The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... Indians , many of whom were hostile to the English , and others of doubtful attachment . While the dangers and fatigues of the journey deterred from un- dertaking it those , who did not extend their views to the future scenes to be ...
... Indians , many of whom were hostile to the English , and others of doubtful attachment . While the dangers and fatigues of the journey deterred from un- dertaking it those , who did not extend their views to the future scenes to be ...
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... Indian trader , that the French general was dead , and that the major part of the army had retired into winter ... Indians in that neighbourhood , and procuring some of their chiefs , whose fidelity he took the most judicious means ...
... Indian trader , that the French general was dead , and that the major part of the army had retired into winter ... Indians in that neighbourhood , and procuring some of their chiefs , whose fidelity he took the most judicious means ...
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... Indians , to Williamsburg . The exer- January 16 . tions made by mr . Washington on this occasion , the perseverance with which he surmounted the difficulties of the journey , and the judgment displayed in his conduct towards the Indians ...
... Indians , to Williamsburg . The exer- January 16 . tions made by mr . Washington on this occasion , the perseverance with which he surmounted the difficulties of the journey , and the judgment displayed in his conduct towards the Indians ...
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... Indians , who informed him that the French had dispossessed a party of workmen employed by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves then engaged in com- pleting a fortification at ...
... Indians , who informed him that the French had dispossessed a party of workmen employed by the Ohio company to erect a fort on the south eastern branch of the Ohio , and were themselves then engaged in com- pleting a fortification at ...
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... Indians who inform- ed them that the enemy was rapidly advancing as numerous as the pigeons in the woods . Among those who brought this information , was a very trusty chief , who had left the fort on the Ohio , only two days before ...
... Indians who inform- ed them that the enemy was rapidly advancing as numerous as the pigeons in the woods . Among those who brought this information , was a very trusty chief , who had left the fort on the Ohio , only two days before ...
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