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 vi
... Fort Crevecœur built . Hennepin sent to explore Mississippi . La Salle returns to Canada . April & May , Hennepin on ... Fort St. Louis ( Rock fort , ) forced to leave the La Salle returns to the Illinois . Hennepin returns to Canada ...
... Fort Crevecœur built . Hennepin sent to explore Mississippi . La Salle returns to Canada . April & May , Hennepin on ... Fort St. Louis ( Rock fort , ) forced to leave the La Salle returns to the Illinois . Hennepin returns to Canada ...
Page viii
... fort at Venango finished . Virginia troops moving westward . Fort at the Fork of the Ohio taken by French . Washington crosses Alleghanies . Washington attacks and kills Jumonville , New York sends £ 5000 to Virginia . Washington at Fort ...
... fort at Venango finished . Virginia troops moving westward . Fort at the Fork of the Ohio taken by French . Washington crosses Alleghanies . Washington attacks and kills Jumonville , New York sends £ 5000 to Virginia . Washington at Fort ...
Page ix
... fort and calls it Fort Dunmore . Cherokees attack a boat on the Ohio . Connolly writes to the settlers to beware of the Indians . Cresap , having Connolly's letter , attacks Indians . Greathouse murders several Indians . Preparations ...
... fort and calls it Fort Dunmore . Cherokees attack a boat on the Ohio . Connolly writes to the settlers to beware of the Indians . Cresap , having Connolly's letter , attacks Indians . Greathouse murders several Indians . Preparations ...
Page x
... Fort Pitt . Fort McIntosh built . March 10 , June 24 , June 16 , May , June 25 , July 4 , July 6 , Clark takes Cahokia . Aug. 1 , Aug. 1 , Aug. 8 , New Jersey objects to land claims of Virginia . Clark takes Kaskaskia . St. Vincents ...
... Fort Pitt . Fort McIntosh built . March 10 , June 24 , June 16 , May , June 25 , July 4 , July 6 , Clark takes Cahokia . Aug. 1 , Aug. 1 , Aug. 8 , New Jersey objects to land claims of Virginia . Clark takes Kaskaskia . St. Vincents ...
Page xi
... Fort Pitt threatened by savages . November , Kentucky divided into three counties . Clark prepares to attack Detroit . December , 1781. Jan. 2 , January , Feb. 15 , March 1 , Virginia makes her first act of cession . Spaniards take St ...
... Fort Pitt threatened by savages . November , Kentucky divided into three counties . Clark prepares to attack Detroit . December , 1781. Jan. 2 , January , Feb. 15 , March 1 , Virginia makes her first act of cession . Spaniards take St ...
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