Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Band 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... considerable accuracy the limits of the settled regions first , that from Pittsburg down the Ohio to just below Marietta ; then , after passing a region without a town , between Gallipolis and Limestone ( Maysville , Kentucky ) , the ...
... considerable accuracy the limits of the settled regions first , that from Pittsburg down the Ohio to just below Marietta ; then , after passing a region without a town , between Gallipolis and Limestone ( Maysville , Kentucky ) , the ...
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... considerably every year . The ditches are still to be seen that served as the entrenchment of the Fort built by the French and called Fort Duquesne . The English , since that time , had built another almost beside it at the angle formed ...
... considerably every year . The ditches are still to be seen that served as the entrenchment of the Fort built by the French and called Fort Duquesne . The English , since that time , had built another almost beside it at the angle formed ...
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... important . Unlike many of the pioneers , he pros- pered in business and amassed a considerable fortune , dying on his estate in 1845.- ED . be Elephants are found in the neighborhood . " It 36 [ Vol . 3 Early Western Travels.
... important . Unlike many of the pioneers , he pros- pered in business and amassed a considerable fortune , dying on his estate in 1845.- ED . be Elephants are found in the neighborhood . " It 36 [ Vol . 3 Early Western Travels.
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... considerable fortification built by the French in the western part of America . The original fort was constructed in 1720 by Boisbriant , commandant in Illinois for the Company of the Indies . In 1756 , the stronghold was rebuilt in ...
... considerable fortification built by the French in the western part of America . The original fort was constructed in 1720 by Boisbriant , commandant in Illinois for the Company of the Indies . In 1756 , the stronghold was rebuilt in ...
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... considerably and flooded the woods . The 25th Rain continued to fall mixed with hail . Re- mained in Camp . The 26th Remained in camp on account of the rising of the river whose current was too strong . Sunday 27th of December 1795 ...
... considerably and flooded the woods . The 25th Rain continued to fall mixed with hail . Re- mained in Camp . The 26th Remained in camp on account of the rising of the river whose current was too strong . Sunday 27th of December 1795 ...
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