History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time ; a History of the Indians that Formerly Resided Within Its Limits ; Geographical Descriptions, Early Customs, Biographical Sketches, &c., &c., with an Introd., Containing a Brief History of the State, from the Discovery of the Mississippi River Down to the Year 1817, to the Whole of which is Added an Appendix, Containing Tabular Views, &c |
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... ground , and the enemy , ( who were hourly increas- ing in number , ) making the most strenuous efforts to regain the wood . From four in the evening until dusk , the firing was very heavy , and the loss considerable . During the whole ...
... ground , and the enemy , ( who were hourly increas- ing in number , ) making the most strenuous efforts to regain the wood . From four in the evening until dusk , the firing was very heavy , and the loss considerable . During the whole ...
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... ground , they carried it with them until they had leisure to cook it . Having advanced a mile farther , they observed a smoke in the woods before them . The party instantly halted , while Colonel Crawford and Dr. Knight went forward to ...
... ground , they carried it with them until they had leisure to cook it . Having advanced a mile farther , they observed a smoke in the woods before them . The party instantly halted , while Colonel Crawford and Dr. Knight went forward to ...
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... ground , and appeared much dejected . Nearly seventy squaws and Indian boys surrounded them , menacing them with knives and tomahawks , and exhaust- ing upon them every abusive epithet which their language afforded . Crawford and Knight ...
... ground , and appeared much dejected . Nearly seventy squaws and Indian boys surrounded them , menacing them with knives and tomahawks , and exhaust- ing upon them every abusive epithet which their language afforded . Crawford and Knight ...
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... ground near the fire . They then fell upon him and beat him severely with sticks and their fists . In a few minutes , a large stake was fixed in the ground , and piles of hickory poles , rather thicker than a man's thumb , and about ...
... ground near the fire . They then fell upon him and beat him severely with sticks and their fists . In a few minutes , a large stake was fixed in the ground , and piles of hickory poles , rather thicker than a man's thumb , and about ...
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... ground , but was prevented by the desperate impetuosity with which the enemy assailed him . Unchecked by the murderous fire which was poured upon them from the different sides of the square , they rushed in masses up to the points of ...
... ground , but was prevented by the desperate impetuosity with which the enemy assailed him . Unchecked by the murderous fire which was poured upon them from the different sides of the square , they rushed in masses up to the points of ...
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