On the Frontier with Colonel Antes: Or, The Struggle for Supremacy of the Red and White Races in PennsylvaniaS. Chew & sons, printers, 1900 - 513 páginas |
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... English Colonies in America by Lodge , Discovery of America by John Fiske , Dutch and Qua- ker Colonists by John Fiske , Winning of the West by Roosevelt , Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton , Life of Franklin by Bige- low , Life of ...
... English Colonies in America by Lodge , Discovery of America by John Fiske , Dutch and Qua- ker Colonists by John Fiske , Winning of the West by Roosevelt , Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton , Life of Franklin by Bige- low , Life of ...
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... English race was very small compared with what it is to - day . The treaty that secured the independence of the colonies ceded a territory that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi , and from the Great Lakes on the north ...
... English race was very small compared with what it is to - day . The treaty that secured the independence of the colonies ceded a territory that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi , and from the Great Lakes on the north ...
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... English style of the Eighteenth century . They all had broad porches and projecting roofs and windows . Many were adorned with bal- conies , and the old dials set in the walls served in large measure as timekeepers to a race ignorant of ...
... English style of the Eighteenth century . They all had broad porches and projecting roofs and windows . Many were adorned with bal- conies , and the old dials set in the walls served in large measure as timekeepers to a race ignorant of ...
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... English and Irish , Scotch and Welsh , Germans and Swiss , Swedes and Danes , Dutch and French , Jews and Indians were scattered throughout the whole province , maintaining their nationalities without any political restraint , and still ...
... English and Irish , Scotch and Welsh , Germans and Swiss , Swedes and Danes , Dutch and French , Jews and Indians were scattered throughout the whole province , maintaining their nationalities without any political restraint , and still ...
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... English from Georgia , and the latter called on the Moravians to bear arms , they refused , as it was contrary to their most cher- ished principles . Spangenberg was instructed to visit the Swenk- felders in Pennsylvania . Here he ...
... English from Georgia , and the latter called on the Moravians to bear arms , they refused , as it was contrary to their most cher- ished principles . Spangenberg was instructed to visit the Swenk- felders in Pennsylvania . Here he ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acres American arms army Assembly Bald Eagle Creek became belt Bethlehem brethren brother cabin called canoe Captain chief Colonel colonies Connecticut Connecticut party Conrad Weiser corn Council creek deer Delawares enemy English Fair Play men fire forest Fort Augusta Franklin Frederick French friends frontier gave Germantown Governor ground hand Henry Henry Antes horses hundred Hunter hunting Indians inhabitants Iroquois John justice killed King land Lenape lived logs Lycoming creek miles mill Moravian mountain Muncy Northumberland Northumberland county Onondaga party Paxton Boys peace Penn Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia pounds prisoners Proprietaries province purchased river Samuel Wallis savages scalps Senecas sent settled settlements settlers Shawanese Sheriff Shikellimy shillings side Six Nations skins spirit Sunbury Susquehanna tion took town treaty trees tribes valley wampum warriors West Branch wife William Dewees women woods Wyoming Zebulon Butler
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Página 91 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Página 375 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 375 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Página 315 - They are remarkably stout and hardy men ; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim ; striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance.
Página 125 - I hope you have agreed to give more than four shillings a pound.' 'No,' says he, 'I cannot give so much; I cannot give more than three shillings and sixpence.
Página 391 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Página 123 - Satanas into their country, to take part with them, after they had concerted ill designs against us. We have done less than either the English or French that have usurped the lands of so many Indian nations, and chased them from their own country This belt preserves my words.
Página 322 - After dinner the dancing commenced, and generally lasted until the next morning. The figures of the dances were three and four handed reels, or square sets and jigs. The commencement was always a square four, which was followed by what was called jigging it off, that is, two of the four would single out for a jig, and were followed by the remaining couple. The jigs were often accompanied with what was called cutting out...
Página 138 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.