The Works of Washington Irving ...G. P. Putnam, 1860 |
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... Sachem - Logstown - The Half - king - Indian Councils - Indian Diplomacy - Ru- mors concerning Joncaire - Indian Escorts - The Half - king , Jeskakake , and White Thunder ..... 64 CHAPTER VIII . Arrival at Venango - Captain Joncaire ...
... Sachem - Logstown - The Half - king - Indian Councils - Indian Diplomacy - Ru- mors concerning Joncaire - Indian Escorts - The Half - king , Jeskakake , and White Thunder ..... 64 CHAPTER VIII . Arrival at Venango - Captain Joncaire ...
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... Sachem at the Mouth of the Kena wha - Return - Claims of Stobo and Van Braam - Letter to Colonel George Muse .. 330 CHAPTER XXXII . Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia - Piques the Pride of the Virginians - Opposition of the Assembly ...
... Sachem at the Mouth of the Kena wha - Return - Claims of Stobo and Van Braam - Letter to Colonel George Muse .. 330 CHAPTER XXXII . Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia - Piques the Pride of the Virginians - Opposition of the Assembly ...
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... sachem of the mixed tribes who had migrated to the Ohio and its branches . He was generally surnamed the half - king , being subordinate to the Iroquois confederacy . The chief was absent at this time , as were most of his people , it ...
... sachem of the mixed tribes who had migrated to the Ohio and its branches . He was generally surnamed the half - king , being subordinate to the Iroquois confederacy . The chief was absent at this time , as were most of his people , it ...
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... sachem . This was in consequence of the hostility of the French who had recently captured , in the neighborhood , three white men in the employ of Frazier , an Indian trader , and had carried them away prisoners to Canada . Gist was ...
... sachem . This was in consequence of the hostility of the French who had recently captured , in the neighborhood , three white men in the employ of Frazier , an Indian trader , and had carried them away prisoners to Canada . Gist was ...
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... sachem of one or other of the different tribes presided over the whole . head chief at present was the king of the Piankeshas . The At this town Croghan formed a treaty of alliance in the name of the Governor of Pennsylvania with two of ...
... sachem of one or other of the different tribes presided over the whole . head chief at present was the king of the Piankeshas . The At this town Croghan formed a treaty of alliance in the name of the Governor of Pennsylvania with two of ...
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Seite 313 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 370 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 274 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave." " Now,gentlemen," said he, when he had finished, " I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Seite 365 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
Seite 359 - County, were adopted, and Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, were appointed delegates, to represent the people of Virginia in the General Congress.
Seite 415 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 388 - ... 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.
Seite 302 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Seite 193 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 416 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.