Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volumen 2R. Phillips, 1808 |
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... twenty miles . After a hasty repast , I proceeded toward that range , and en- countered nothing remarkable , if I ex- cept the immense quantity of quails I met in the valleys , thirteen of which I killed in three shots . I also saw for ...
... twenty miles . After a hasty repast , I proceeded toward that range , and en- countered nothing remarkable , if I ex- cept the immense quantity of quails I met in the valleys , thirteen of which I killed in three shots . I also saw for ...
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... twenty pounds weight . The superficies of one when cleaned and scraped with knives , appeared like a ball of base metal , so strongly impreg- nated with the dust of gold , that the baseness of the metal itself was nearly altogether ...
... twenty pounds weight . The superficies of one when cleaned and scraped with knives , appeared like a ball of base metal , so strongly impreg- nated with the dust of gold , that the baseness of the metal itself was nearly altogether ...
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... twenty willing assistants . The lady being engaged in instructing the servants and sending them to the house for a few necessary articles , I proposed to take the gentleman in my canoe across the cur- rent , and under the shade of the ...
... twenty willing assistants . The lady being engaged in instructing the servants and sending them to the house for a few necessary articles , I proposed to take the gentleman in my canoe across the cur- rent , and under the shade of the ...
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... twenty dollars per acre . It has notwith- standing sustained a sad reverse within these two years . The last summer alone gave landed and other property a fall of one hundred and fifty per cent . This violent depreciation is to be ...
... twenty dollars per acre . It has notwith- standing sustained a sad reverse within these two years . The last summer alone gave landed and other property a fall of one hundred and fifty per cent . This violent depreciation is to be ...
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... twenty . The lead is found mixed , sometimes with earth , and sometimes with rock , which requires the force of gunpowder to open ; and is accompanied with a portion of silver , too small to be worth separation under any process ...
... twenty . The lead is found mixed , sometimes with earth , and sometimes with rock , which requires the force of gunpowder to open ; and is accompanied with a portion of silver , too small to be worth separation under any process ...
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Página 62 - 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.
Página 63 - 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.
Página 61 - Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia.
Página 124 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, — the most unremitting despotism on the one part and degrading submissions on the other.
Página 61 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend to the whites.
Página 63 - I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear; Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
Página 258 - Indiana is included between 37° 41' and 41° 46' north latitude, and between 84° 44' and 88° 6' west longitude. It is bounded on the north by the parallel which is ten miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan; on the east by the meridian of the mouth of the Great Miami River; on the south by the Ohio, and on the west by the Wabash River and the meridian of Vincennes. Its extreme length is 250 miles, its average width 145 miles, its area, .36,350 square miles.
Página 148 - ... have all the glass struck out by boys in the day, and the inside torn up by rogues and prostitutes who frequent them at night.
Página 279 - I shall mention it to you because it conveys a general idea of the mode of living through the State. On entering the house, which was a log one, fitted up very well, the Kentuckyan never exchanged...
Página 280 - The dinner consisted of a large piece of salt bacon, a dish of hominy, and a tureen of squirrel broth. I dined entirely on the last dish, which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed...