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... Girty , Simon Galley armed on the Ohio . 174 Gardoqui , Don , · 275 , 335 , 439 , 443 Garfield , President 777 Garrard , Governor James , 341 Garrard , General T. T. 608 Gass , Miss Jennie , killed . 189 Gazette , The Kentucky , 320 ...
... Girty , Simon Galley armed on the Ohio . 174 Gardoqui , Don , · 275 , 335 , 439 , 443 Garfield , President 777 Garrard , Governor James , 341 Garrard , General T. T. 608 Gass , Miss Jennie , killed . 189 Gazette , The Kentucky , 320 ...
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... Girty , afterward held in such infamous notoriety as a leader and instigator of the savages in their cruel warfare on his own people . Kenton here fell in with George Yeager and John Strader , in the autumn of the same year , and the ...
... Girty , afterward held in such infamous notoriety as a leader and instigator of the savages in their cruel warfare on his own people . Kenton here fell in with George Yeager and John Strader , in the autumn of the same year , and the ...
Page 113
... Girty . Again made a prisoner . Chief Logan persuades a Canadian to ransom him . Delivered to the British commander at Detroit . Escapes by the aid of a woman . Personal description of Kenton . His character and heroism . His admiration ...
... Girty . Again made a prisoner . Chief Logan persuades a Canadian to ransom him . Delivered to the British commander at Detroit . Escapes by the aid of a woman . Personal description of Kenton . His character and heroism . His admiration ...
Page 130
... Girty had joined the Indians , he and Kenton had been spies and scouts in the same expedition against the savages , and were well known to each other . Recognizing him , Kenton exclaimed : " Why , Simon Girty , do you treat an old ...
... Girty had joined the Indians , he and Kenton had been spies and scouts in the same expedition against the savages , and were well known to each other . Recognizing him , Kenton exclaimed : " Why , Simon Girty , do you treat an old ...
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... Girty's request a council was called , the sentence of death at the stake revoked , and the prisoner delivered into the hands of his opportune friend . The latter took him to his house , washed his wounds , decently dressed him , and ...
... Girty's request a council was called , the sentence of death at the stake revoked , and the prisoner delivered into the hands of his opportune friend . The latter took him to his house , washed his wounds , decently dressed him , and ...
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