Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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Page iii
... given of important events . The limits of this volume have made it necessary to state most matters with great brevity , and , with the exception of the Indian wars in 1790-95 , no subject has received a full developement ; upon that ...
... given of important events . The limits of this volume have made it necessary to state most matters with great brevity , and , with the exception of the Indian wars in 1790-95 , no subject has received a full developement ; upon that ...
Page xiii
... given it . St. Clair goes west to Kaskaskia . Gamelin sent to Wabash Indians . V Indian hostilities take place . Ninth Kentucky Convention meets . Troops gather at Fort Washington . Harmar leaves Fort Washington . July 15 , St. Clair ...
... given it . St. Clair goes west to Kaskaskia . Gamelin sent to Wabash Indians . V Indian hostilities take place . Ninth Kentucky Convention meets . Troops gather at Fort Washington . Harmar leaves Fort Washington . July 15 , St. Clair ...
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... given in 1538 ; with a brilliant and noble band of followers , he left Europe ; and in May 1539 , after a stay in Cuba , anchored his vessels near the coast of the Peninsula of Florida , in the bay of Spiritu Santo , or Tampa bay . ‡ De ...
... given in 1538 ; with a brilliant and noble band of followers , he left Europe ; and in May 1539 , after a stay in Cuba , anchored his vessels near the coast of the Peninsula of Florida , in the bay of Spiritu Santo , or Tampa bay . ‡ De ...
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... given to the Europeans , consisting of four courses . The first was of hominy , the second of fish , the third of a dog , * which the Frenchmen declined , and the whole concluded with roast buffalo . After the feast they were marched ...
... given to the Europeans , consisting of four courses . The first was of hominy , the second of fish , the third of a dog , * which the Frenchmen declined , and the whole concluded with roast buffalo . After the feast they were marched ...
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... given in Hennepin's second volume , London , 1698 , ) having lost all his papers while returning to Quebec , by the upsetting of his canoe . Marquette's unpretending account , we have in a collection of voyages by Thevenot , printed in ...
... given in Hennepin's second volume , London , 1698 , ) having lost all his papers while returning to Quebec , by the upsetting of his canoe . Marquette's unpretending account , we have in a collection of voyages by Thevenot , printed in ...
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