Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-six |
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Page xxix
... chiefs visit Philadelphia . Instructions issued to Trueman . Kentucky admitted into the Union as a State . Excise law amended , though not to satisfaction . Hendrick , a Stockbridge Indian chief , sent West . Instructions issued to ...
... chiefs visit Philadelphia . Instructions issued to Trueman . Kentucky admitted into the Union as a State . Excise law amended , though not to satisfaction . Hendrick , a Stockbridge Indian chief , sent West . Instructions issued to ...
Page 45
... chief , was implacably hostile . Narvaez had cut off his nose , and caused his mother to be torn in pieces before him by ... chiefs of that region , was hostile ; but he was won by the presents and promises of De Soto , and came with his ...
... chief , was implacably hostile . Narvaez had cut off his nose , and caused his mother to be torn in pieces before him by ... chiefs of that region , was hostile ; but he was won by the presents and promises of De Soto , and came with his ...
Page 96
... chiefs of the tribe , delivered presents to them , and received assurances of their support against the French . But the principal ground of claim of the British to the country west of the Alleghenies , was by treaties of purchase from ...
... chiefs of the tribe , delivered presents to them , and received assurances of their support against the French . But the principal ground of claim of the British to the country west of the Alleghenies , was by treaties of purchase from ...
Page 106
... chiefs of the tribe sent back a message with Gist , that their friendship should stand like the mountains . Croghan returned , Gist followed the Miami to its mouth , passed down the Ohio river until within fifteen miles of the falls ...
... chiefs of the tribe sent back a message with Gist , that their friendship should stand like the mountains . Croghan returned , Gist followed the Miami to its mouth , passed down the Ohio river until within fifteen miles of the falls ...
Page 110
... chief commanding officer , and in the name of his Britannic Majesty , to demand an answer thereto . " On your arrival ... chiefs to ap- point you a sufficient number of their warriors to be your safeguard , as near the French as you may ...
... chief commanding officer , and in the name of his Britannic Majesty , to demand an answer thereto . " On your arrival ... chiefs to ap- point you a sufficient number of their warriors to be your safeguard , as near the French as you may ...
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