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... Indians , " is what Joseph Shippen wrote to his father from Bedford . • In a letter to Chief Justice Allen , written on the day of arrival at Fort Duquesne , November 25 , 1758 , Bouquet attributes the success of the expedition in great ...
... Indians , " is what Joseph Shippen wrote to his father from Bedford . • In a letter to Chief Justice Allen , written on the day of arrival at Fort Duquesne , November 25 , 1758 , Bouquet attributes the success of the expedition in great ...
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... Indians , who made a deter- mined sortie from Fort Duquesne to surprise and cut off the advance guard and pioneers before the main body could come up to their relief . But the assault was re- pulsed and in consequence the Indians became ...
... Indians , who made a deter- mined sortie from Fort Duquesne to surprise and cut off the advance guard and pioneers before the main body could come up to their relief . But the assault was re- pulsed and in consequence the Indians became ...
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... Indians idle during the whole campaign and procured a peace with those inveterate enemies more necessary and benefi- cial than the driving of the French from the Ohio . His prudence in all his measures in the numberless difficulties he ...
... Indians idle during the whole campaign and procured a peace with those inveterate enemies more necessary and benefi- cial than the driving of the French from the Ohio . His prudence in all his measures in the numberless difficulties he ...
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... Indians and was soon well established , with a valuable herd of milk cows and other comforts of civilization . Here Bouquet spent many a pleasant hour in his trips to and from Fort Pitt . Ecuyer was also on friendly terms with the ...
... Indians and was soon well established , with a valuable herd of milk cows and other comforts of civilization . Here Bouquet spent many a pleasant hour in his trips to and from Fort Pitt . Ecuyer was also on friendly terms with the ...
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... Indians lamented the change and their spirit of discontent was fanned into a flame by disappointed French traders who led the credulous savages to believe that the great king of France would soon drive out the English and recover his ...
... Indians lamented the change and their spirit of discontent was fanned into a flame by disappointed French traders who led the credulous savages to believe that the great king of France would soon drive out the English and recover his ...
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Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764 (Classic Reprint) Cyrus Cort No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 52 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 74 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 52 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 5 - He has allowed you to behold and to partake the reward of your patriotic toils; and he has allowed us, your sons and countrymen, to meet you here, and in the name of the present generation, in the name of your country, in the name of liberty, to thank you!
Page 7 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her.
Page 50 - Mingoes had closely Beset, and Attacked this Fort from the 27th July, to the First Instant, when they Quitted it to March against us. " The Boldness of those Savages is hardly Credible ; they had taken Post under the Banks of Both Rivers, Close to the Fort, where Digging Holes, they kept an Incessant Fire, and threw Fire Arrows: They are good Marksmen, and though our People were under Cover, they Killed one, & Wounded seven.
Page 45 - ... till they were totally dispersed. The left of the savages, which had not been attacked, were kept in awe by the remains of our troops, posted on the brow of the hill for that purpose; nor durst they attempt to support or assist their right, but being witness to their defeat, followed their example and fled.
Page 45 - Entice them to Come Close upon Us, or to Stand their Ground when Attacked. With this View two Companies of Light Infantry were Ordered within the Circle, and the Troops on their Right and Left opened their Files, and Filled up the Space that it might seem they were intended to Cover the Retreat; The Third Light Infantry Company, and the Grenadiers of the 42d, were Ordered to Support the two First Companys.
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Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British ... David Dixon Limited preview - 2005 |