Mirror of Olden Time Border Life: Embracing a History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of Our Forefathers at Plymouth and Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians ... From...1620, Until the Final Subjugation of the Natives, in 1679. Also, History of Virginia, Embracing Its First Settlement, the Progressive Movements of Civilization... and a Narrative of the ... Struggle Between the White Settlers and Indians in North-western Virginia, Kentucky, &c.. Also, History of the Early Settlement of Pennsylvania... and the Subsequent Warfare ; to which are Added, Personal Narratives of Captivities and Escapes ; Together with Numerous Sketches of Frontier MenS. S. Miles, 1849 - 700 páginas |
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... Captain Lathrop and Capt . Beers , were sent in pursuit of them , who within about three miles of Hatfield overtook and attacked them , but the force of the English being greatly inferior to that of the enemy , the former were defeated ...
... Captain Lathrop and Capt . Beers , were sent in pursuit of them , who within about three miles of Hatfield overtook and attacked them , but the force of the English being greatly inferior to that of the enemy , the former were defeated ...
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... Captains Mosely , Gardener , Davenport , Oliver and Johnson ; five companies were raised in Connecticut , consisting of 450 men , to the cominand of which were appointed Captains Siely , Mason , Gallop , Watts and Marshall - two ...
... Captains Mosely , Gardener , Davenport , Oliver and Johnson ; five companies were raised in Connecticut , consisting of 450 men , to the cominand of which were appointed Captains Siely , Mason , Gallop , Watts and Marshall - two ...
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... Captain Wardswarth and Captain Smith , as well as most of the troops under their command . The Indians bordering on the river Merrimack , feeling themselves injured by the encroachments of the English , once more resumed the bloody ...
... Captain Wardswarth and Captain Smith , as well as most of the troops under their command . The Indians bordering on the river Merrimack , feeling themselves injured by the encroachments of the English , once more resumed the bloody ...
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... Captain John Smith , that part of Vir- ginia that lies between the sea and the mountains was inhabited by forty - three different tribes of Indians . Thirty of these were united in a grand confederacy under the emperor Powhatan . The ...
... Captain John Smith , that part of Vir- ginia that lies between the sea and the mountains was inhabited by forty - three different tribes of Indians . Thirty of these were united in a grand confederacy under the emperor Powhatan . The ...
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... captain of the Christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains being selected , they chose by lot one of that number to fight the Turkish hero . The lot fell upon Smith , who cheerfully accepted the challenge . He met his antagonist ...
... captain of the Christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains being selected , they chose by lot one of that number to fight the Turkish hero . The lot fell upon Smith , who cheerfully accepted the challenge . He met his antagonist ...
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Página 113 - 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 15 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 15 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Página 15 - ... enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Página 386 - I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch : as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked him, what was the news ? He told me that a runner had just arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated ; that the Indians and French had surrounded him, and were concealed behind trees and in gullies, and kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they saw the English falling in heaps, and if they did not take the river which was the only gap, and make their escape,...
Página 93 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, though they did not much like treating out of the provinces ; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defence and other important general purposes.
Página 307 - I ordered the front line to advance and charge with trailed arms, and rouse the Indians from their coverts at the point of the bayonet, and when up, to deliver a close and well directed fire on their backs, followed by a brisk charge, so as not to give them time to load again.
Página 535 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 97 - ... on the plains of Flanders. Meantime the French and Indians, concealed in the ravines and behind trees, kept up a deadly and unceasing discharge of musketry, singling out their objects, taking deliberate aim, and producing a carnage almost unparalleled in the annals of modern warfare. More than half...
Página 96 - 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.