Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: AmericanJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 319 páginas |
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Página 98
... the with drawal of their garrisons from what was claimed to be English territory . The mission was a delicate one . It demanded courage , discretion , and energy . Washington had them all . No better choice could have 98 HISTORICAL TALES .
... the with drawal of their garrisons from what was claimed to be English territory . The mission was a delicate one . It demanded courage , discretion , and energy . Washington had them all . No better choice could have 98 HISTORICAL TALES .
Página 114
... garrison , it was almost in a state of panic , and next to nothing was being done to avert the danger . A glance was sufficient for the prompt and ener- getic mind of the daring ranger . In a minute's time he had organized a line of ...
... garrison , it was almost in a state of panic , and next to nothing was being done to avert the danger . A glance was sufficient for the prompt and ener- getic mind of the daring ranger . In a minute's time he had organized a line of ...
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... garrison from destruction . Among Putnam's many adventures , there are two others which have often been told , but are worthy of repetition . On one occasion he was surprised by a large party of Indians , when with a few men in a boat ...
... garrison from destruction . Among Putnam's many adventures , there are two others which have often been told , but are worthy of repetition . On one occasion he was surprised by a large party of Indians , when with a few men in a boat ...
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... garrison . Of the original forty only twelve remained , some of them little more than boys . Within the fort were this little garrison and the women and children of the settlement . Outside raged four hundred savage warriors , under a ...
... garrison . Of the original forty only twelve remained , some of them little more than boys . Within the fort were this little garrison and the women and children of the settlement . Outside raged four hundred savage warriors , under a ...
Página 130
... garrison , some of the deserted log - huts were sufficiently near to shelter the Indians , and enable them to assault the fort under cover . They swarmed into these houses , and for six hours kept up an incessant fire on the works ...
... garrison , some of the deserted log - huts were sufficiently near to shelter the Indians , and enable them to assault the fort under cover . They swarmed into these houses , and for six hours kept up an incessant fire on the works ...
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adventures alarm Albemarle American appeared armed army Arnold battle Biarni Blennerhasset boat Boone Boston British bullets camp canoes Captain captured Champe Champlain Colonel Colonel Sheppard colony command crew Cushing danger daring Eirek enemy England escape eyes fell fire flames flight foes force forest Fort Schuyler fortune French frigate fugitives garrison gave governor Green Mountain boys Greenland guns hands haste hope horse hour hundred Indians iron-clad Iroquois island journey ketch knew lake Lake George land Leif Lexington men LIBBY PRISON Marion Merrimac miles militia minutes morning Morse night Norsemen officers OLD NORTH CHURCH onward party passed patriot peril Phips prisoners proved pursuers pushed Putnam quickly reached regicides returned rifle river road sail savages seemed seize sent sentinel ship shore shot side Simon Girty stood story strange stream told took troops vessel Vineland warriors Washington William Phips woods
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Página 228 - OUR band is few but true and tried, Our leader frank and bold; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told.
Página 228 - Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads,— The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds.
Página 86 - Drum, drum, I say,' and turning to his excellency, said, 'If I am interrupted again I will make the sun shine through you in a moment.
Página 96 - But the Great Being above allowed it to be a place of residence for us ; so, fathers, I desire you to withdraw, as I have done our brothers the English ; for I will keep you at arm's length.
Página 88 - I set out however in a boat for Amboy, leaving my chest and things to follow me round by sea. In crossing the bay, we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces, prevented our getting into the Kill, and drove us upon Long Island.
Página 96 - Fathers, you, in former days, set a silver basin before us, wherein there was the leg of a beaver, and desired all the nations to come and eat of it, — to eat in peace and plenty, and not to be churlish to one another ; and that if any such person should be found to be a disturber, I here lay down by the edge of the dish a rod, which you must scourge them with ; and if your...
Página 90 - By this means he set many of the facts in a very ridiculous light, and might have hurt weak minds if his work had been published; but it never was. At his house I lay that night, and the next morning reach'd Burlington, but had the mortification to find that the regular boats were gone a little before my coming, and no other expected to go before Tuesday, this being Saturday...
Página 205 - in the expectation that you have some one in your corps, who is willing to undertake a delicate and hazardous project. Whoever comes forward will confer great obligations upon me personally, and, in behalf of the United States, I will reward him amply. No time is to be lost ; he must proceed, if possible, to-night. I intend to seize Arnold, and save Andre.
Página 90 - They took me in, and, as there was no wind, we row'd all the way ; and about midnight, not having yet seen the city, some of the company were confident we must have passed it, and would row no farther...
Página 149 - Two darling sons, and a brother, have I lost by savage hands, which have also taken from me forty valuable horses, and abundance of cattle. Many dark and sleepless nights have I been companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun, and pinched by the Winter's cold, an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness.