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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... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 1750 . West in 1750 . 39 " For fifteen leagues above the mouth of the Mississippi , one sees no dwellings , the ground being too low to be habitable . Thence to New Orleans the lands are ...
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 1750 . West in 1750 . 39 " For fifteen leagues above the mouth of the Mississippi , one sees no dwellings , the ground being too low to be habitable . Thence to New Orleans the lands are ...
Page 55
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 1752 . Treaty of Logstown . 55 and a half below Pittsburgh , upon the north side of the Ohio . * It had long been a trading - point , but had been abandoned by the Indians in 1750. † Here ...
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 1752 . Treaty of Logstown . 55 and a half below Pittsburgh , upon the north side of the Ohio . * It had long been a trading - point , but had been abandoned by the Indians in 1750. † Here ...
Page 60
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 60 Preparations against the French . 1754 . to say that , three out of ... hundred men would be ready to descend the river with their Indian allies , for which purpose three hundred canoes ...
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 60 Preparations against the French . 1754 . to say that , three out of ... hundred men would be ready to descend the river with their Indian allies , for which purpose three hundred canoes ...
Page 62
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 62 Washington appointed Lieutenant Colonel . 1754 . In New York , a little , and only a little better spirit , was at work ; nor was this strange , as her direct interest was much less ...
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 62 Washington appointed Lieutenant Colonel . 1754 . In New York , a little , and only a little better spirit , was at work ; nor was this strange , as her direct interest was much less ...
Page 66
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 66 Washington retires to Mount Vernon . 1754 . Cumberland was erected under the charge of Colonel Innes , of North Carolina , who , since the death of Colonel Fry , had been Commander - in ...
... Hundred and Forty Five James Handasyd Perkins. 66 Washington retires to Mount Vernon . 1754 . Cumberland was erected under the charge of Colonel Innes , of North Carolina , who , since the death of Colonel Fry , had been Commander - in ...
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