George Washington, Band 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
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Henry Cabot Lodge. the troublous condition of things , and by the de- feat and slaughter which the Frenchmen had al- ready inflicted upon the Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. the troublous condition of things , and by the de- feat and slaughter which the Frenchmen had al- ready inflicted upon the Indians . Some more vig- orous person was evidently needed to go through the form of warning ...
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... condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally Washington got off with them once more , and worked his way back to Venango . Another struggle for the sav- ages followed , rum being always the principal ...
... condition of the post . Then came another struggle over the Indians , and finally Washington got off with them once more , and worked his way back to Venango . Another struggle for the sav- ages followed , rum being always the principal ...
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... condition of affairs , with every evil exaggerated tenfold . The fighting spirit was dominant in Virginia , but in Quaker - ridden Pennsylvania it seems to have been almost extinct . These three were not very prom ising communities to ...
... condition of affairs , with every evil exaggerated tenfold . The fighting spirit was dominant in Virginia , but in Quaker - ridden Pennsylvania it seems to have been almost extinct . These three were not very prom ising communities to ...
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... condition of his men to stop . He at once resumed work on Fort Necessity , and made ready for a desperate defence , for the French were on his heels , and on July 3d appeared at the Meadows . Washington offered battle out- side the fort ...
... condition of his men to stop . He at once resumed work on Fort Necessity , and made ready for a desperate defence , for the French were on his heels , and on July 3d appeared at the Meadows . Washington offered battle out- side the fort ...
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... conditions which confronted him were unfamiliar and beyond his ex- perience . He cordially despised the provincials who were essential to his success , and lost no opportunity of showing his contempt for them . The colonists on 80 ...
... conditions which confronted him were unfamiliar and beyond his ex- perience . He cordially despised the provincials who were essential to his success , and lost no opportunity of showing his contempt for them . The colonists on 80 ...
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