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 84
... Major Grant , with whom went Major Andrew Lewis of Virginia , was pushed forward to gain the desired information . Grant appears to have exceeded his orders , which were merely to obtain all the knowledge relative to the French which he ...
... Major Grant , with whom went Major Andrew Lewis of Virginia , was pushed forward to gain the desired information . Grant appears to have exceeded his orders , which were merely to obtain all the knowledge relative to the French which he ...
Page 87
... Major Robert Rogers was sent to take charge of Sparks ' Franklin , vol . iv . p . 328. - Post's Journals show how full of jealousy the Indians were ; see there also Forbes ' letter , sent by him . + Sparks ' Washington , vol . ii . p ...
... Major Robert Rogers was sent to take charge of Sparks ' Franklin , vol . iv . p . 328. - Post's Journals show how full of jealousy the Indians were ; see there also Forbes ' letter , sent by him . + Sparks ' Washington , vol . ii . p ...
Page 88
... Major went to the Maumee , and thence across the present State of Ohio to Fort Pitt ; and his Journal of this overland trip is the first we have of such an one in that region . His route was nearly that given by Hutchins , † in ...
... Major went to the Maumee , and thence across the present State of Ohio to Fort Pitt ; and his Journal of this overland trip is the first we have of such an one in that region . His route was nearly that given by Hutchins , † in ...
Page 94
... Major Gladwyn to make a pair of Indian shoes , out of a curious elkskin , brought them hon.e. The major was so pleased with them , that , intending these as a present for a friend , he ordered her to take the remainder back , and make ...
... Major Gladwyn to make a pair of Indian shoes , out of a curious elkskin , brought them hon.e. The major was so pleased with them , that , intending these as a present for a friend , he ordered her to take the remainder back , and make ...
Page 134
... major of militia by the name of McCarty , made an harrangue to the men against enlist- ing , which seems to have been done in an eloquent and effectual man- ner . He referred to the condition of the public mind in the colonies , and the ...
... major of militia by the name of McCarty , made an harrangue to the men against enlist- ing , which seems to have been done in an eloquent and effectual man- ner . He referred to the condition of the public mind in the colonies , and the ...
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