The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCollier, 1889 |
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Page 56
... party to name two arbitrators , and the procureur du roi a fifth ; while an appeal might be made to the council supérieur at New Orleans . The British command- ant assumed the place of the procureur du roi , al- though there were one or ...
... party to name two arbitrators , and the procureur du roi a fifth ; while an appeal might be made to the council supérieur at New Orleans . The British command- ant assumed the place of the procureur du roi , al- though there were one or ...
Page 71
... parties frequently acting in conjunc- tion with some of the rival European powers , or 5 Hawkins , Pickens , Martin , and McIntosh , in their letter , give them 800 warriors ; most other estimates make the num- ber smaller . • Almost ...
... parties frequently acting in conjunc- tion with some of the rival European powers , or 5 Hawkins , Pickens , Martin , and McIntosh , in their letter , give them 800 warriors ; most other estimates make the num- ber smaller . • Almost ...
Page 76
... parties were obliged to travel far into the uninhabited region to the north- ward in order to kill their winter supply of meat . But panthers , wolves , and bears still lurked in the gloomy fastnesses of the swamps and canebrakes ...
... parties were obliged to travel far into the uninhabited region to the north- ward in order to kill their winter supply of meat . But panthers , wolves , and bears still lurked in the gloomy fastnesses of the swamps and canebrakes ...
Page 83
... party spirit ; the inhabitants divided on almost every question . If the head- chief was for peace , but the war ... parties of Creeks were generally merely small bands of marauders , in search of scalps and plunder . In proportion to ...
... party spirit ; the inhabitants divided on almost every question . If the head- chief was for peace , but the war ... parties of Creeks were generally merely small bands of marauders , in search of scalps and plunder . In proportion to ...
Page 91
... parties of young Seneca braves fought with the Delawares in all their wars against us . Westward of the Delawares lay the Shawnee vil- lages , along the Scioto and on the Pickaway plains ; but it must be remembered that the Shawnees ...
... parties of young Seneca braves fought with the Delawares in all their wars against us . Westward of the Delawares lay the Shawnee vil- lages , along the Scioto and on the Pickaway plains ; but it must be remembered that the Shawnees ...
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