Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which is Added a View of the States and Territorial Regions of Our Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the WestSegner & Condit, 1870 - 775 страница |
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... spring they established several posts in that region , prominent among which was Fort Burd , or Redstone Old Fort , on the site of Brownsville . Owing to the treachery of Governor Lyttleton , in 1760 , by which twenty - two Cherokee ...
... spring they established several posts in that region , prominent among which was Fort Burd , or Redstone Old Fort , on the site of Brownsville . Owing to the treachery of Governor Lyttleton , in 1760 , by which twenty - two Cherokee ...
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... spring of 1777 . At this time the war of the revolution was in full progress , and the early settlers of Kentucky were particularly exposed to the incursions of the Indian allies of Great Britain , a detailed account of which is ...
... spring of 1777 . At this time the war of the revolution was in full progress , and the early settlers of Kentucky were particularly exposed to the incursions of the Indian allies of Great Britain , a detailed account of which is ...
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... Company , made a large purchase of land , bounded south by the Ohio , and west by the Scioto River . Its settlement was commenced at Marietta in the spring of 1788 , which was the first made by the HISTORICAL SKETCH . 25.
... Company , made a large purchase of land , bounded south by the Ohio , and west by the Scioto River . Its settlement was commenced at Marietta in the spring of 1788 , which was the first made by the HISTORICAL SKETCH . 25.
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... spring into life beneath its glowing light with the rapidity of magic . The early history , biography , and scenery of the Valley of the Missis- sippi , will confer on our literature a variety of important benefits . They furnish new ...
... spring into life beneath its glowing light with the rapidity of magic . The early history , biography , and scenery of the Valley of the Missis- sippi , will confer on our literature a variety of important benefits . They furnish new ...
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... spring upon us . We had ran within a few feet of the tree before we were aware of the animal we had to deal with , but his glaring and fiery eye - balls were sufficient to apprize us that we were in imminent danger . Girty ran back the ...
... spring upon us . We had ran within a few feet of the tree before we were aware of the animal we had to deal with , but his glaring and fiery eye - balls were sufficient to apprize us that we were in imminent danger . Girty ran back the ...
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