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" we were agreeably entertained with a quick succession of charged guns, gradually firing off as reached by the fire, but much more so with the vast explosion of sundry bags, and large kegs of powder, wherewith almost every house abounded. "
The Works of Francis Parkman: Montcalm and Wolfe - Page 109
by Francis Parkman - 1897
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Early History of Western Pennsylvania: And of the West, and of Western ...

Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 814 pages
...with a quick succession of charged guns gradually firing off, as they were reached by the fire ; but more so with the vast explosion of sundry bags and...house abounded. The prisoners afterwards informing, that the Indians had frequently said, they had a sufficient slock of ammunition for ten years to war...
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Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western ...

Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1848 - 782 pages
...succession of charged guns gradually firing off, as they were reached by the fire ; but more so with Ihc vast explosion of sundry bags and large kegs of gunpowder,...house abounded. The prisoners afterwards informing, that the Indians had frequently said, they had a sufficient stock of ammunition for ten years to war...
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Mirror of Olden Time Border Life: Embracing a History of the Discovery of ...

Joseph Pritts - Frontier and pioneer life - 1849 - 774 pages
...with a quick succession of charged guns gradually firing off, as they were reached by the fire; but more so with the vast explosion of sundry bags and...almost every house abounded. The prisoners afterwards informed us that the Indians had frequently said they had a sufficient stock of ammunition for ten...
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Works, Volume 8

Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...During the burning of the houses," says Colonel Armstrong, '• we were agreeably entertained with a quick succession of charged guns, gradually firing...the vast explosion of sundry bags, and large kegs of powder, wherewith almost every house abounded." The colonel was in a strange condition to enjoy such...
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Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the ..., Volume 7

Pennsylvania. Provincial Council - Pennsylvania - 1851 - 816 pages
...During the burning of the Houses, which were near thirty in Number, we were agrcably entertained with a Quick Succession of charged Guns, gradually Firing...much more so, with the vast Explosion of sundry Bags & large Cags of Gunpowder, wherewith almost every House abounded; the Prisoners afterwd' informing...
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Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the ..., Volume 7

Pennsylvania. Provincial Council - Pennsylvania - 1851 - 808 pages
...During the burning of the Houses, which were near thirty in Number, we were agreably entertained with a Quick Succession of charged Guns, gradually Firing...much more so, with the vast Explosion of sundry Bags & large Cags of Gunpowder, wherewith almost every House abounded; the Prisoners afterw''- informing...
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Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, Volume 7; Volume 1851

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1851 - 812 pages
...were agreably entertained with a Quick Succession of charged Guns, gradually Firing off as reach< d by the Fire, but much more so, with the vast Explosion of sundry Bags & large Gags of Gunpowder, wherewith almost every House abounded; the Prisoners afterw'' informing...
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Pennsylvania Archives

Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban - History - 1853 - 796 pages
...During the burning of the houses, which were Near thirty in Number, we were agreeably entertained with a quick Succession of charged Guns gradually firing...so with the vast Explosion of sundry Bags and large Cags of Gunpowder, wherewith almost every House abounded, the prisoners afterwards informing that the...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
..."During the burning of the houses," says Colonel Armstrong, " we were agreeably entertained with a quick succession of charged guns, gradually firing...the vast explosion of sundry bags, and large kegs of powder, wherewith almost every house abounded." The colonel was in a strange condition to enjoy such...
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History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley: Embracing an Account ...

Uriah James Jones - History - 1856 - 430 pages
...During the burning of the houses, which were near thirty in number, we were agreeably entertained with a quick succession of charged guns gradually firing...wherewith almost every house abounded ; the prisoners afterward informing us that the Indians had frequently said they had a sufficient stock of ammunition...
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