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... and Brit ish officers deemed proper , and considerable bad blood was stirred up , which , under a less judicious officer than A * Bouquet might have resulted disastrously to all concerned . The AND HIS CAMPAIGNS . 9 Goes to Philadelphia,
... and Brit ish officers deemed proper , and considerable bad blood was stirred up , which , under a less judicious officer than A * Bouquet might have resulted disastrously to all concerned . The AND HIS CAMPAIGNS . 9 Goes to Philadelphia,
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... the route to be burned at the stake by the Indians and al- lowed the remainder to be tomahawked in cold blood on the parade ground of the fort . Washington was directed to open the last fifty miles of 14 COL . HENRY BOUQUET.
... the route to be burned at the stake by the Indians and al- lowed the remainder to be tomahawked in cold blood on the parade ground of the fort . Washington was directed to open the last fifty miles of 14 COL . HENRY BOUQUET.
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... blood- thirsty hell - hounds . Some of the women in the fort , it is said , helped to defend the place . Many express - riders going to and from the garrison have been killed . " DEFENCE OF FORT LIGONIER . At Fort Ligonier matters were ...
... blood- thirsty hell - hounds . Some of the women in the fort , it is said , helped to defend the place . Many express - riders going to and from the garrison have been killed . " DEFENCE OF FORT LIGONIER . At Fort Ligonier matters were ...
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... blood and valor of his heroic soldiers . Appropos to this part of my subject I will append a poem , which was written in a freight car on the Iowa prairies , whilst the writer was transporting his horse and household goods from one ...
... blood and valor of his heroic soldiers . Appropos to this part of my subject I will append a poem , which was written in a freight car on the Iowa prairies , whilst the writer was transporting his horse and household goods from one ...
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... blood and valor per se , but by Swiss and Scot , Royal Americans , Provincials and Highlanders from Caledonia hills , by these other branches of the great Teu- tonic host , the Aryan or Indo - Germanic family of nations , was this ...
... blood and valor per se , but by Swiss and Scot , Royal Americans , Provincials and Highlanders from Caledonia hills , by these other branches of the great Teu- tonic host , the Aryan or Indo - Germanic family of nations , was this ...
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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!
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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.
References to this book
Never Come to Peace Again: Pontiac's Uprising and the Fate of the British ... David Dixon Limited preview - 2005 |