Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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Page 48
... chiefs and commissioners met at the court - house , " shaked hands , " smoked a pipe , and drank " a good quantity of wine and punch . " The next day , being Saturday , the English went " to the Dunkers ' nunnery , " and the Indians ...
... chiefs and commissioners met at the court - house , " shaked hands , " smoked a pipe , and drank " a good quantity of wine and punch . " The next day , being Saturday , the English went " to the Dunkers ' nunnery , " and the Indians ...
Page 53
... chiefs to a conference at Logstown , which was done . All this time the French had not been idle . They not only stirred up the savages , but took measures to fortify certain points on the upper waters of the Ohio , from which all lower ...
... chiefs to a conference at Logstown , which was done . All this time the French had not been idle . They not only stirred up the savages , but took measures to fortify certain points on the upper waters of the Ohio , from which all lower ...
Page 55
... chiefs said , " No ; they had not heard of any sale west of the warrior's road , ‡ which ran at the foot of the ... chief among the Six Nations , being three - fourths of Indian blood , and persuaded him , by valid argu- ments , ( of the ...
... chiefs said , " No ; they had not heard of any sale west of the warrior's road , ‡ which ran at the foot of the ... chief among the Six Nations , being three - fourths of Indian blood , and persuaded him , by valid argu- ments , ( of the ...
Page 58
... chiefs of the Six Nations living in that neigh- bourhood . Here he learned the position of the French upon the * Minutes of Treaty at Carlisle in Oct. 1753 , pp . 5 to 8 . + Sparks ' Washington , vol . ii . pp . 328-447 . A passage of ...
... chiefs of the Six Nations living in that neigh- bourhood . Here he learned the position of the French upon the * Minutes of Treaty at Carlisle in Oct. 1753 , pp . 5 to 8 . + Sparks ' Washington , vol . ii . pp . 328-447 . A passage of ...
Page 59
... chiefs would not come either . * The truth was , these Indians were in a very awkward position . They could not resist the Europeans , and knew not which to side with ; so that a non - committal policy was much the safest , and they ...
... chiefs would not come either . * The truth was , these Indians were in a very awkward position . They could not resist the Europeans , and knew not which to side with ; so that a non - committal policy was much the safest , and they ...
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