Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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Page 15
... troops and ecclesiastics . The priests are said to have received the con- fession of Indian and white man alike , and given absolution for their sins , before beginning their bloody work . A day was appointed for confes- sion , and ...
... troops and ecclesiastics . The priests are said to have received the con- fession of Indian and white man alike , and given absolution for their sins , before beginning their bloody work . A day was appointed for confes- sion , and ...
Page 52
... troops were landed and began to invest the place , when , on the 13th of October , it was surrendered to the English , and the name of the town and fort changed from Port Royal to Annapolis , in honor of Queen Anne . Acadia was annexed ...
... troops were landed and began to invest the place , when , on the 13th of October , it was surrendered to the English , and the name of the town and fort changed from Port Royal to Annapolis , in honor of Queen Anne . Acadia was annexed ...
Page 55
... troops . Among the Americans to enlist in this enterprise was Elmer Stevens , who had been raised to the rank of lieutenant . Elmer was a brave , dashing young man , who had honestly and fairly won the honors he claimed . When the New ...
... troops . Among the Americans to enlist in this enterprise was Elmer Stevens , who had been raised to the rank of lieutenant . Elmer was a brave , dashing young man , who had honestly and fairly won the honors he claimed . When the New ...
Page 72
... troops were sent to Boston . Hearing of the calamity and the result , Nicholson unwillingly returned with his land force to Albany and left Montreal unmolested . Walker , after falsely charg- ing the disaster to the incompetency of ...
... troops were sent to Boston . Hearing of the calamity and the result , Nicholson unwillingly returned with his land force to Albany and left Montreal unmolested . Walker , after falsely charg- ing the disaster to the incompetency of ...
Page 99
... troops into a country so cut up with rivers rendered the thought almost madness ; be- sides , there were no troops but militia , the common people , or citizen soldiers , and as so many of them were in sympathy with the Carolinians , he ...
... troops into a country so cut up with rivers rendered the thought almost madness ; be- sides , there were no troops but militia , the common people , or citizen soldiers , and as so many of them were in sympathy with the Carolinians , he ...
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