Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory ; Chiefly from Original Manuscripts |
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... received them with demonstra- tions of hostility ; but , by the aid of their interpreter , they soon came to a friendly understanding , and passed several days in feasting . He describes them as far more friendly , and civil , than the ...
... received them with demonstra- tions of hostility ; but , by the aid of their interpreter , they soon came to a friendly understanding , and passed several days in feasting . He describes them as far more friendly , and civil , than the ...
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... received with all possible kindness , and , after he had explained to them that he was anxious about a Frenchman who had been lost , and that he only detained them that he might rescue him from their hands , if he was really among them ...
... received with all possible kindness , and , after he had explained to them that he was anxious about a Frenchman who had been lost , and that he only detained them that he might rescue him from their hands , if he was really among them ...
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... received with the greatest satisfaction . Presents were then given to them , and , as they had signified that one of their villages was not more than half a day's jour ney distant , M. de la Salle set out the next day to go thith- er ...
... received with the greatest satisfaction . Presents were then given to them , and , as they had signified that one of their villages was not more than half a day's jour ney distant , M. de la Salle set out the next day to go thith- er ...
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... received , and supplied with a large quantity of provisions . M. de Tonty passed a night at one of their villages , where there were about seven hundred men carrying arms , assembled in the place . Here again a peace was concluded . A ...
... received , and supplied with a large quantity of provisions . M. de Tonty passed a night at one of their villages , where there were about seven hundred men carrying arms , assembled in the place . Here again a peace was concluded . A ...
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... received with great joy in Quebec , and the " Te Deum " was sung in the churches . Early in October he sailed for France for the purpose of reporting his discoveries to the king , who re- ceived him very graciously , and in the spring ...
... received with great joy in Quebec , and the " Te Deum " was sung in the churches . Early in October he sailed for France for the purpose of reporting his discoveries to the king , who re- ceived him very graciously , and in the spring ...
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Page 505 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew : fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 525 - Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, (if ever he had a chosen people,) whose breasts He has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which He keeps alive that sacred fire, which, otherwise, might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals, in the mass of cultivators, is a phenomenon, of which no age nor nation has furnished an example.
Page 222 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 24 - River, as a monument of renewal of possession, which we have taken of the said river Ohio, and of all those which fall into it, and of all the lands on both sides as far as the sources of said...
Page 12 - April, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two, in virtue of the commission of his Majesty, which I hold in my hand, and which may be seen by all whom it may concern, have taken, and do now take, in the name of his Majesty and of his...
Page 165 - The Surveyors as they are respectively qualified shall proceed to divide the said territory into townships of six miles square, by lines running due north and south and others crossing these at right angles...
Page 524 - And day to day, through the revolving year ; Admiring, sees her in her every shape ; Feels all her sweet emotions at his heart ; Takes what she liberal gives, nor thinks of more.
Page 194 - ... to propose the following plan, viz: That an association by the name of the OHIO COMPANY, be formed of all such as wish to become purchasers, etc., in that country, who reside in the commonwealth of Massachusetts only, or to extend to the inhabitants of other states, as shall be agreed on.
Page 92 - Indian enemy—a. •conduct which at once evinces his excellency's attention to the true interests of this colony, and a zeal in the executive department which no dangers can divert, or difficulties hinder, from •achieving the most important services to the people who have the happiness to live under his administration.
Page 60 - ... reluctance ; shed torrents of tears over them, recommending them to the care and protection of the commanding officer. Their regard to them continued all the time they remained in camp.