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 61
... command , the clang of muskets , the uproar of soldiers , the cry of the sutler ; and with these were mingled the shrieks of drunken Indians , won over from their old friendship by rum and soft words . Scouts were abroad , and little ...
... command , the clang of muskets , the uproar of soldiers , the cry of the sutler ; and with these were mingled the shrieks of drunken Indians , won over from their old friendship by rum and soft words . Scouts were abroad , and little ...
Page 62
... command under Joshua Fry . Ten cannon , lately from England , were forwarded from Alexandria ; wagons were got ready to carry westward provisions and stores through the heavy spring roads ; and everywhere along the Potomac men were ...
... command under Joshua Fry . Ten cannon , lately from England , were forwarded from Alexandria ; wagons were got ready to carry westward provisions and stores through the heavy spring roads ; and everywhere along the Potomac men were ...
Page 79
... command the troops to be used in the proposed irruption , and the point aimed at was apparently the upper Shawanese ... commands he obeyed ? Border Warfare , 65 . § Holmes ' Annals , vol . ii . p . 73. - Burk's Virginia , vol . iii . p ...
... command the troops to be used in the proposed irruption , and the point aimed at was apparently the upper Shawanese ... commands he obeyed ? Border Warfare , 65 . § Holmes ' Annals , vol . ii . p . 73. - Burk's Virginia , vol . iii . p ...
Page 81
... commands , asked the reason . The British officers , thinking the savages would despise their General , if told he was sick , were at first puzzled what answer to make ; but in a moment one of them spoke out , and said , that in that ...
... commands , asked the reason . The British officers , thinking the savages would despise their General , if told he was sick , were at first puzzled what answer to make ; but in a moment one of them spoke out , and said , that in that ...
Page 95
... command on the subject . But this gentleman , considering the information as a story invented for some artful purpose , advised him to pay no attention to it . This conclusion , however , had happily , no weight with him . He thought it ...
... command on the subject . But this gentleman , considering the information as a story invented for some artful purpose , advised him to pay no attention to it . This conclusion , however , had happily , no weight with him . He thought it ...
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