The Works of Francis Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war after the conquest of CanadaLittle, Brown, 1898 |
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... tion for the provisions he had exacted , Pontiac had recourse to a remarkable expedient , suggested , no doubt , by one of these European assistants . He issued promissory notes , drawn upon birch - bark , and signed with the figure of ...
... tion for the provisions he had exacted , Pontiac had recourse to a remarkable expedient , suggested , no doubt , by one of these European assistants . He issued promissory notes , drawn upon birch - bark , and signed with the figure of ...
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... tion , then called Montreal Point , their oars flashing in the sun , and the red flag of England flying from the stern of the foremost.1 The toils and dangers of the garrison were drawing to an end . With one accord , they broke into ...
... tion , then called Montreal Point , their oars flashing in the sun , and the red flag of England flying from the stern of the foremost.1 The toils and dangers of the garrison were drawing to an end . With one accord , they broke into ...
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... tion Paully was informed that seven Indians were waiting at the gate to speak with him . As several of the number were well known to him , he ordered them , without hesitation , to be admitted . Arriving at his quarters , two of the ...
... tion Paully was informed that seven Indians were waiting at the gate to speak with him . As several of the number were well known to him , he ordered them , without hesitation , to be admitted . Arriving at his quarters , two of the ...
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Francis Parkman . that the pretended news of peace was only an inven- tion of Major Gladwyn ; that the King of France would never abandon his children ; and that a great French army was even then descending the St. Lawrence , while ...
Francis Parkman . that the pretended news of peace was only an inven- tion of Major Gladwyn ; that the King of France would never abandon his children ; and that a great French army was even then descending the St. Lawrence , while ...
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Francis Parkman. forest - trees beyond . All was terror and consterna- tion . The startled warriors bounded away on all sides ; the squaws snatched up their children , and fled screaming ; and , with a general chorus of yells , the whole ...
Francis Parkman. forest - trees beyond . All was terror and consterna- tion . The startled warriors bounded away on all sides ; the squaws snatched up their children , and fled screaming ; and , with a general chorus of yells , the whole ...
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The Works of Francis Parkman: The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian war ... Francis Parkman Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1898 |
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arms arrived assailants attack began blockhouse boats body Bouquet Brothers camp Canadians canoes Captain Carlisle chief Christie Colonel command convoy crowded Cuyler danger dark defend Delawares destroy detachment Detroit Ecuyer encamped enemy English escaped Etherington Extract farther fire force forest Fort Bedford Fort Ligonier Fort Pitt Fort Schlosser French friends frontier garrison Gladwyn guns hand hatchet heard Henry horses hostile hundred Indians inhabitants July JUNE killed L'Arbre Croche Lake Lancaster Lazarus Stewart letter Lieutenant massacre ment Michilimackinac miles Minavavana Moravian morning murdered neighboring Niagara night officers Ojibwas ordered Ottawas party passed Paxton Penn Pennsylvania Pitt Pontiac Pottawattamies Presqu'isle prisoners province river savages scalped scene schooner sent settlements settlers shore shot SIEGE OF DETROIT Sir Jeffrey Amherst Sir William Johnson soldiers soon squaws stood Susquehanna tion tomahawk traders tribes troops valley Venango vessel village warriors Wawatam woods wounded Wyandots