On the Frontier with Colonel Antes: Or, The Struggle for Supremacy of the Red and White Races in PennsylvaniaS. Chew & sons, printers, 1900 - 513 Seiten |
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... fire places , while the furniture and silver were plain and massive , but handsome , and often rich . " We will introduce the reader to Col. Henry Antes at a time when the entire country was in a state of intense excitement . His name ...
... fire places , while the furniture and silver were plain and massive , but handsome , and often rich . " We will introduce the reader to Col. Henry Antes at a time when the entire country was in a state of intense excitement . His name ...
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... fire they did not shrink from the ordeal , but went triumphantly into the warring and seething flames . Their joyfulness was a prominent feature of their lives . With them the German love of singing found full expression . Music was a ...
... fire they did not shrink from the ordeal , but went triumphantly into the warring and seething flames . Their joyfulness was a prominent feature of their lives . With them the German love of singing found full expression . Music was a ...
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... fire and was writing at the time ; and nothing prevented the easy execution of their commission . A blanket suspended by the corners formed the door of his tent , and as the Indians drew this a little aside they beheld a large ...
... fire and was writing at the time ; and nothing prevented the easy execution of their commission . A blanket suspended by the corners formed the door of his tent , and as the Indians drew this a little aside they beheld a large ...
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... fires . The hostile Indians were burning and ravaging their vil- lages on the Lehigh . On the other hand the Irish on the Kitta- tinny Valley viewed with jealousy , not without some reason , the asylum afforded to hostile parties of ...
... fires . The hostile Indians were burning and ravaging their vil- lages on the Lehigh . On the other hand the Irish on the Kitta- tinny Valley viewed with jealousy , not without some reason , the asylum afforded to hostile parties of ...
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... fire to their dwellings . The Brethren loaded their wagons with these people . Bethlehem , Nazareth , Friedensthal , Christianbrun and the Rose were considered at this time asylums for all as long as there was room ; and the empty ...
... fire to their dwellings . The Brethren loaded their wagons with these people . Bethlehem , Nazareth , Friedensthal , Christianbrun and the Rose were considered at this time asylums for all as long as there was room ; and the empty ...
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acres American arms army Assembly Bald Eagle Creek became belt Bethlehem brethren brother cabin called canoe Captain chief Colonel colonies Connecticut Connecticut party Conrad Weiser corn Council creek deer Delawares enemy English Fair Play men fire forest Fort Augusta Franklin Frederick French friends frontier gave Germantown Governor ground hand Henry Henry Antes horses hundred Hunter hunting Indians inhabitants Iroquois John justice killed King land Lenape lived logs Lycoming creek miles mill Moravian mountain Muncy Northumberland Northumberland county Onondaga party Paxton Boys peace Penn Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia pounds prisoners Proprietaries province purchased river Samuel Wallis savages scalps Senecas sent settled settlements settlers Shawanese Sheriff Shikellimy shillings side Six Nations skins spirit Sunbury Susquehanna tion took town treaty trees tribes valley wampum warriors West Branch wife William Dewees women woods Wyoming Zebulon Butler
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Seite 91 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Seite 375 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Seite 375 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Seite 315 - They are remarkably stout and hardy men ; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim ; striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance.
Seite 125 - I hope you have agreed to give more than four shillings a pound.' 'No,' says he, 'I cannot give so much; I cannot give more than three shillings and sixpence.
Seite 391 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Seite 123 - Satanas into their country, to take part with them, after they had concerted ill designs against us. We have done less than either the English or French that have usurped the lands of so many Indian nations, and chased them from their own country This belt preserves my words.
Seite 322 - After dinner the dancing commenced, and generally lasted until the next morning. The figures of the dances were three and four handed reels, or square sets and jigs. The commencement was always a square four, which was followed by what was called jigging it off, that is, two of the four would single out for a jig, and were followed by the remaining couple. The jigs were often accompanied with what was called cutting out...
Seite 138 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.