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... town . On February 11 , 1836 , Colonel Travis assumed command of the regulars . The volunteers elected James Bowie as as their Colonel . The Mexican army gathered on the Rio Grande for the invasion of Texas . On February 24th Santa ...
... town . On February 11 , 1836 , Colonel Travis assumed command of the regulars . The volunteers elected James Bowie as as their Colonel . The Mexican army gathered on the Rio Grande for the invasion of Texas . On February 24th Santa ...
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... town , Valley Forge , Arnold and Yorktown . Did not Muse's instruction bear fruit in the masterly retreat through New Jersey in 1776 , and the rapid movement that hemmed in Cornwallis in 1781 ? These two accomplishments alone place ...
... town , Valley Forge , Arnold and Yorktown . Did not Muse's instruction bear fruit in the masterly retreat through New Jersey in 1776 , and the rapid movement that hemmed in Cornwallis in 1781 ? These two accomplishments alone place ...
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... Oceanus Hopkins was born on the voyage and Peregrine White was born in Province- town harbor . Counting these two , the total pas- senger list is one hundred and four . How throughout history and in our own day the great PLYMOUTH ROCK.
... Oceanus Hopkins was born on the voyage and Peregrine White was born in Province- town harbor . Counting these two , the total pas- senger list is one hundred and four . How throughout history and in our own day the great PLYMOUTH ROCK.
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... towns . By the fierce Adirondacks , a tribe of the Algonquin peoples , they had been driven southward to what is now the State of New York . Here they finally divided into five tribes , named the Senecas , the Cayugas , the Onondagas ...
... towns . By the fierce Adirondacks , a tribe of the Algonquin peoples , they had been driven southward to what is now the State of New York . Here they finally divided into five tribes , named the Senecas , the Cayugas , the Onondagas ...
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... Town and Deer- foot . Strange it is that beside him who thought that no red man could learn the ways of white men , are the ashes of the full blooded Seneca , General Ely S. Parker , who , in the Civil War RED JACKET.
... Town and Deer- foot . Strange it is that beside him who thought that no red man could learn the ways of white men , are the ashes of the full blooded Seneca , General Ely S. Parker , who , in the Civil War RED JACKET.
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