History of the Backwoods, Or, The Region of the Ohio: Authentic, from the Earliest Accounts ; Embracing Many Events, Notices of Prominent Pioneers, Sketches of Early Settlements, Etc., Etc., Etc. ; Not Heretofore PublishedThe author, 1843 - 311 páginas |
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... towns on the Allegheny - His campaign against the Ohio Indians . CHAPTER XXII . Moravian campaign — Causes that led to it — Their inhabitants prin- cipally murdered - Crawford's campaign - Encouragement to vol- unteers - Insubordination ...
... towns on the Allegheny - His campaign against the Ohio Indians . CHAPTER XXII . Moravian campaign — Causes that led to it — Their inhabitants prin- cipally murdered - Crawford's campaign - Encouragement to vol- unteers - Insubordination ...
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... town burnt -- Earliest settle- ments in Ohio - First newspaper west of the mountains -- Pitts- burgh , a seat of ... Towns- Present at the burning of Colonel Crawford - His speech before a grand council of the Indians at Chillicothe ...
... town burnt -- Earliest settle- ments in Ohio - First newspaper west of the mountains -- Pitts- burgh , a seat of ... Towns- Present at the burning of Colonel Crawford - His speech before a grand council of the Indians at Chillicothe ...
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... town in the annals of French America ; that not a cape was turned or a river entered , but they led the way . " Doubtless , then , for years that left as little trace behind , as the dip of their oars , may have many a " Merry Jean ...
... town in the annals of French America ; that not a cape was turned or a river entered , but they led the way . " Doubtless , then , for years that left as little trace behind , as the dip of their oars , may have many a " Merry Jean ...
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... town north - west from the Susquehanna . It was supposed to be the site of an old Indian village ; and in 1730 was oc- cupied as a trading post between the whites and Indians . Several years had still to elapse after the settlements ...
... town north - west from the Susquehanna . It was supposed to be the site of an old Indian village ; and in 1730 was oc- cupied as a trading post between the whites and Indians . Several years had still to elapse after the settlements ...
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... towns along the branches of the Ohio , be sought for the purpose of holding traffic . How- ever , from the best accounts , no permanent settlements can be said to have been made on the sun - set side of the mountains until about 1749 ...
... towns along the branches of the Ohio , be sought for the purpose of holding traffic . How- ever , from the best accounts , no permanent settlements can be said to have been made on the sun - set side of the mountains until about 1749 ...
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Página 60 - One of them fired at Mr. Gist or me, not fifteen steps off, but fortunately missed. We took this fellow into custody, and kept him until about nine o'clock at night, then let him go, and walked all the remaining part of the night without making any stop, that we might get the start so far as to be out of the reach of their pursuit the next day, since we were well assured they would follow our track as soon as it was light.
Página 221 - 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. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, " Logan is the friend of the white men.
Página 132 - Each party has its post, and the game consists in throwing the ball up to the post of the adversary. The ball at the beginning is placed in the middle of the course, and each party endeavors as well to throw the ball out of the direction of its own post, as into that of the adversary's.
Página 45 - Fathers, I am come to tell you your own speeches; what your own mouths have declared. Fathers, you, in former days, set a silver basin before us, wherein there was the leg of a beaver, and desired all the nations to come and eat of it, to eat in peace and plenty, and not to be churlish to one another; and that if any such person should be found to be a disturber, I here lay down by the edge of the dish a rod, which you must scourge them...
Página 60 - do you go home, and as we are much tired, we will follow your track in the morning and here is a cake of bread for you, and you must give us meat in the morning.
Página 173 - The Indians too, as if wholly forgetting their usual savageness, bore a capital part in heightening this most affecting scene. They delivered up their beloved captives with the utmost reluctance — shed torrents of tears over them — recommending them to the care and protection of the commanding officer.
Página 59 - Either the Major or I always stood by the guns. We made him make a fire for us by a little run, as if we intended to sleep there. I said to the Major, ' As you will not have him killed, we must get him away, and then we must travel all night;' upon which I said to the Indian, * I suppose you were lost, and fired your gun.
Página 60 - Town), we fell in with a party of French Indians, who had lain in wait for us. One of them fired at Mr. Gist or me, not fifteen steps off, but fortunately missed.
Página 81 - Washington was often heard to say during his lifetime, that the most beautiful spectacle he had ever beheld was the display of the British troops on this eventful morning.
Página 221 - 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. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? — Not one...