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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... mouth . It yields a navigation of ten miles only . Perhaps its northern branch called Junius's Creek , which in- terlocks with the western branch of the Monongahela , may one day admit a shorter passage from the latter to the Ohio ...
... mouth . It yields a navigation of ten miles only . Perhaps its northern branch called Junius's Creek , which in- terlocks with the western branch of the Monongahela , may one day admit a shorter passage from the latter to the Ohio ...
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... mouth of which I brought up in order to make a few observations and enquiries . The Big Hockhocking is eighty yards wide at its mouth , and yields navigation for loaded bateux to the press - place , sixty miles above its mouth . At the ...
... mouth of which I brought up in order to make a few observations and enquiries . The Big Hockhocking is eighty yards wide at its mouth , and yields navigation for loaded bateux to the press - place , sixty miles above its mouth . At the ...
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... persons had to close their mouth and nose on crossing any part of it . Deer and other animals chac- ed into these swamps by hunters , sink after a few struggles and never more ap- pear . The swamps will never be drain- ed . 50 TRAVELS IN.
... persons had to close their mouth and nose on crossing any part of it . Deer and other animals chac- ed into these swamps by hunters , sink after a few struggles and never more ap- pear . The swamps will never be drain- ed . 50 TRAVELS IN.
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... mouth of the creek . I succeded well , but not without seeing the danger which required much exertion to shun . Having lost considerable time in my late excursions , I being seduced by the fineness of the evening , and promised ...
... mouth of the creek . I succeded well , but not without seeing the danger which required much exertion to shun . Having lost considerable time in my late excursions , I being seduced by the fineness of the evening , and promised ...
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... Mouth of the Great Kenhaway , July , 1806 . I FIND the great Kenhaway to be a river of considerable character for the fertility of its lands , and still more , as leading towards the head waters of James's river . Nevertheless it is ...
... Mouth of the Great Kenhaway , July , 1806 . I FIND the great Kenhaway to be a river of considerable character for the fertility of its lands , and still more , as leading towards the head waters of James's river . Nevertheless it is ...
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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. 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 white men!
Página 60 - In the spring of 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawanee tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary manner. Colonel Cresap, a man...
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. 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.
Página 63 - I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. 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...
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. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
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 62 - 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 256 - 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 146 - ... 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.