Early History of Western Pennsylvania: And of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII.D. W. Kaufman, 1846 - 2 страници |
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... party of men for the French , 146 . the junction of Monongahela and Zane Colonel opposed to Indian hos- HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . CHAPTER I. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS -. Smith John , captain , 20 , 22 . Swedes settle in Pennsylvania ...
... party of men for the French , 146 . the junction of Monongahela and Zane Colonel opposed to Indian hos- HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . CHAPTER I. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS -. Smith John , captain , 20 , 22 . Swedes settle in Pennsylvania ...
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... party of them had been killed ( 1742 ) by a considerable number of Eng- lish , near James River , Va . ' This affair caused great alarm in Virginia , This tribe was called Sbaweygria , and consisted of about thirty young men , ten old ...
... party of them had been killed ( 1742 ) by a considerable number of Eng- lish , near James River , Va . ' This affair caused great alarm in Virginia , This tribe was called Sbaweygria , and consisted of about thirty young men , ten old ...
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... party of French and Indians , and the commanding officer , named Jumon- ville , was killed . The command of an entire regiment , on the death of Fry , devolved upon Washington . The remainder of this regiment having joined him at the ...
... party of French and Indians , and the commanding officer , named Jumon- ville , was killed . The command of an entire regiment , on the death of Fry , devolved upon Washington . The remainder of this regiment having joined him at the ...
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... and that on his way he had seen the tracks of ( 1 ) Spark's Washington , Vol . 11. p . 7 , 15 . the same party , five miles from the encampment at ( 2 ) Spark's Washington , Vol . II . p . 15 . WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . 73 IV.
... and that on his way he had seen the tracks of ( 1 ) Spark's Washington , Vol . 11. p . 7 , 15 . the same party , five miles from the encampment at ( 2 ) Spark's Washington , Vol . II . p . 15 . WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA . 73 IV.
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... party , five miles from the encampment at the Great Meadows . Seventy - five men were immediately despatched in pursuit of this party , but they returned without having discovered it . Between eight and nine o'clock the same night , an ...
... party , five miles from the encampment at the Great Meadows . Seventy - five men were immediately despatched in pursuit of this party , but they returned without having discovered it . Between eight and nine o'clock the same night , an ...
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Страница 309 - The way, and the only way, to check and to stop this evil, is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it never was divided, but belongs to all for the use of each. That no part has a right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers; those who want all, and will not do with less.
Страница 309 - ... Indians, because they had it first; it is theirs. They may sell, but all must join. Any sale not made by all is not valid. The late sale is bad. It was made by a part only. Part do not know how to sell. It requires all to make a bargain for all. All red men have equal rights to the unoccupied land. The right of occupancy is as good in one place as in another. There cannot be two occupations in the same place. The first excludes all others. It is not so in hunting or...
Страница 94 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, though they did not much like treating out of the provinces ; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defence and other important general purposes.
Страница 392 - I will keep you at arm's length. I lay this down as a trial for both, to see which will have the greatest regard to it, and that side we will stand by, and make equal sharers with us. Our brothers, the English, have heard this, and I come now to tell it to you ; for I am not afraid to discharge you off this land.
Страница 295 - We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps ; the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon our villages, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him. Think well of it. There is something whispers me, it would be prudent to listen to his offers of peace.
Страница 596 - ... upon the officers, who did every thing in their power to effect it. Neither were my own exertions wanting ; but worn down with illness, and suffering under a painful disease, unable either to mount or dismount a horse without assistance, they were not so great as they otherwise would, or perhaps ought to have been.