The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestP. F. Collier, 1896 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 21
... and the full details of the methods and proceedings by which it was organized and carried on . See " History of Middle Tennessee , ” pp . 84-103 . The settlers , by their representatives , met together at The War in the Northwest 21.
... and the full details of the methods and proceedings by which it was organized and carried on . See " History of Middle Tennessee , ” pp . 84-103 . The settlers , by their representatives , met together at The War in the Northwest 21.
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... carry Freeland's Sta- tion by an attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled wood- growth , slipped silently across the open space , and crouched ...
... carry Freeland's Sta- tion by an attack in the darkness . In the dead of the night the attempt was made . One by one the warriors left the protection of the tangled wood- growth , slipped silently across the open space , and crouched ...
Page 36
... carried two wounded men into the fort . Another man , when almost in safety , was shot , and fell with a broken thigh ; but he had reloaded his gun as he ran , and he killed his assailant as the latter ran up to scalp him . The people ...
... carried two wounded men into the fort . Another man , when almost in safety , was shot , and fell with a broken thigh ; but he had reloaded his gun as he ran , and he killed his assailant as the latter ran up to scalp him . The people ...
Page 37
... carry a fort openly by storm ; moreover , these stockades were really very defensible against men unprovided with artillery , and there is no rea- son for supposing that any troops could have carried them by fair charging , without ...
... carry a fort openly by storm ; moreover , these stockades were really very defensible against men unprovided with artillery , and there is no rea- son for supposing that any troops could have carried them by fair charging , without ...
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... carried this letter to the Virginian " agent " at the Illinois , whence it was forwarded to the Span- ish Governor.7 One of the most difficult questions with which the committee had to deal was that of holding a • Calendar Va . State ...
... carried this letter to the Virginian " agent " at the Illinois , whence it was forwarded to the Span- ish Governor.7 One of the most difficult questions with which the committee had to deal was that of holding a • Calendar Va . State ...
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