Patton's Concise History of the American People: From the Discoveries of the Continent to 1876, the Centennial Year of the Nation's Independence, Giving a Clear Account of Their Political, Military, Moral, Industrial and Commercial Life |
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... DIVISIONS . II . dling the bow and arrow was proverbial in ancient times CHAP Who can tell but the ancestors of the aborigines of America came from Scythia , and brought with them their skill in using the bow and arrow , and the ...
... DIVISIONS . II . dling the bow and arrow was proverbial in ancient times CHAP Who can tell but the ancestors of the aborigines of America came from Scythia , and brought with them their skill in using the bow and arrow , and the ...
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... division being drawn from the ocean , at Little Egg Harbor , to the north - western corner of the province . Episcopacy having been re - established in Scotland , a certain portion of the Presbyterians , the Cameronians o Covenanters ...
... division being drawn from the ocean , at Little Egg Harbor , to the north - western corner of the province . Episcopacy having been re - established in Scotland , a certain portion of the Presbyterians , the Cameronians o Covenanters ...
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... French were encamped in a deep glen , where they had put up temporary cabins . Washington arranged his company in two divisions , and SURRENDER OF FORT NECESSITY . 233 XXI . so effectually 232 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE .
... French were encamped in a deep glen , where they had put up temporary cabins . Washington arranged his company in two divisions , and SURRENDER OF FORT NECESSITY . 233 XXI . so effectually 232 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE .
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... division of light armed troops should be hurried forward to take pos- session of the place , before reinforcements could arrive from Canada . Accordingly , twelve hundred choice men were detached from the main body and pushed forward ...
... division of light armed troops should be hurried forward to take pos- session of the place , before reinforcements could arrive from Canada . Accordingly , twelve hundred choice men were detached from the main body and pushed forward ...
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... division moved very slowly , not more than three or four miles a day . Says Washington in a letter , " Instead of pushing on with vigor , without regarding a little rough road , they halt to level every mole - hill and to erect a bridge ...
... division moved very slowly , not more than three or four miles a day . Says Washington in a letter , " Instead of pushing on with vigor , without regarding a little rough road , they halt to level every mole - hill and to erect a bridge ...
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