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... Indians by turns , taking possession of the Ohio country , and selecting places as they went for that chain of forts which was to hem in and slowly strangle the English set- tlements . Governor Dinwiddie had sent a com- missioner to ...
... Indians by turns , taking possession of the Ohio country , and selecting places as they went for that chain of forts which was to hem in and slowly strangle the English set- tlements . Governor Dinwiddie had sent a com- missioner to ...
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... Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning France not to trespass on the English wilderness and thereupon Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing- ton , recently ...
... Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning France not to trespass on the English wilderness and thereupon Governor Dinwiddie selected for the task George Washing- ton , recently ...
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... Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them ... Indians , and finally Washington got off with them once more , and worked his way back to Venango . Another struggle ...
... Indian chiefs , to Venango , on the Ohio , the first French outpost . The French officers asked him to sup with them ... Indians , and finally Washington got off with them once more , and worked his way back to Venango . Another struggle ...
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... Indians lay in wait for them and tried to murder them , and Gist , like a true frontiersman , was for shooting the scoundrel whom they captured . But Washington stayed his hand , and they gave the savage the slip and pressed on . It was ...
... Indians lay in wait for them and tried to murder them , and Gist , like a true frontiersman , was for shooting the scoundrel whom they captured . But Washington stayed his hand , and they gave the savage the slip and pressed on . It was ...
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... Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting parties . Picking out a ... Indians set forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in ...
... Indian allies brought him news that the French were on the march and had thrown out scouting parties . Picking out a ... Indians set forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in ...
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