Americus Vespucius has been for several years re- siding in this country , and is now living in the northern part of the ...
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... took hostages for the French , who were in their power ; we caused them to abandon the lands belong- ing to the King ; we obliged them to leave their cannon , which consisted of nine pieces ; we had destroyed all their horses and cattle ...
... took hostages for the French , who were in their power ; we caused them to abandon the lands belong- ing to the King ; we obliged them to leave their cannon , which consisted of nine pieces ; we had destroyed all their horses and cattle ...
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... took , and find them as certainly and strangely metamorphosed ; some parts left out , which I remember were entered , and many things added that never were thought of ; the names of men and things egregi- ously miscalled ; and the whole ...
... took , and find them as certainly and strangely metamorphosed ; some parts left out , which I remember were entered , and many things added that never were thought of ; the names of men and things egregi- ously miscalled ; and the whole ...
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... took eight of our people and exposed them to sale , and missing thereof , sent them prisoners to Canada . On hearing of this I detained the seventeen prisoners , the officer , and two cadets , as I am of opinion , after they were in my ...
... took eight of our people and exposed them to sale , and missing thereof , sent them prisoners to Canada . On hearing of this I detained the seventeen prisoners , the officer , and two cadets , as I am of opinion , after they were in my ...
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... took measures to dampen the ardor of the colonial troops , by degrading every American officer , how- ever distinguished for his valor or services , whose merit had raised him ( 1 ) Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin , Vol . 1 , p . 148 . ( 2 ) ...
... took measures to dampen the ardor of the colonial troops , by degrading every American officer , how- ever distinguished for his valor or services , whose merit had raised him ( 1 ) Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin , Vol . 1 , p . 148 . ( 2 ) ...
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Page 401 - 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 596 THE SEVEN YEARS
Page 396 - The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with it, soon banished the restraint which at first appeared in their conversation, and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely. They told me, that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio, and by G they would do it...
Page 602 - ... the Indian tribes who have a right to those lands, are quietly to enjoy them — hunting, planting, and dwelling thereon, so long as they please, without any molestation from the United States; but when those tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their lands, or any part of them, they are to be sold only to the United States; and until such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of their lands against all citizens of the United States,...
Page 309 - The way, and the only way, to check and to stop this evil, is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. That no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers; those who want all, and will not do with less.
Page 94 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, though they did not much like treating out of the provinces ; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defence and other important general purposes.
Page 84 - That we were wilfully, or ignorantly, deceived by our interpreter in regard to, the word assassination, I do aver, and will to my dying moment ; so will every officer that was present. The interpreter was a Dutchman, little acquainted with the English tongue, therefore might not advert to the tone and meaning of the word in English ; but, whatever his motives were for so doing, certain it is, he called it the death, or the loss, of the Sieur Jumonville. So we received and so we understood it, until,...
Page 601 - One piece twelve miles square, at or near the mouth of the Illinois river, emptying into the Mississippi.
Page 400 - We expected to have found the river frozen, but it was not, only about fifty yards from each shore. The ice I suppose had broken up above, for it was driving in vast quantities.