Lives of Eminent Individuals: Celebrated in American History, Volume 1Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1839 |
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... points , of great value to a frontier partisan . He appears to have caught the humor of the Indians , and to have known how to approach them on the side of their prejudices . He was ordered by them to hoe their corn . Well aware that ...
... points , of great value to a frontier partisan . He appears to have caught the humor of the Indians , and to have known how to approach them on the side of their prejudices . He was ordered by them to hoe their corn . Well aware that ...
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... Point , to be carried on exclusively by New England troops , raised for that purpose . A corps of rangers was enlisted in New Hampshire for service in the last expedition , by Robert Rogers , who acquired great reputation as a partisan ...
... Point , to be carried on exclusively by New England troops , raised for that purpose . A corps of rangers was enlisted in New Hampshire for service in the last expedition , by Robert Rogers , who acquired great reputation as a partisan ...
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... Point , and Ticonderoga , a post about fifteen miles south of Crown Point , which , he had understood , had been for- tified by the French . The movement of the Anglo- American army was , however , anticipated by the advance of the ...
... Point , and Ticonderoga , a post about fifteen miles south of Crown Point , which , he had understood , had been for- tified by the French . The movement of the Anglo- American army was , however , anticipated by the advance of the ...
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... Point . While at Albany , on his way to headquarters , a presentiment of his approaching fate seems to have taken possession of him , and on the 22d of July , 1755 , he made his will . He fell by a musket - shot through his head , on ...
... Point . While at Albany , on his way to headquarters , a presentiment of his approaching fate seems to have taken possession of him , and on the 22d of July , 1755 , he made his will . He fell by a musket - shot through his head , on ...
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... Point , they pursued their way " through vast forests and over lofty mountains . " On the second day of the march , Lieutenant Stark fell sick , and was obliged , with a guard of six men , to repair to Fort Edward . On their way to the ...
... Point , they pursued their way " through vast forests and over lofty mountains . " On the second day of the march , Lieutenant Stark fell sick , and was obliged , with a guard of six men , to repair to Fort Edward . On their way to the ...
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Page 137 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem...
Page 49 - Though our affairs for some days past have worn a dark and gloomy aspect, I yet look forward to a fortunate and happy change. I trust General Burgoyne's army will meet sooner or later an effectual check, and, as I suggested before, that the success he has had will precipitate his ruin.
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Page 298 - Such things as she delighted in he would have given her; but, with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst not be seen to have any; for, if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead ; and so she ran away by herself, as she came.
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Page 264 - there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold.
Page 125 - They were almost universally praying and crying for mercy, in every part of the house, and many out of doors, and numbers could neither go nor stand.