Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Part 1 |
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... carrying weights in the exciting race for National grandeur be- tween the two contestants . Moreover , the Iroquois had never raised the hatchet against Massachusetts , and if they had swept Canada with the fire brand and scalping knife ...
... carrying weights in the exciting race for National grandeur be- tween the two contestants . Moreover , the Iroquois had never raised the hatchet against Massachusetts , and if they had swept Canada with the fire brand and scalping knife ...
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... carried him in their arms from the boat to it . While his strength yet held out he took the precaution to write down his own sins , or what he called such , since his last con- fession to his superior , for propitiation . Next he ...
... carried him in their arms from the boat to it . While his strength yet held out he took the precaution to write down his own sins , or what he called such , since his last con- fession to his superior , for propitiation . Next he ...
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... carry the bundles . The portage is about a league long , and very inconvenient in some parts . The Illinois , assembling in our cabin in the evening , ask us not to leave them ; as we might need them , and they know the lake better than ...
... carry the bundles . The portage is about a league long , and very inconvenient in some parts . The Illinois , assembling in our cabin in the evening , ask us not to leave them ; as we might need them , and they know the lake better than ...
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... carry their furs to Nawaskingwe . deer that Jacques had killed the day before . I think I never saw Indians more greedy for French tobacco than these . They came and threw beaver skins at our feet to get a small piece ; but we returned ...
... carry their furs to Nawaskingwe . deer that Jacques had killed the day before . I think I never saw Indians more greedy for French tobacco than these . They came and threw beaver skins at our feet to get a small piece ; but we returned ...
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... carry all our affairs . " Jan. 16 , 1675. As soon as the two Frenchmen knew that my illness prevented my going to them , the surgeon came here , with an Indian , to bring us some whortle- berries and bread ; they are only eighteen ...
... carry all our affairs . " Jan. 16 , 1675. As soon as the two Frenchmen knew that my illness prevented my going to them , the surgeon came here , with an Indian , to bring us some whortle- berries and bread ; they are only eighteen ...
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Page 149 - Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to...
Page 175 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 208 - Lawrence ; thence westerly to a fork of that branch of the great Miami river running into the Ohio, at or near which fork stood Loromie's store, and where commences the portage between the Miami of the Ohio, and St. Mary's river, which is a branch of the Miami, which runs into Lake Erie; thence a westerly course to Fort Recovery...
Page 104 - Englishman, our father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Page 94 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Page 194 - Money to us is of no value; and to most of us unknown; and, as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children, we hope we may be allowed to point out a mode by which your settlers may be easily removed, and peace thereby obtained.
Page 23 - We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
Page 175 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Page 149 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, " Logan is the friend of the white men.
Page 105 - France; but for you we have taken into consideration that you have ventured your life among us in the expectation that we should not molest you. You do not come armed with an intention to make war; you come in peace to trade with us and supply us with necessaries of which we are in much want.