History of Wyoming: In a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to His Son William Penn MinerJ. Crissy, 1845 - 592 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 53
... spirit's voice , a death knell to his race , awakening special wonder . Three years thus passed , the settlement flourishing ; a rose in a desert , and giving the highest promise of future usefulness , when the sudden outbreak of Indian ...
... spirit's voice , a death knell to his race , awakening special wonder . Three years thus passed , the settlement flourishing ; a rose in a desert , and giving the highest promise of future usefulness , when the sudden outbreak of Indian ...
Σελίδα 104
... spirits , with a will to do , and courage to dare , met spirits equally gallant and determined . We approach the contest , still known in the common parlance of the country , as " The First Pennymite War . " * In the bosom of the ...
... spirits , with a will to do , and courage to dare , met spirits equally gallant and determined . We approach the contest , still known in the common parlance of the country , as " The First Pennymite War . " * In the bosom of the ...
Σελίδα 120
... spirit . Old Forty fort , so celebrated in the future history of Wyoming , was begun . More distant positions were explored , David Mead and Christopher Hurlbut , Esqs . , the principal surveyors on behalf of the Susquehanna Company ...
... spirit . Old Forty fort , so celebrated in the future history of Wyoming , was begun . More distant positions were explored , David Mead and Christopher Hurlbut , Esqs . , the principal surveyors on behalf of the Susquehanna Company ...
Σελίδα 121
... spirit , and put forth at once , with decisive energy , all the strength the occasion demanded , Connecticut would probably have postponed the avowal of her claim to jurisdiction until a more in- viting season . Doubtless the ...
... spirit , and put forth at once , with decisive energy , all the strength the occasion demanded , Connecticut would probably have postponed the avowal of her claim to jurisdiction until a more in- viting season . Doubtless the ...
Σελίδα 126
... spirit , that in three or four days it was inhabitable . The baggage being secured , and a tolerable defence from a sudden attack prepared , Sheriff Hacklein , as civil officer , proceeded to Fort Durkee , declared his name and ...
... spirit , that in three or four days it was inhabitable . The baggage being secured , and a tolerable defence from a sudden attack prepared , Sheriff Hacklein , as civil officer , proceeded to Fort Durkee , declared his name and ...
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