The Illustrated Life of Washington: With Vivid Pen Paintings of Battles and Incidents of the Revolution. Embracing Much New and Valuable Information Derived from the Researches of Mr. Lossing and Papers of Rufus PutnamG. & F. Bill, 1859 - 491 Seiten |
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... forward Virginian was met with the bland smile and courteous denial of a true French- man . Being pushed , however , to give a reason for the detention of the savage chief , the wary old knight replied that the latter was waiting for ...
... forward Virginian was met with the bland smile and courteous denial of a true French- man . Being pushed , however , to give a reason for the detention of the savage chief , the wary old knight replied that the latter was waiting for ...
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... forward . Knowing that the Indians , if really in pursuit , would take their trail as soon as it was morning , they kept up a tre mendous pace all night . Nor did they slacken it at day- light , except to snatch a mouthful of food , but ...
... forward . Knowing that the Indians , if really in pursuit , would take their trail as soon as it was morning , they kept up a tre mendous pace all night . Nor did they slacken it at day- light , except to snatch a mouthful of food , but ...
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... forward by the current and the ice , they could reach neither shore . Fortunately they drifted near a small island , when , as a last resort , they both abandoned the raft and made for it . Here on this mere rock , with an angry and ...
... forward by the current and the ice , they could reach neither shore . Fortunately they drifted near a small island , when , as a last resort , they both abandoned the raft and made for it . Here on this mere rock , with an angry and ...
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... forward the cannon for the fort which the Ohio company had agreed te build . The Legislature met in February , 1754 , but the feeling of the members were not at all in harmony with the warlike spirit of the governor - indeed some of ...
... forward the cannon for the fort which the Ohio company had agreed te build . The Legislature met in February , 1754 , but the feeling of the members were not at all in harmony with the warlike spirit of the governor - indeed some of ...
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... forward , and ; if possible , reach the Monongahela and erect a fortification . With his little force swelled to three hundred men , he entered the forest and began to cut his way through the wilderness . This was slow and tedious , for ...
... forward , and ; if possible , reach the Monongahela and erect a fortification . With his little force swelled to three hundred men , he entered the forest and began to cut his way through the wilderness . This was slow and tedious , for ...
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advance American army amid appointed arms arrived artillery attack batteries battle battle of Monongahela Boston brigades British army camp cannon Clinton Colonel colonies columns command commander-in-chief compelled Congress Conway cabal Cornwallis declared defense Delaware detachment dispatched Dorchester Heights encampment enemy enemy's excitement field fire fleet force forest Fort Cumberland Fort Mercer Fort Necessity forward French Governor Governor Dinwiddie guns heart heavy Hessians horse hundred immediately Indians ington inhabitants Jersey Lafayette land latter length liberty loud meantime ment miles military militia morning Mount Vernon moved never night noble officers ordered party passed patriotism Philadelphia prisoners Putnam rank reached rear regiments replied resolved retired retreat river road sent shore shot shouts soldiers soon stood suffering Sullivan thing thousand tion took Trenton troops Valley Forge victory Virginia Wash Washington Wayne West Point White Plains whole wrote York young