Historical Collections of Ohio: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its General and Local History: with Descriptions of Its Counties, Principal Towns and Villages ; Illustrated by 177 EngravingsDerby, Bradley & Company, 1847 - 581 страници |
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... side of the Ohio . Shortly after this event , Lord Dunmore made peace with the Indians at Camp Charlotte , in what is now Picka- way country . During the revolutionary war , most of the western Indians were more or less united against ...
... side of the Ohio . Shortly after this event , Lord Dunmore made peace with the Indians at Camp Charlotte , in what is now Picka- way country . During the revolutionary war , most of the western Indians were more or less united against ...
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... side of the same to its mouth ; then along the south shore of Lake Erie to the mouth of the Cuyahoga river , where it began . " The United States allotted all the lands contained within said lines to the Wyandot and Delaware nations ...
... side of the same to its mouth ; then along the south shore of Lake Erie to the mouth of the Cuyahoga river , where it began . " The United States allotted all the lands contained within said lines to the Wyandot and Delaware nations ...
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... side of the Ohio , were appropriated for these mili- tary bounties . Upon the recommendation of Congress , Virginia ceded her lands north of the Ohio , upon certain conditions ; one of which was , that in case the lands south of Ohio ...
... side of the Ohio , were appropriated for these mili- tary bounties . Upon the recommendation of Congress , Virginia ceded her lands north of the Ohio , upon certain conditions ; one of which was , that in case the lands south of Ohio ...
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... side , and the women on the other . The party which succeeded in driving the ball through the stakes , at the goal of their op- ponents , were proclaimed victors , and received the purse . All things being ready , the old chief went to ...
... side , and the women on the other . The party which succeeded in driving the ball through the stakes , at the goal of their op- ponents , were proclaimed victors , and received the purse . All things being ready , the old chief went to ...
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... side of the British in the late war with England . In that contest he became the ally of the United States , and although he took no active part in it , he exerted a very salutary in- fluence over his tribe . In January , 1813 , he ...
... side of the British in the late war with England . In that contest he became the ally of the United States , and although he took no active part in it , he exerted a very salutary in- fluence over his tribe . In January , 1813 , he ...
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Страница 407 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Страница 407 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.
Страница 92 - You always told us to remain here and take care of our lands; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us...
Страница 548 - An old squaw, whose appearance every way answered the ideas people entertain of the devil, got a board, took a parcel of coals and ashes, and laid them on his back and head, after he had been scalped. He then raised himself upon his feet and began to walk around the post.
Страница 286 - Now it came to pass,' the same as in the Book of Mormon, and, according to the best of my recollection and belief, it is the same as my brother Solomon wrote, with the exception of the religious matter. — By what means it has fallen into the hands of Joseph Smith, Jr., I am unable to determine.
Страница 10 - Congress passed an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of these lands. Under that ordinance, the first seven ranges, bounded on the east by Pennsylvania, and on the south by the Ohio river, were surveyed. Sales of parts of these were made at New York, in 1787, the avails of which amounted to $72,974, and sales of other parts of said range were made at Pittsburg and Philadelphia, in 1796. The avails of sales made at the former place amounted to $43,446, and at the latter, $5,120. A portion...
Страница 409 - will you do now? The Big Knife is coming on us, and we shall all be killed. Now you must fight or we are undone.
Страница 507 - On the 2d of July a meeting of the directors and agents was held on the banks of the Muskingum, " for the purpose of naming the newborn city and its squares.
Страница 92 - Listen ! you told us at that time, to bring forward our families to this place, and we did so ; and you promised to take care of them, and they should want for nothing, while the men would go and fight the enemy ; that we need not trouble ourselves about the enemy's garrisons ; that we knew nothing about them, and that our father would attend to that part of the business. You also told your red children that you would take good care of your garrison here, which made our hearis glad.
Страница 548 - Crawford at this period of his suffering, besought the Almighty to have mercy on his soul, spoke very low, and bore his torments with the most manly fortitude. He continued in all the extremities of pain for an hour and...