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... Spirit of '76 . Frankfort : 1826 . Speed , Thomas ; The Wilderness Road , or Early Routes of Travel to Kentucky . Louisville : 1885 . Spencer , John J .; History of the Baptists of Kentucky , two volumes . Cincinnati : 1886 . Spencer ...
... Spirit of '76 . Frankfort : 1826 . Speed , Thomas ; The Wilderness Road , or Early Routes of Travel to Kentucky . Louisville : 1885 . Spencer , John J .; History of the Baptists of Kentucky , two volumes . Cincinnati : 1886 . Spencer ...
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... spirit of adventure soon found heroic votaries among the settlers , who were trained to Indian warfare , to hunting , and to all the perils of border life . In 1769 , some of the same party , with John Finley to pilot them , banded ...
... spirit of adventure soon found heroic votaries among the settlers , who were trained to Indian warfare , to hunting , and to all the perils of border life . In 1769 , some of the same party , with John Finley to pilot them , banded ...
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... spirit of awe with which Kentucky was regarded . The Indians believed that the spirits of the dead lingered about the places of their sepulture . The slain of these vaguely - remembered wars , by myriads , were believed to lie buried in ...
... spirit of awe with which Kentucky was regarded . The Indians believed that the spirits of the dead lingered about the places of their sepulture . The slain of these vaguely - remembered wars , by myriads , were believed to lie buried in ...
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... spirit of savage warfare one of the noblest , most enterprising , and promising men of the heroic period that gave germ and birth to transmontane civilization . He was an honored member of a distinguished family that , from its numer ...
... spirit of savage warfare one of the noblest , most enterprising , and promising men of the heroic period that gave germ and birth to transmontane civilization . He was an honored member of a distinguished family that , from its numer ...
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... spirit was trained which so fearlessly encountered the perils through which he passed in after life . His fame is part of her property , and she has inscribed his name on a town in the region where his youth was spent . His character ...
... spirit was trained which so fearlessly encountered the perils through which he passed in after life . His fame is part of her property , and she has inscribed his name on a town in the region where his youth was spent . His character ...
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