A Centennial Edition of the History of the United States: From the Discovery of America, to the End of the First One Hundred Years of American Independence. With a Full Account of the Approaching Centennial Celebration |
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... west of these States , eastward of the Mississippi . The ALGONQUIN nation was composed of several powerful tribes , the most important of which were the Knisteneaux and Athapascas , in the far north , the Ottawas , Chippewas , Sacs and ...
... west of these States , eastward of the Mississippi . The ALGONQUIN nation was composed of several powerful tribes , the most important of which were the Knisteneaux and Athapascas , in the far north , the Ottawas , Chippewas , Sacs and ...
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... west , in an attempt to exterminate the white people , in 1763. Within a fortnight , in the summer of that year , they took possession of all the English garrisons and trading posts in the West , except Detroit , Niagara , 3 and Fort ...
... west , in an attempt to exterminate the white people , in 1763. Within a fortnight , in the summer of that year , they took possession of all the English garrisons and trading posts in the West , except Detroit , Niagara , 3 and Fort ...
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... west of the Mississippi . It can not properly be said that they have a tribal existence . They are among the many extinct commun- ities of our continent . The once powerful SHAWNOESE Occupied a vast region west of the Alleghan- ies ...
... west of the Mississippi . It can not properly be said that they have a tribal existence . They are among the many extinct commun- ities of our continent . The once powerful SHAWNOESE Occupied a vast region west of the Alleghan- ies ...
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... west of Fort Independence . 2 One of the most eminent of the Shawnoe chiefs , was Cornstalk , who was generally ... Western tribes in opposition to the white people , was also a Shawnoe chief . See page 408 . 3 ' Page 66 . 4 Page 108 . 5 ...
... west of Fort Independence . 2 One of the most eminent of the Shawnoe chiefs , was Cornstalk , who was generally ... Western tribes in opposition to the white people , was also a Shawnoe chief . See page 408 . 3 ' Page 66 . 4 Page 108 . 5 ...
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... Western tribes who were crushed by Wayne in 1794 , and the following year they ceded all their lands on the Muskingum , and ... west bank of the Thames , five miles below Norwich , " at a place still known as Mohegan Plain . Their burial ...
... Western tribes who were crushed by Wayne in 1794 , and the following year they ceded all their lands on the Muskingum , and ... west bank of the Thames , five miles below Norwich , " at a place still known as Mohegan Plain . Their burial ...
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