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... expedition were ex- ultingly displayed . There were , however , two fea- tures in all this pomp and show which seemed strangely out of keeping with the glittering pa- geant and the sounds of victorious rejoicing . The standards and ...
... expedition were ex- ultingly displayed . There were , however , two fea- tures in all this pomp and show which seemed strangely out of keeping with the glittering pa- geant and the sounds of victorious rejoicing . The standards and ...
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... expedition was not a very brilliant affair . The Virginians and Marylanders killed half a dozen Indian chiefs during a parley , and then invested the fort . After repulsing several sorties , they stupidly allowed the Indians to escape ...
... expedition was not a very brilliant affair . The Virginians and Marylanders killed half a dozen Indian chiefs during a parley , and then invested the fort . After repulsing several sorties , they stupidly allowed the Indians to escape ...
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... expedition . It was a rough life , but a manly and robust one , and the men who live it , although often rude and coarse , are never weak or effeminate . To Washington it was an admirable school . It strengthened his muscles and ...
... expedition . It was a rough life , but a manly and robust one , and the men who live it , although often rude and coarse , are never weak or effeminate . To Washington it was an admirable school . It strengthened his muscles and ...
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... expedition which sank and nailed up leaden plates ; the English formed a great land company to speculate and make money , and both set diligently to work to form Indian alliances . A man of far less perception than Lawrence Wash- ington ...
... expedition which sank and nailed up leaden plates ; the English formed a great land company to speculate and make money , and both set diligently to work to form Indian alliances . A man of far less perception than Lawrence Wash- ington ...
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... expeditions from that region . From Logstown he pushed on , ac- companied by his Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them . The wine flowed freely , the tongues ...
... expeditions from that region . From Logstown he pushed on , ac- companied by his Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them . The wine flowed freely , the tongues ...
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