The Centennial Celebration of General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Iroquois, in 1779: Held at Waterloo, September 3rd, 1879Observer Steam Print, 1880 - 356 páginas |
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... Colonel in the British service , and raised a command of two bat- talions , composed mostly of Scotchmen , living near Johnstown , who had accompanied him in his flight , and of other American loyalists , who subsequently followed their ...
... Colonel in the British service , and raised a command of two bat- talions , composed mostly of Scotchmen , living near Johnstown , who had accompanied him in his flight , and of other American loyalists , who subsequently followed their ...
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... Colonel Stone says , " While the impression at the time seemed to be that the Oneidas , the Tuscaroras and the Onondagas would re- main neutral and restrain their warriors from taking part with the British , the commissioners left the ...
... Colonel Stone says , " While the impression at the time seemed to be that the Oneidas , the Tuscaroras and the Onondagas would re- main neutral and restrain their warriors from taking part with the British , the commissioners left the ...
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... Colonel Thomas Hartley of the Eleventh Penn- sylvania Regiment , with about two hundred men , pene- trated the Indian country by the way of the West Branch , the Lycoming and Towanda Creeks as far as Tioga , intend- ing to form a ...
... Colonel Thomas Hartley of the Eleventh Penn- sylvania Regiment , with about two hundred men , pene- trated the Indian country by the way of the West Branch , the Lycoming and Towanda Creeks as far as Tioga , intend- ing to form a ...
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... Colonel Zebulon Butler , of Wyoming , each of whom had extensive knowledge of the Indian country , were consulted . Lieutenant ( afterwards Colonel , ) John Jenkins , by profession a surveyor , who had recently been a captive among the ...
... Colonel Zebulon Butler , of Wyoming , each of whom had extensive knowledge of the Indian country , were consulted . Lieutenant ( afterwards Colonel , ) John Jenkins , by profession a surveyor , who had recently been a captive among the ...
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... Colonel Matthias Ogden ; the Second , under Colonel Israel Shreve ; the Third , commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton , and the Independent or Fifth , better known from the name of its commander , as Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment ; also ...
... Colonel Matthias Ogden ; the Second , under Colonel Israel Shreve ; the Third , commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton , and the Independent or Fifth , better known from the name of its commander , as Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment ; also ...
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Página 244 - VENERABLE MEN! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed...
Página 157 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 197 - Oh make Thou us, through centuries long, In peace secure, in justice strong; Around our gift of freedom draw The safeguards of thy righteous law : And, cast in some diviner mould, Let the new cycle shame the old ! JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
Página 47 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view, The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew.
Página 81 - ... of the United States: and whereas it is the incumbent duty of the people of this state to avail themselves of the means which the Almighty has placed in their hands for the production of such signal, extensive and lasting benefits to the human race: Now, therefore, in full confidence that the Congress of the United States, and the states equally interested with this state in the commencement, prosecution, and completion of those important works, will contribute their full proportion of the expense;...
Página 99 - ... continuing in the army, that I could not appoint him ; General Putnam I need not mention. I therefore made the offer of it, for the appointment could no longer be delayed, to General Gates, who was next in seniority, though, perhaps I might have avoided it, if I had been so disposed, from his being in a command by the special appointment of Congress. My letter to him on the occasion I believe you will think was conceived in very candid and polite terms, and that it merited a different answer...
Página 108 - Nothing could afford me more pleasure than to relieve the distressed, or to have it in my power to add to the safety of your settlement, but should I comply with the requisition made by you, it would effectually answer the intention of the enemy and destroy the grand object of this expedition.
Página 311 - And as he gazed, he beheld, far down in their silent depths, dim and ill-defined outlines, wavering to and fro, like the folds of a white garment in the twilight Then more distinct and permanent shapes arose, — shapes familiar to his mind, yet forgotten and remembered again, as the fragments of a dream ; till at length, far, far below him he beheld the great City of the Past, with silent marble streets, and moss-grown walls, and spires uprising with a...
Página 47 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Página 146 - Agreeable to my orders, I proceeded by the shortest route to the lower Mohawk castle, passing through the Tuscarora and Oneida castles, where every mark of hospitality and friendship was shown the party. I had the pleasure to find, that not the least damage nor insult was offered any of the inhabitants.