...to submit, and the " rebel• Washington said: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease: I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." lion " was put...

...kept the same spirit that animated him in the earlier years of border fighting. Then he had declared: "I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering...enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.8 He could "die by inches to save a people." During the Revolution he risked reputation, sacrificed...

...the Indians continued all winter, and almost in despair of relieving the suffering he saw, Washington writes : ' The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions of the men melt me into that deadly sorrow that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice...

...Washington's love for his country spoke in these words: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a willing offering to savage fury and die by inches to save the people." Not less than this...

...murder of helpless families may be laid to my account here. The supplicating tears of the women and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my i>wn mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute...

...times even he lost heart. "The supplicating tears of the women," wrote the young commander-inchief, "melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly...provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a willing offering to savage fury and die by inches to save the people." PEACE AND MOUNT...

...now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe. * * * The supplicating tears of the women, and moving petitions...provided that would contribute to the people's ease."* However, Washington spared no effort to render the frontier safe from Indian attack, and shortly afterward...

...power to give them further relief than uncertain promises. The supplicating tears of the women, and the moving petitions of the men, melt me into such deadly...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." But the Virginia newspapers very freely cast the blame for the Indian's success on the military management....

...a seasoned soldier of twenty-six: "The supplicating tears of the women," his letter reads, "and the moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly...provided that would contribute to the people's ease." While he was riding to and from Williamsburg, the provincial capital of Virginia, and Winchester, where...

...Forge, and hear him cry in passion unrestrained: "If I know my own mind, I could offer myself a living sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease. I would be a living offering to the savage fury and die by inches to save the people." The ever favorite...