Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-sixW.S. Haven, 1858 - 1016 páginas |
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... frontier life , and the marked traits of character he had displayed , were the qualities that recommended him to the notice of the governor , and that fitted him for his dangerous mission . The fol- lowing instructions will indicate the ...
... frontier life , and the marked traits of character he had displayed , were the qualities that recommended him to the notice of the governor , and that fitted him for his dangerous mission . The fol- lowing instructions will indicate the ...
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... frontier man . This last was to be raised upon the frontiers ; and to proceed at once to the forks of the Ohio , there to complete , in the best manner and as soon as possible , the fort begun by the Ohio Company ; and in case of attack ...
... frontier man . This last was to be raised upon the frontiers ; and to proceed at once to the forks of the Ohio , there to complete , in the best manner and as soon as possible , the fort begun by the Ohio Company ; and in case of attack ...
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... frontier of the English colonies exposed to the hostile excursions of the French and Indians . At that time the western settlements extended only to the head waters of the Sus- quehanna , the Potomac , the Shenandoah , James , and ...
... frontier of the English colonies exposed to the hostile excursions of the French and Indians . At that time the western settlements extended only to the head waters of the Sus- quehanna , the Potomac , the Shenandoah , James , and ...
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... frontier men as the most favorable whereby to cross the mountains , being nearly the route by which the national road has been since carried over them . In 1753 , it was opened by the Ohio Company . It was afterward improved by the ...
... frontier men as the most favorable whereby to cross the mountains , being nearly the route by which the national road has been since carried over them . In 1753 , it was opened by the Ohio Company . It was afterward improved by the ...
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... frontier . The western frontier was then the Blue Ridge and the Susquehanna . Cabins , clearings , hamlets , even villages , were scattered through the forest west of that border , but a fixed population had not passed beyond it . Along ...
... frontier . The western frontier was then the Blue Ridge and the Susquehanna . Cabins , clearings , hamlets , even villages , were scattered through the forest west of that border , but a fixed population had not passed beyond it . Along ...
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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which ... James Handasyd Perkins Visualização integral - 1856 |
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