Frontier America: The Story of the Westward MovementScribner, 1959 - 832 Seiten |
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... Fort William Henry in New York . The first step of the Ohio Company toward the West was the building of Fort Cumberland on the Potomac . Its next important move was the location of a trail as direct as possible to the Monongahela in the ...
... Fort William Henry in New York . The first step of the Ohio Company toward the West was the building of Fort Cumberland on the Potomac . Its next important move was the location of a trail as direct as possible to the Monongahela in the ...
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... Fort Niagara from Fort Oswego . Correctly , it was assumed that should Niagara fall into English hands the narrow girth of the French supply line to the Indian country would be cut , and the whole Ohio Valley could be re- opened to the ...
... Fort Niagara from Fort Oswego . Correctly , it was assumed that should Niagara fall into English hands the narrow girth of the French supply line to the Indian country would be cut , and the whole Ohio Valley could be re- opened to the ...
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... fort , trying repeatedly and unsuccessfully to open its gates by clumsy diplomacy , to rush it , to set it on fire , and finally to tunnel underneath it from the Kentucky River , but all these efforts failed . DeQuindre was unable to ...
... fort , trying repeatedly and unsuccessfully to open its gates by clumsy diplomacy , to rush it , to set it on fire , and finally to tunnel underneath it from the Kentucky River , but all these efforts failed . DeQuindre was unable to ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER PAGE I The American FrontierA Perspective | 2 |
The Allegheny Frontier | 26 |
The Frontier at War | 54 |
Urheberrecht | |
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