Tragic Scenes in the History of Maryland and the Old French War: With an Account of Various Interesting Contemporaneous Events which Occurred in the Early Settlement of AmericaGould & Lincoln, 1856 - 239 страница |
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adventures American army arrived Assembly Assembly of Maryland attack BANVARD baron boat Braddock called Calvert Captain Fox CHAPTER chief Clayborne Clayborne's cloth coast cold colonists colony of Maryland command corn courts leet discovered Dutch enacted enemy engagement England English erected escape establish excite favorable fear fire Fleet Fort Duquesne French frozen furnished gave governor granted history of Maryland honor Hudson's Straits hundred Indians inhabitants interest island Isle of Kent land Leonard Calvert Lord Baltimore lord propriet LUCAS FOX Mary's ment Montcalm natives night Nottingham Island officers party passed Patuxent persons pinnace Port Nelson possession prisoners protection Providence province Puritans received religion river Roman Catholic sail savages sent settlement ship shore slain soldiers Stone storm Thomas Cornwallis tion town trees tribes troops vessel Virginia voyage Vries Washington Werowance whales whole winter wounded Yoamaco
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Страница 137 - The charge was fierce and sharp for the time ; but through the glorious presence of the Lord of Hosts, manifested in and toward his poor oppressed people, the enemy could not endure, but gave back ; and were so effectually charged home that they were all routed, turned their backs, threw down their arms, and begged mercy.