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... Ohio , and finally , in July , they reached the mouth of the Arkansas . Convinced that the Mississippi flowed into the Gulf of Mexico , they set out on the return trip of two thousand miles . Joliet reached Quebec in safety , but ...
... Ohio , and finally , in July , they reached the mouth of the Arkansas . Convinced that the Mississippi flowed into the Gulf of Mexico , they set out on the return trip of two thousand miles . Joliet reached Quebec in safety , but ...
Page 112
... Ohio , and the Arkansas , where Joliet and Marquette had turned back . With the kindly help of new guides , they passed on until they found the Mississippi branching into three streams . La Salle divided his party , and each took a ...
... Ohio , and the Arkansas , where Joliet and Marquette had turned back . With the kindly help of new guides , they passed on until they found the Mississippi branching into three streams . La Salle divided his party , and each took a ...
Page 121
... Ohio River so that they might have a shorter route to their trading posts on the Mississippi . Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia had sent orders for them to get out of the country , but his messenger did not get within a hundred miles of ...
... Ohio River so that they might have a shorter route to their trading posts on the Mississippi . Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia had sent orders for them to get out of the country , but his messenger did not get within a hundred miles of ...
Page 122
... Ohio is formed , and were then hurrying forward a party to look for the English . Just after Washington's men crossed the mountains they surprised the French 122 First General and First President of the United States.
... Ohio is formed , and were then hurrying forward a party to look for the English . Just after Washington's men crossed the mountains they surprised the French 122 First General and First President of the United States.
Page 126
... Ohio . The French and Indians had nearly all gone to fight on the Fort Du- St. Lawrence , and the place was easily captured . It is said that Washington himself ran up the English flag . The fort's name was changed to Fort Pitt ...
... Ohio . The French and Indians had nearly all gone to fight on the Fort Du- St. Lawrence , and the place was easily captured . It is said that Washington himself ran up the English flag . The fort's name was changed to Fort Pitt ...
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Page 303 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 165 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 165 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Page 164 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 44 - We were entertained with all love and kindness, and with as much bounty (after their manner) as they could possibly devise. We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
Page 314 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!
Page 164 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 131 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Page 130 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor.
Page 36 - The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.