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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... Daniel Story , first teacher and preacher , in Ohio Company's purchase . Symmes ' settlements threatened by Indians . Major Doughty arrives at Symmes ' purchase and begins Ft . Washington . xiii 1789. July , July 20 , September , Sept.
... Daniel Story , first teacher and preacher , in Ohio Company's purchase . Symmes ' settlements threatened by Indians . Major Doughty arrives at Symmes ' purchase and begins Ft . Washington . xiii 1789. July , July 20 , September , Sept.
Page 58
... major , and whose previ- ous life had inured him to hardship and woodland ways , while his courage , cool judgment , and firm will , all fitted him for such a mission . This young man , as all know , was George Washington , who was ...
... major , and whose previ- ous life had inured him to hardship and woodland ways , while his courage , cool judgment , and firm will , all fitted him for such a mission . This young man , as all know , was George Washington , who was ...
Page 69
... Major - General in the Revolutionary war . Thirty sailors had also been granted for the expedition by Admiral Keppel , who commanded the squadron that brought over the two regiments . At this post the army was detained three weeks , nor ...
... Major - General in the Revolutionary war . Thirty sailors had also been granted for the expedition by Admiral Keppel , who commanded the squadron that brought over the two regiments . At this post the army was detained three weeks , nor ...
Page 71
... Major Sparks , and Brigade Major Halket . Ten captains were killed , and twenty - two wounded ; the whole number of officers in the engagement was eighty - six , of whom twenty - six were killed , and thirty- 72 Account of Braddock's ...
... Major Sparks , and Brigade Major Halket . Ten captains were killed , and twenty - two wounded ; the whole number of officers in the engagement was eighty - six , of whom twenty - six were killed , and thirty- 72 Account of Braddock's ...
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... Major Lewis , in January 1756 , was appointed to command the troops to be used in the proposed irruption , and the point aimed at was apparently the upper Shawanese town , situated on the Ohio three miles above the mouth of the Great ...
... Major Lewis , in January 1756 , was appointed to command the troops to be used in the proposed irruption , and the point aimed at was apparently the upper Shawanese town , situated on the Ohio three miles above the mouth of the Great ...
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