History of American Conspiracies: A Record of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion & C., in the United States of America, from 1760 to 1860J. D. Torrey, 1863 - 579 страница Added t.p. engraved. |
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... confidence , and enough trans- pired to keep the English officers on their guard . The com- mandant at Fort Miami , on the Maumee river , was thus warn- ed early in the year 1763. Messengers from the East had ar- rived in his ...
... confidence , and enough trans- pired to keep the English officers on their guard . The com- mandant at Fort Miami , on the Maumee river , was thus warn- ed early in the year 1763. Messengers from the East had ar- rived in his ...
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... confidence . On the evening of the eighth day he stopped by the side of a brook at the edge of a small prairie , where he began to make ready his evening meal , when , looking up , he saw three large openings in the woods on the ...
... confidence . On the evening of the eighth day he stopped by the side of a brook at the edge of a small prairie , where he began to make ready his evening meal , when , looking up , he saw three large openings in the woods on the ...
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... he asked of Gladwyn , " do I behold so many troops in the street ? " The Major replied that his men were under arms for discipline and exercise . His air THE SAVAGES BAFFLED . 47 of confidence was perfect . 46 THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC .
... he asked of Gladwyn , " do I behold so many troops in the street ? " The Major replied that his men were under arms for discipline and exercise . His air THE SAVAGES BAFFLED . 47 of confidence was perfect . 46 THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC .
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... confidence was perfect . Throughout the entire affair Glad- wyn acted with great courage and tact . At length the council was opened - a farce which must have galled the Indian's spirit like fire . To go through with it was , however ...
... confidence was perfect . Throughout the entire affair Glad- wyn acted with great courage and tact . At length the council was opened - a farce which must have galled the Indian's spirit like fire . To go through with it was , however ...
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... confidence -properly so , we think — to the precise statements of the late Pierre Chouteau , of St. Louis , who , through all his after life , recalled the incidents distinctly . He stated that Pontiac , with a number of his chiefs ...
... confidence -properly so , we think — to the precise statements of the late Pierre Chouteau , of St. Louis , who , through all his after life , recalled the incidents distinctly . He stated that Pontiac , with a number of his chiefs ...
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Aaron Burr affairs alarm André arms army Arnold arrest authority became bill body British Brown Burr Burr's Calhoun called Chief citizens Colonel command committee Congress conspiracy Conspirator Constitution Convention Court declared defense delegates democratic Denmark Vesey Detroit dispatched duty election enemy enforce England English excitement Executive Federal Federalists followed force Free French friends garrison Gladwyn Government Governor Harper's Ferry Hartford Convention honor Indians insurrection James Wilkinson Jefferson Judge Kansas Kentucky laws Lecompton Constitution Legislature letter liberty ment military militia Mirò Mississippi Missouri Nat Turner National negroes North nullification officers Ohio Ojibwas once Orleans Ottawa party passed patriotic peace Pennsylvania persons political Pontiac President prisoners proceedings proclamation resolutions resolved river savages secession secure seized Senate session slavery slaves soon South Carolina Southern spirit Territory tion treason trial tribes troops Union United Virginia vote Washington West Whiskey Insurrection Wilkinson Wyandots
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