Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... LAND , 94 CHAPTER VI . THE DEBTORS ' PRISON , 118 CHAPTER VII . THE FRENCH IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY , 144 CHAPTER VIII . THE COLONIAL CONGRESS , 179 CHAPTER IX . THE INTERRUPTED WEDDING , 202 CHAPTER X. PAGE WASHINGTON , 224 CHAPTER XI ...
... LAND , 94 CHAPTER VI . THE DEBTORS ' PRISON , 118 CHAPTER VII . THE FRENCH IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY , 144 CHAPTER VIII . THE COLONIAL CONGRESS , 179 CHAPTER IX . THE INTERRUPTED WEDDING , 202 CHAPTER X. PAGE WASHINGTON , 224 CHAPTER XI ...
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... land , and the wigwams of the Indians . Their population was composed of a commandant , Jesuits , soldiers , traders , half- breeds and savages , all of whom belonged to a sys- tem of machinery in religion and trade . Besides the ...
... land , and the wigwams of the Indians . Their population was composed of a commandant , Jesuits , soldiers , traders , half- breeds and savages , all of whom belonged to a sys- tem of machinery in religion and trade . Besides the ...
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... land , which forms the right bank of the St. Lawrence , with its precipitous face , but declining gradually to the St. Charles ; Cape Diamond , with its crystal quartz glittering in the sun ; Point Levi , the Island of Orleans , and the ...
... land , which forms the right bank of the St. Lawrence , with its precipitous face , but declining gradually to the St. Charles ; Cape Diamond , with its crystal quartz glittering in the sun ; Point Levi , the Island of Orleans , and the ...
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... land is the only place I can ever call home . ” · " ' Tis true , my child , of all who once inhabit the charmed vale of Acadia . The foe is in our land , but let us return for the day wanes and is almost gone . " 22 The governor ...
... land is the only place I can ever call home . ” · " ' Tis true , my child , of all who once inhabit the charmed vale of Acadia . The foe is in our land , but let us return for the day wanes and is almost gone . " 22 The governor ...
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... will be dangerous to attempt to enter the river now ! " he cried . He reached a point of land furthest out to sea , halting by the side of a stone in the shape of an za Cartag י , obelisk . While standing here , 58 BRADDOCK .
... will be dangerous to attempt to enter the river now ! " he cried . He reached a point of land furthest out to sea , halting by the side of a stone in the shape of an za Cartag י , obelisk . While standing here , 58 BRADDOCK .
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