History of Fort Wayne, from the Earliest Known Accounts of this Point, to the Present Period: Embracing an Extended View of the Aboriginal Tribes of the Northwest, Including, More Especially, the Miamies ... with a Sketch of the Life of General Anthony Wayne ; Including Also a Lengthy Biography of the Late Hon. Samuel Hanna Together with Short Sketches of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Fort Wayne ; Also an Account of the Manufacturing, Mercantile, and Railroad Interests of Fort Wayne and VicinityD.W. Jones & Son, Printers, 1868 - 357 páginas |
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Página 189 - Well, as the great chief is to determine the matter, I hope the Great Spirit will put sense enough into his head to induce him to direct you to give up this land. It is true, he is so far off he will not be injured by the war. He may sit still in his town, and drink his wine, whilst you and I will have to fight it out.
Página 135 - His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes, or other property of the American inhabitants...
Página 263 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Página 27 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Página 149 - After advancing about five miles Major Price's corps received so severe a fire from the enemy, who were secreted in the woods and high grass, as to compel them to retreat.
Página 264 - Our ships have gone one way, and we are much astonished to see our father tying up every thing and preparing to run away the other, without letting his red children know what his intentions are. You always told us to remain here...
Página 264 - You always told us to remain here and take care of our lands ; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us...
Página 148 - We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps: the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon our villages, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him. Think well of it. There is something whispers me, it would be prudent to listen to his offers of peace.
Página 150 - From every account, the enemy amounted to two thousand combatants. The troops actually engaged against them were short of nine hundred.* This horde of savages, with their allies, abandoned themselves to flight, and dispersed with terror and dismay, leaving our victorious army in full and quiet possession of the field of battle, which terminated under the influence of the guns of the British garrison, as you will observe by the inclosed correspondence between Major Campbell, the commandant, and myself,...
Página 265 - Father, you have got the arms and ammunition which our great father sent his red children. If you have an idea of going away-, give them to us, and you may go, and welcome, for us. Our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit. We are determined to defend our lands, and if it be his will, we wish to leave our bones upon them.