Biographical Sketches of General Nathaniel Massie, General Duncan McArthur, Captain William Wells, and General Simon Kenton: Who Were Early Settlers in the Western CountryD. Osborn & Son, 1852 - 261 頁 |
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... immediately recorded , can shortly be known only as tradition- ary legends . To cast his mite of information on this subject , to those who may succeed him , is the principal design of the author . When a retrospective glance is taken ...
... immediately recorded , can shortly be known only as tradition- ary legends . To cast his mite of information on this subject , to those who may succeed him , is the principal design of the author . When a retrospective glance is taken ...
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... immediately kill Donalson ; but that if they were permitted to go off unmolested , they would , in all probability , save his life . The pursuing party immediately returned to Manchester , permitting the Indians to pursue their course ...
... immediately kill Donalson ; but that if they were permitted to go off unmolested , they would , in all probability , save his life . The pursuing party immediately returned to Manchester , permitting the Indians to pursue their course ...
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... immediately adjoining the fort . He had completed the cutting of the timber , rolled the logs together and set them on fire . The next morning , a short time before daybreak , Mr. Ellison opened one of the gates of the fort , and went ...
... immediately adjoining the fort . He had completed the cutting of the timber , rolled the logs together and set them on fire . The next morning , a short time before daybreak , Mr. Ellison opened one of the gates of the fort , and went ...
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... immediately fired into the Indian camp , shout- ing as they run . The Indians fled , naked , and without their arms . No Indian was killed in the camp , although their clothing and blankets were found stained with blood . No attempt was ...
... immediately fired into the Indian camp , shout- ing as they run . The Indians fled , naked , and without their arms . No Indian was killed in the camp , although their clothing and blankets were found stained with blood . No attempt was ...
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... immediately below the point of the hill , was selected as a site for the town . This part of the valley was chosen , as it consisted of high and dry land , not subject to the floods of the river , which frequently inundated the valley ...
... immediately below the point of the hill , was selected as a site for the town . This part of the valley was chosen , as it consisted of high and dry land , not subject to the floods of the river , which frequently inundated the valley ...
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第 4 頁 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
第 266 頁 - General Kento'n was of fair complexion, six feet one inch in height. He stood and walked very erect ; and, in the prime of life, weighed about one hundred and ninety pounds. He never was inclined to be corpulent, although of sufficient fullness to form a graceful person. He had a soft, tremulous voice, very pleasing to the hearer. He had laughing, grey eyes, which appeared to fascinate the beholder.
第 141 頁 - Mills, one mile above. Several hundred of the Indians remained to dispute our passage, and upon the arrival of the advanced guard commenced a heavy fire from the opposite bank of the creek, as well as that of the river. Believing that the whole force of the enemy was there, I halted the army, formed in order of battle, and brought up our two six pounders to cover the party that were ordered to repair the bridge.
第 189 頁 - McClellan' s intention not to kill, he kept him at bay until Christopher came up, when they closed in and made him prisoner without receiving injury. They then turned about and arrived with him at Greenville. He was reported to be a Pottawatamie chief of scarcely equalled courage and prowess. As Christopher Miller had performed his part on this occasion to the entire satisfaction of the brave spirits with whom he acted, he had, as he merited, their entire confidence. On one of Captain Wells' peregrinations...
第 204 頁 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
第 73 頁 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
第 188 頁 - Wells and company had rested themselves and recruited their horses, they were anxious for another bout with the red men. Time, without action, was irksome to such stirring spirits. Early in July they left Greenville ; their company was then strengthened by the addition of Christopher Miller ; their orders were to bring in prisoners.
第 190 頁 - He dismounted, and concealed his men near the bank of the river, whilst he went himself to the bank, in open view, and called to the Indians to come over. As he was dressed in Indian style, and spoke to them in their own language, the Indians, not expecting an enemy in that part of the country, without any suspicion of danger, went across the river. The moment the canoe struck the shore. Wells heard the cocks of his comrades...
第 236 頁 - Kenton was a fine looking man, with a dignified and manly deportment, and a soft, pleasing voice, and was everywhere he went a favorite among the ladies. A Mrs. Harvey, the wife of an Indian trader, had treated him with particular respect ever since he came to Detroit, and he concluded if he could engage this lady as a confidant, by her assistance and countenance ways and means could be prepared to aid them in their meditated flight.
第 172 頁 - That the further consideration of the treaty concluded at London, the 19th of November, 1794, be postponed, and that it be recommended to the President of the United States, to proceed without delay to further friendly negotiations with his Britannic Majesty, in order to effect alterations in the said treaty, in the following particulars...