Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 60
... Canada and taken up their abodes about the Ohio and its tributaries , and the French pretended to hold them under their protection ; but their doubtful allegiance to the governor of Canada had in recent years been undermined by an ...
... Canada and taken up their abodes about the Ohio and its tributaries , and the French pretended to hold them under their protection ; but their doubtful allegiance to the governor of Canada had in recent years been undermined by an ...
Page 61
... Canada to break up the friendly relations which had been entered into between the agents of the company and the Indian tribes ; and during the last winter in which Washington had been engaged in surveying , it became evident that ...
... Canada to break up the friendly relations which had been entered into between the agents of the company and the Indian tribes ; and during the last winter in which Washington had been engaged in surveying , it became evident that ...
Page 65
... Canada , had pointed to Detroit as the centre of a boundless inland commerce , and to Louisiana and Canada , almost connected by the navigable waters of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , bordered by some of the richest lands in 5.
... Canada , had pointed to Detroit as the centre of a boundless inland commerce , and to Louisiana and Canada , almost connected by the navigable waters of the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi , bordered by some of the richest lands in 5.
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... Canada , were nearly all soldiers of high reputation , and were intrusted with the absolute regulation and superintendence of Indian affairs , and , with the exception of the Iroquois , or Six Nations , and their tributaries , they had ...
... Canada , were nearly all soldiers of high reputation , and were intrusted with the absolute regulation and superintendence of Indian affairs , and , with the exception of the Iroquois , or Six Nations , and their tributaries , they had ...
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... Canada , and upon a rumor that he had detached twelve hundred men to occupy the valley of the Ohio , Tanacharisson repaired to the French posts on * The Marquis de la Jonquière arrived in Canada in August , 1749 , succeeding , as ...
... Canada , and upon a rumor that he had detached twelve hundred men to occupy the valley of the Ohio , Tanacharisson repaired to the French posts on * The Marquis de la Jonquière arrived in Canada in August , 1749 , succeeding , as ...
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