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Page 12
... gun and his surveyor's chain , and then sleep at night beneath the stars . He feared no exposure or fatigue , and outdid the hardiest backwoodsman in following a winter trail and swimming icy streams . This habit of vigorous bodily ...
... gun and his surveyor's chain , and then sleep at night beneath the stars . He feared no exposure or fatigue , and outdid the hardiest backwoodsman in following a winter trail and swimming icy streams . This habit of vigorous bodily ...
Page 39
... guns ; but Clark feared lest , if he made a sudden night attack , the townspeople and In- dians would from sheer fright turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck ...
... guns ; but Clark feared lest , if he made a sudden night attack , the townspeople and In- dians would from sheer fright turn against him . He accordingly arranged , just before he himself marched in , to send in the captured duck ...
Page 40
... fort . For some time the British defended themselves well ; but at length their guns were disabled , all of the gunners being picked off by the backwoods marksmen , and finally the garrison much as appear at FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
... fort . For some time the British defended themselves well ; but at length their guns were disabled , all of the gunners being picked off by the backwoods marksmen , and finally the garrison much as appear at FROM AMERICAN HISTORY.
Page 62
... guns without bayonets , With singular stupidity he concluded that were Tory inhabitants of the country who coming to his assistance , and made no attemp ing their way to the rear of his intrenchm In this way Stark was enabled to m stop ...
... guns without bayonets , With singular stupidity he concluded that were Tory inhabitants of the country who coming to his assistance , and made no attemp ing their way to the rear of his intrenchm In this way Stark was enabled to m stop ...
Page 65
... guns . Stark himself was in the midst of the fray , fighting with his soldiers , and came out of that he could hardly be recognized . One desperate Powder and smoke assault succeeded another , while the firing on both sides was so ...
... guns . Stark himself was in the midst of the fray , fighting with his soldiers , and came out of that he could hardly be recognized . One desperate Powder and smoke assault succeeded another , while the firing on both sides was so ...
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