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Page 71
... Infantry - or First Sub - legion , whose trimmings were white . He had been in the Reg- ular army three years , and he had made good . He seemed to have a military mind ; had studied hard , and it was his plan of march that was adopted ...
... Infantry - or First Sub - legion , whose trimmings were white . He had been in the Reg- ular army three years , and he had made good . He seemed to have a military mind ; had studied hard , and it was his plan of march that was adopted ...
Page 74
... Infantry at Pitts- burg to report to Governor Harrison , for service . The Fourth Infantry numbered only two hundred and fifty men . It brought Captain Moses Whitney's company of United States Rifles ; one company of the Seventh Infantry ...
... Infantry at Pitts- burg to report to Governor Harrison , for service . The Fourth Infantry numbered only two hundred and fifty men . It brought Captain Moses Whitney's company of United States Rifles ; one company of the Seventh Infantry ...
Page 76
... infantry , cavalry and wagons . Beyond Fort Harri- son northern Indiana and Illinois on the west were red country . Few whites lived here . It was a wilderness of forest and prairie . The shortest trail to the Proph- et's Town lay on ...
... infantry , cavalry and wagons . Beyond Fort Harri- son northern Indiana and Illinois on the west were red country . Few whites lived here . It was a wilderness of forest and prairie . The shortest trail to the Proph- et's Town lay on ...
Page 84
... infantry bayonets and dragoon sabers , from the north end ; the Prophet's warriors scurried out of the oaks and brush and into the weeds of the marshes . From the south end the Fourth In- fantry companies of Captain Joel Cook and ...
... infantry bayonets and dragoon sabers , from the north end ; the Prophet's warriors scurried out of the oaks and brush and into the weeds of the marshes . From the south end the Fourth In- fantry companies of Captain Joel Cook and ...
Page 101
... Infantry , was ordered to Florida , to prepare the Seminoles for leaving . The treaty was laid out upon the council table at the house of General Wiley Thompson , the Indian agent . " It is a white man's treaty , " the chiefs declared ...
... Infantry , was ordered to Florida , to prepare the Seminoles for leaving . The treaty was laid out upon the council table at the house of General Wiley Thompson , the Indian agent . " It is a white man's treaty , " the chiefs declared ...
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Alamo American Arapahos army artillery attack Basket Apaches battery battle bayonet Bayou Boys Braddock brave Brevet buffalo Buffalo Bayou bullet camp cannon Captain Carson charge Chief Chief Gall Colonel Colonel Forsyth Colonel Travis column Comanches command companies Crazy Horse Creeks Crows Custer Daniel Boone detachment dragoons Duquesne east enemy eral fight fire Fort Duquesne four French galloped Governor Harrison grass Gray Fox guns hills Houston hundred Indians Infantry Kansas Kentucky killed Kiowas Kit Carson knew land Lieutenant-Colonel lodges Major Reno Mexican Mexico miles militia morning muskets night o'clock officers Ohio Ohio Country Old Zach ordered ponies ravine regiment ridge rifles River road rode Rosebud saddle Santa Anna scalps scouts Seminoles sent Shoshonis shot side Sioux Sitting Bull soldiers Tanacharison Taylor Texans Texas thousand trail troops valley village Vince's Bridge Volunteers wagons wait warriors Washington wounded yards
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Page 316 - It is, of course, impossible to give you any definite instructions in regard to this movement, and were it not impossible to do so the Department Commander places too much confidence in your zeal, energy, and ability to wish to impose upon you precise orders which might hamper your action when nearly in contact with the enemy.
Page 123 - PS The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves. TRAVIS.
Page 123 - Anna —I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man— The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken— I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls— I shall never surrender or retreat.
Page 24 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Page 232 - A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo, and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel sorry has the white man become a child that he should recklessly kill and not eat?
Page 123 - Fellow Citizens and Compatriots: I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot...
Page 30 - Look at the French: they are men ; they are fortifying everywhere. But you are all like women, bare and open, without fortifications.
Page 123 - The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country — VICTORY OR DEATH.
Page 123 - If this call is neglected. I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
Page 125 - Take care of my little boy. If the country should be saved, I may make him a splendid fortune ; but if the country should be lost, and I should perish, he will have nothing but the proud recollection that he is the son of a man who died for his country.