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... sent a military 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 ...
... sent a military 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 ...
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... sent a com- missioner to remonstrate against these encroach- ments , but his envoy had stopped a hundred and fifty miles short of the French posts , alarmed by the troublous condition of things , and by the de- ON THE FRONTIER . 63.
... sent a com- missioner to remonstrate against these encroach- ments , but his envoy had stopped a hundred and fifty miles short of the French posts , alarmed by the troublous condition of things , and by the de- ON THE FRONTIER . 63.
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... sent to England and much read at the time as part of the news of the day , and which has an equal although different interest now . It is a succinct , clear , and sober narrative . The little party was formed at Will's Creek , and ...
... sent to England and much read at the time as part of the news of the day , and which has an equal although different interest now . It is a succinct , clear , and sober narrative . The little party was formed at Will's Creek , and ...
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... sent out by the wise authorities to build a fort at the junc- tion of the Alleghany and Monongahela , on the admirable site selected by the keen eye of Wash- ington . There Trent left his men and returned to Will's Creek , where ...
... sent out by the wise authorities to build a fort at the junc- tion of the Alleghany and Monongahela , on the admirable site selected by the keen eye of Wash- ington . There Trent left his men and returned to Will's Creek , where ...
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... sent out a scouting party , and then on fresh intelligence from the Indians set forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in camp . The French , surprised and surrounded ...
... sent out a scouting party , and then on fresh intelligence from the Indians set forth him- self with forty men to find the enemy . After a toilsome march they discovered their foes in camp . The French , surprised and surrounded ...
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