The History of Kentucky, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeLippincott, Grambo, 1852 - 316 страница |
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... Colonel Knox and the Long Hunters - Boone sets out for Kentucky with five fami- lies - Is attacked by the Indians , and turns back - Leads a party of surveyors to the falls of the Ohio - Captain Bul- litt - The brothers McAffee - The ...
... Colonel Knox and the Long Hunters - Boone sets out for Kentucky with five fami- lies - Is attacked by the Indians , and turns back - Leads a party of surveyors to the falls of the Ohio - Captain Bul- litt - The brothers McAffee - The ...
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... Colonel Rogers attacked by the Indians on the Ohio - Dreadful slaughter of the whites - Romantic anecdote of Captain Denham and his companion - Ruddell's station attacked by Canadians and Indians under Colonel Byrd - Ruddell sur ...
... Colonel Rogers attacked by the Indians on the Ohio - Dreadful slaughter of the whites - Romantic anecdote of Captain Denham and his companion - Ruddell's station attacked by Canadians and Indians under Colonel Byrd - Ruddell sur ...
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... Colonel Todd - Fatal reck- lessness of McGary - The Kentuckians attacked by the In- dians from an ambush - Desperate conflict - Rout of the Kentuckians - Escape of Daniel Boone - Presence of mind of Netherland - Retaliation of Clark ...
... Colonel Todd - Fatal reck- lessness of McGary - The Kentuckians attacked by the In- dians from an ambush - Desperate conflict - Rout of the Kentuckians - Escape of Daniel Boone - Presence of mind of Netherland - Retaliation of Clark ...
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... Colonel Hardin - Sent as a messenger to the Indians - Is murdered -Biographical notice - Hardin serves under Dunmore- Volunteers with Captain Morgan - Is wounded in the thigh -Rejoins Dunmore in an expedition against the Indian towns ...
... Colonel Hardin - Sent as a messenger to the Indians - Is murdered -Biographical notice - Hardin serves under Dunmore- Volunteers with Captain Morgan - Is wounded in the thigh -Rejoins Dunmore in an expedition against the Indian towns ...
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... Colonel Whitley marches with one hundred men - Forms a junction with Colonel Orr - Is appointed to command the troops - Surprise of the Nicka- jack towns - A second expedition organized - The result- Anecdote of Whitley - Proceeds to ...
... Colonel Whitley marches with one hundred men - Forms a junction with Colonel Orr - Is appointed to command the troops - Surprise of the Nicka- jack towns - A second expedition organized - The result- Anecdote of Whitley - Proceeds to ...
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Страница 225 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Страница 155 - Kennan could not increase nor his adversary diminish. Each for the time put his whole soul into the race. Kennan, as far as he was able, kept • his eye upon the motions of his pursuer, lest he should throw the tomahawk, which he held aloft in a menacing attitude, and at length, finding that no other Indian was immediately at hand, he determined to try the mettle of his pursuer in a different manner, and felt for his tomahawk in order to turn at bay. It had escaped from its sheath, however, while...
Страница 225 - ... the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it— since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties, having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Страница 28 - The blockhouses were built at the angles of the fort. They projected about two feet beyond the outer walls of the cabins and stockades. Their upper stories were about eighteen inches every way larger in...
Страница 156 - Kennan was among the hindmost when the flight commenced, but exerting those same powers which had saved him in the morning, he quickly gained the front, passing several horsemen in the flight. Here he beheld a private in his own company, an intimate acquaintance, lying upon the ground, with his thigh broken, and in tones of the most piercing distress, implored each horseman who hurried by to take him up behind him.
Страница 155 - It had escaped from its sheath, however, while he lay in the grass, and his hair had almost lifted the cap from his head, when he saw himself totally disarmed. As he had slackened his pace for a moment, the Indian was almost in reach of him, when he recommenced the race ; but the idea of being without arms, lent wings to his flight, and, for the first time, he saw himself gaining ground. He had watched the motions of his pursuer too closely, however, to pay proper attention to the nature of the ground...
Страница 114 - Her brother sprung from his horse and knelt by her side, endeavoring to stop the effusion of blood, but in vain. She gave him her hand, muttered some inarticulate words, and expired within two minutes after the arrival of the party.
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Страница 129 - Kilpatrick were killed on the spot, Stoner was mortally wounded, and died on his arrival at Limestone, and all the rest, excepting Ray and Plascut, were severely wounded. The women and children were all uninjured, excepting a little son of Mr. Plascut, who, after the battle was over, came to the captain, and with great coolness requested him to take a ball out of his head. On examination, it appeared that a bullet, which had passed through the side of the boat, had penetrated the forehead of this...