Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... army northward . When he was finally ready to march in October , 1812 , the Black Swamp was impassable and he set his men building military roads across its treacherous surface . Thus ended the glorious dreams of the expansionists in ...
... army northward . When he was finally ready to march in October , 1812 , the Black Swamp was impassable and he set his men building military roads across its treacherous surface . Thus ended the glorious dreams of the expansionists in ...
Page 300
... army of savages , he had secured promises of help from other tribes , he was bent on driving the whites from the Illinois country . A call for volunteers brought 1,300 frontiersmen to Ft . Armstrong within a few weeks . On May 10 , 1832 ...
... army of savages , he had secured promises of help from other tribes , he was bent on driving the whites from the Illinois country . A call for volunteers brought 1,300 frontiersmen to Ft . Armstrong within a few weeks . On May 10 , 1832 ...
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... army lay dead on the battlefield . A similar fate for the column on the left bank of the stream was averted by the timely arrival of General Terry with the main army . The Battle of the Little Big Horn- " Custer's Last Stand " in the ...
... army lay dead on the battlefield . A similar fate for the column on the left bank of the stream was averted by the timely arrival of General Terry with the main army . The Battle of the Little Big Horn- " Custer's Last Stand " in the ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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