Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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Page iii
... formation of our great American Republic than the casual observer may suppose . Hitherto , England had not fully appreciated her colonies in America , nor had the colonies a just appreciation of themselves . The long wars of the French ...
... formation of our great American Republic than the casual observer may suppose . Hitherto , England had not fully appreciated her colonies in America , nor had the colonies a just appreciation of themselves . The long wars of the French ...
Page 15
... formed the English that the Jesuits had taught the Indians that Jesus Christ was a Frenchman ; that his mother , the Virgin Mary , was a Frenchwoman ; that the English had murdered him ; that he had gone up to heaven to plead for ...
... formed the English that the Jesuits had taught the Indians that Jesus Christ was a Frenchman ; that his mother , the Virgin Mary , was a Frenchwoman ; that the English had murdered him ; that he had gone up to heaven to plead for ...
Page 30
... formed a picture well calcu- lated to fill the beautiful girl with enthusiasm . The river was full of the quaint little crafts of the voyageurs and Coureurs des Bois , gliding hither and thither , filling the air with the melody of ...
... formed a picture well calcu- lated to fill the beautiful girl with enthusiasm . The river was full of the quaint little crafts of the voyageurs and Coureurs des Bois , gliding hither and thither , filling the air with the melody of ...
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... of New York , though shielded from French and Indian invasions from Canada by the powerful Five Nations , which formed an impassable barrier to them , favored the its project , because they looked with concern upon the 52 BRADDOCK .
... of New York , though shielded from French and Indian invasions from Canada by the powerful Five Nations , which formed an impassable barrier to them , favored the its project , because they looked with concern upon the 52 BRADDOCK .
Page 56
... formed a pro- vincial army for the capture of Montreal and the holding of the region of the upper St. Lawrence . These were under the command of Nicholson , who held a general's commission and marched from Albany on the Hudson , on the ...
... formed a pro- vincial army for the capture of Montreal and the holding of the region of the upper St. Lawrence . These were under the command of Nicholson , who held a general's commission and marched from Albany on the Hudson , on the ...
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