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... passing through many hardships and dangers , he achieved success . When the troubles came with France it was by the ... passed through his coat and hat , and the Indians and the French who tried to bring him down thought he bore a ...
... passing through many hardships and dangers , he achieved success . When the troubles came with France it was by the ... passed through his coat and hat , and the Indians and the French who tried to bring him down thought he bore a ...
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... huge havoc among the vast herds of game . In 1771 Boone returned to his home . later he started to lead a party of settlers Country ; but while passing through years to the new 3 Two the frowning defiles of Cumberland Gap , were attacked ...
... huge havoc among the vast herds of game . In 1771 Boone returned to his home . later he started to lead a party of settlers Country ; but while passing through years to the new 3 Two the frowning defiles of Cumberland Gap , were attacked ...
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... passed by Boon amid unending Indian conflicts . leader among the settlers , both in peace and in He was a one time he represented them in the Burgesses of Virginia ; at another time member of the first little Kentucky par- war . At ...
... passed by Boon amid unending Indian conflicts . leader among the settlers , both in peace and in He was a one time he represented them in the Burgesses of Virginia ; at another time member of the first little Kentucky par- war . At ...
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... passed across the was snowy elk , buffalo , and deer for food , there being no by great reaches of lofty woods . They killed difficulty in getting all they wanted to eat ; and at night they built huge fires by which to sleep , Indian ...
... passed across the was snowy elk , buffalo , and deer for food , there being no by great reaches of lofty woods . They killed difficulty in getting all they wanted to eat ; and at night they built huge fires by which to sleep , Indian ...
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... passed into the hands of the British . Then Forts Lee and Washington had been lost , and finally the Continental army had re- treated to New Jersey . On the second of Decem- ber Washington was at Princeton with some three thousand ...
... passed into the hands of the British . Then Forts Lee and Washington had been lost , and finally the Continental army had re- treated to New Jersey . On the second of Decem- ber Washington was at Princeton with some three thousand ...
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