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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... town of Rochelle was busy with the stir of artisans , ship - riggers , adventurers , sol- diers , sailors , and all that varied crowd which in those days looked into the dim West for a land where wealth was to be had for the seeking ...
... town of Rochelle was busy with the stir of artisans , ship - riggers , adventurers , sol- diers , sailors , and all that varied crowd which in those days looked into the dim West for a land where wealth was to be had for the seeking ...
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... town of the Natchez , that the intruders might use its site for a plantation . The inimical Chicka- saws heard the murmurs of their wronged brethren , and breathed into their ears counsels of vengeance ; the sufferers determined on the ...
... town of the Natchez , that the intruders might use its site for a plantation . The inimical Chicka- saws heard the murmurs of their wronged brethren , and breathed into their ears counsels of vengeance ; the sufferers determined on the ...
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... town records , have as yet failed to lend a single fact in support of this part of the Doc- tor's tale . While , therefore , there is no doubt that the English , at an early day , had visited the South West , and even had stations on ...
... town records , have as yet failed to lend a single fact in support of this part of the Doc- tor's tale . While , therefore , there is no doubt that the English , at an early day , had visited the South West , and even had stations on ...
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... town , vacant lots had been chosen for the savages to build their wigwams upon , and thither they marched on with Conrad Weiser , their friend and interpreter , while the Virginians " drank the loyal healths , " and finished their enter ...
... town , vacant lots had been chosen for the savages to build their wigwams upon , and thither they marched on with Conrad Weiser , their friend and interpreter , while the Virginians " drank the loyal healths , " and finished their enter ...
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... town " of Lancaster , and took their homeward way , having suffered much from the vermin and the water , though when they used the latter would be a curi- ous enquiry . Such was the treaty of Lancaster , upon which , as a corner - stone ...
... town " of Lancaster , and took their homeward way , having suffered much from the vermin and the water , though when they used the latter would be a curi- ous enquiry . Such was the treaty of Lancaster , upon which , as a corner - stone ...
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