History of the United States, from their first settlement as colonies, to the close of the war with Great Britain, in 1815. [By Salma Hale.]John Miller, 1826 - 467 Seiten |
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... marched into the enemy's country , surrounded a swamp , into which a party of them had retired , and took eighty captive . Some escaping , they were pursued to another swamp situated near New Haven , where the whole strength of the ...
... marched into the enemy's country , surrounded a swamp , into which a party of them had retired , and took eighty captive . Some escaping , they were pursued to another swamp situated near New Haven , where the whole strength of the ...
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... marched immediately to Swanzey , and were soon joined by a detach- ment from Massachusetts . The Indians fled , and marked the course of their flight by burning the buildings , and fixing on poles by the way side , the hands , scalps ...
... marched immediately to Swanzey , and were soon joined by a detach- ment from Massachusetts . The Indians fled , and marked the course of their flight by burning the buildings , and fixing on poles by the way side , the hands , scalps ...
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... marched to attack them , with an army of seventeen hundred men . His troops suffered so much from hardships , famine , and sickness , that he was com- pelled to ask peace of those whom he had come to exterminate . He invited the chiefs ...
... marched to attack them , with an army of seventeen hundred men . His troops suffered so much from hardships , famine , and sickness , that he was com- pelled to ask peace of those whom he had come to exterminate . He invited the chiefs ...
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... marched to invade Ca- nada , by the route of lake Champlain . The fleet , shattered by a storm , was compelled to re- turn . The army , informed of the disasters of the fleet , returned also , having accomplished no- thing . The people ...
... marched to invade Ca- nada , by the route of lake Champlain . The fleet , shattered by a storm , was compelled to re- turn . The army , informed of the disasters of the fleet , returned also , having accomplished no- thing . The people ...
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... marched at the head of a body of troops against the Apalchian Indians , who had become insolent and hostile . In this exp lition he was successful , taking many prison and laying their towns in ashes . By his victories over the savages ...
... marched at the head of a body of troops against the Apalchian Indians , who had become insolent and hostile . In this exp lition he was successful , taking many prison and laying their towns in ashes . By his victories over the savages ...
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