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... enemies and distance , opposed to them , engaged in exploring this new region of the West . No doubt the military conflicts of our countrymen with the French and Indians , in the war of '55 , and the distinguished success with which it ...
... enemies and distance , opposed to them , engaged in exploring this new region of the West . No doubt the military conflicts of our countrymen with the French and Indians , in the war of '55 , and the distinguished success with which it ...
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... enemies . They were ever more formidable in the cane brakes and in the woods , than before even these imperfect fortifications . About September , 1775 , Hugh McGary , from the backwoods of North Carolina , Richard Hogan , and Thomas ...
... enemies . They were ever more formidable in the cane brakes and in the woods , than before even these imperfect fortifications . About September , 1775 , Hugh McGary , from the backwoods of North Carolina , Richard Hogan , and Thomas ...
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... enemy's presence were termed , that a large body of Indians had come into the country with hostile inten- tions ; and had , according to their mode of invasion , dispersed in small bands , infesting the stations , at the same time . A ...
... enemy's presence were termed , that a large body of Indians had come into the country with hostile inten- tions ; and had , according to their mode of invasion , dispersed in small bands , infesting the stations , at the same time . A ...
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... enemies resort ; and when one or more can be taken down , in their opinion , they fire the gun , or let fly * Flint's Life of Daniel Boone , page 89. † Marshall , 1 , 43-44 , the arrow , aimed at the mark . If necessary HISTORY OF ...
... enemies resort ; and when one or more can be taken down , in their opinion , they fire the gun , or let fly * Flint's Life of Daniel Boone , page 89. † Marshall , 1 , 43-44 , the arrow , aimed at the mark . If necessary HISTORY OF ...
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... enemy who infested Kentucky , and with whom the early adventurers had to contend . In the combat , they were brave ; in defeat , they were dexterous ; in victory , they were cruel . Neither sex nor age , nor the prisoner were exempted ...
... enemy who infested Kentucky , and with whom the early adventurers had to contend . In the combat , they were brave ; in defeat , they were dexterous ; in victory , they were cruel . Neither sex nor age , nor the prisoner were exempted ...
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American appointed army arrived assembled attack bank battle Big Knife Boone Boonesborough British Burr Cahokia called Captain chief citizens Colonel Clark command commissioners Commonwealth confederacy Congress constitution convention council countrymen court creek detachment district elected encamped enemy expedition favor Fort Pitt Fort Stanwix French friends frontier gallant gentlemen George Rogers Clark Governor Harrison Harrodsburg history of Kentucky honorable Humphrey Marshall hundred Indians inhabitants Innes interests Jefferson John judge justice Kaskaskia Kentucky river killed land legislative legislature letter Licks Logan Marshall ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi mouth navigation negotiation officer Ohio river Orleans party passed patriotic peace political possession present President resolutions savages Sebastian session settlements Shelby side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Spain Spanish spirit territory tion town treaty tribes troops tucky United village Virginia warriors Wayne western country Wilkinson
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Страница 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Страница 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Страница 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Страница 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Страница 287 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; 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 287 - 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 313 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Страница 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Страница 19 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Страница 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...