The History of Louisville: From Its Earliest Settlement Till the Year 1852Hull and Brother, 1852 - 294 страници |
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... Mike Fink .. .71 Peace declared ... .81 First Store in Louisville . ..83 Tom Paine's book ...... .84 First Kentucky Convention .... ..85 66 Clark's Treaty at Fort McIntosh . Expedition to Vincennes .. ..86 ..89 Mississippi Troubles ...
... Mike Fink .. .71 Peace declared ... .81 First Store in Louisville . ..83 Tom Paine's book ...... .84 First Kentucky Convention .... ..85 66 Clark's Treaty at Fort McIntosh . Expedition to Vincennes .. ..86 ..89 Mississippi Troubles ...
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... the boatwreckers will prepare the reader for forming some idea of the boatmen who were their prey . Among the most celebrated of these , every reader of western history will at once HISTORY OF LOUISVILLE . 71 The Bargemen-Mike Fink.
... the boatwreckers will prepare the reader for forming some idea of the boatmen who were their prey . Among the most celebrated of these , every reader of western history will at once HISTORY OF LOUISVILLE . 71 The Bargemen-Mike Fink.
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... MIKE FINK , the hero of his class . So many and so marvellous are the stories told of this man that num . bers of persons are inclined altogether to disbelieve his existence . That he did live however does not admit of a doubt . Many ...
... MIKE FINK , the hero of his class . So many and so marvellous are the stories told of this man that num . bers of persons are inclined altogether to disbelieve his existence . That he did live however does not admit of a doubt . Many ...
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... Mike was present at a Shooting - Match for Beef , such as were then of common occurrence all over the country , he was always allowed the fifth quarter , i . e . the hide and the tallow , without a shot . This was a perquisite of Mike's ...
... Mike was present at a Shooting - Match for Beef , such as were then of common occurrence all over the country , he was always allowed the fifth quarter , i . e . the hide and the tallow , without a shot . This was a perquisite of Mike's ...
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... Mike's part . One of the most ingenious of these tricks , and one which af- fords a fair idea of the spirit of them all , is told as fol- lows : Passing slowly down the river , Mike observed a very large and beautiful flock of sheep ...
... Mike's part . One of the most ingenious of these tricks , and one which af- fords a fair idea of the spirit of them all , is told as fol- lows : Passing slowly down the river , Mike observed a very large and beautiful flock of sheep ...
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Страница 34 - ... cold weather, the mittens, and sometimes the bullet-bag occupied the front part of it. To the right side was suspended the tomahawk, and to the left the scalping knife in its leathern sheath. The hunting shirt was generally made of linsey, sometimes of coarse linen, and a few of dressed deer skins. These last were very cold and uncomfortable in wet weather. The shirt and jacket were of the common fashion. A pair of drawers, or breeches, and leggins. were the dress of the thighs and legs ; a pair...
Страница 35 - The fort consisted of cabins, block-houses and stockades. A range of cabins commonly formed one side at least of the fort. Divisions, or partitions of logs, separated the cabins from each other. The walls on the outside were ten or twelve feet high, the slope of the roof being turned wholly inward. A very few of these cabins had puncheon floors: the greater part were earthen.
Страница 42 - ... was supported. The roof was formed by making the end logs shorter until a single log formed the comb of the roof, on these logs the clapboards were placed, the ranges of them lapping some distance over those next below them and kept in their places by logs, placed at proper distances upon them. The roof and sometimes the floor were finished on the same day of the raising.
Страница 38 - Another ceremony commonly took place before the party reached the house of the bride, after the practice of making whiskey began, which was at an early period ; when the party were about a mile from the place of their destination, two young men would single out to run for the bottle...
Страница 88 - The Americans saw that the crisis had arrived : they could no longer doubt that the Indians understood the advantage they possessed, and were disposed to use it ; and a common sense of danger caused each eye to be turned on the leading commissioner. He sat undisturbed, and apparently careless, until the chief who had thrown the belts...
Страница 37 - ... times, family pieces from parents or grandparents. The horses were caparisoned with old saddles, old bridles or halters, and pack-saddles, with a bag or blanket thrown over them : a rope or string as often constituted the girth as a piece of leather.
Страница 26 - It is conjectured that there are many pieces of cannon and military stores to a considerable amount at that place, the taking and preservation of which would be a valuable acquisition to the State. If you are so fortunate therefore, as to succeed in your expedition, you will take every possible measure to secure the artillery and stores and whatever may advantage the State.
Страница 66 - The wind is right a-head, the shores are without trees of any kind, and the canes on the bank are so thick and stout, that not even the cordelles can be used. This occasions a halt. The time is not altogether lost, as most of the men, being provided with rifles, betake themselves to the woods, and search for the deer, the bears, or the turkeys, that are generally abundant there.
Страница 77 - ... at the moment the smoke issued from the gun of the latter, the bullet of Fink passed through the red man's breast. He uttered a yell, and fell dead at the same instant with the deer. Mike re-loaded his rifle, and remained in his covert for some minutes, to ascertain whether there were more enemies at hand. He then stepped up to the prostrate savage, and having satisfied himself, that life was extinguished, turned his attention to the buck, and took from the carcass those pieces, suited to the...
Страница 42 - This was built of logs and made large to admit of a back and jams of stone. At the square, two end logs projected a foot or eighteen inches beyond the wall to receive the butting poles, as they were called, against which the ends of the first row of clapboards was supported. The roof was formed by making the end logs shorter until a single log formed the comb of the roof. On these logs the clapboards were placed, the ranges of them lapping some distance over those next below them and kept in their...