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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... side . Then it was that he founded " The Tramontine Order , " giving to each of those who accompanied him a golden horse - shoe , in commemoration of their toilsome mountain march , upon which they were forced to use horse - shoes ...
... side . Then it was that he founded " The Tramontine Order , " giving to each of those who accompanied him a golden horse - shoe , in commemoration of their toilsome mountain march , upon which they were forced to use horse - shoes ...
Page 47
... side of the Ohio than the Great Miami or Stony river ; ( called also Rocky river , Great Mineami ; and Assereniet . Hutchin's Geographical Descriptions , 25. The purport of this oath has been misunderstood , it says nothing of what the ...
... side of the Ohio than the Great Miami or Stony river ; ( called also Rocky river , Great Mineami ; and Assereniet . Hutchin's Geographical Descriptions , 25. The purport of this oath has been misunderstood , it says nothing of what the ...
Page 55
... side the north side , having reference to the general direction of the stream . + Bouquet's Expedition . London , 1766. p . 10 - Logstown is given on the map accom- panying the volume . Washington ( Sparks ' ii . 526 , ) speaks of a ...
... side the north side , having reference to the general direction of the stream . + Bouquet's Expedition . London , 1766. p . 10 - Logstown is given on the map accom- panying the volume . Washington ( Sparks ' ii . 526 , ) speaks of a ...
Page 58
... side of Lake Erie , to convoy them and the stores up , who were not arrived when they ran off . " I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississippi , their numbers and what forts they had built . They informed me , that ...
... side of Lake Erie , to convoy them and the stores up , who were not arrived when they ran off . " I inquired into the situation of the French on the Mississippi , their numbers and what forts they had built . They informed me , that ...
Page 59
... side with ; so that a non - committal policy was much the safest , and they were wise not to return by Washington ( as he desired they should ) the wampum received from the French , as that would have been equivalent to breaking with ...
... side with ; so that a non - committal policy was much the safest , and they were wise not to return by Washington ( as he desired they should ) the wampum received from the French , as that would have been equivalent to breaking with ...
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