The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Volume 6Winthrop Sargent Lippincott, Grambo, & Company, 1855 - 423 pages Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne. |
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Page 21
... Shawanoes and the Delawares - the gloomy forests , where Beneath the shade of melancholy boughs , That the designs of the French were perfectly comprehended in the English colonies , is abundantly proved by Gov. Shirley's letter to Gov ...
... Shawanoes and the Delawares - the gloomy forests , where Beneath the shade of melancholy boughs , That the designs of the French were perfectly comprehended in the English colonies , is abundantly proved by Gov. Shirley's letter to Gov ...
Page 63
... most materially influence the scattered remnants of other nations that still existed ' Register of Conrad Weiser : Penn . Hist . Soc . Coll . , Vol . I. , p . 5 . - there , were the Delawares and the Shawanoes . INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR . 63.
... most materially influence the scattered remnants of other nations that still existed ' Register of Conrad Weiser : Penn . Hist . Soc . Coll . , Vol . I. , p . 5 . - there , were the Delawares and the Shawanoes . INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR . 63.
Page 64
... Shawanoes , an alien tribe supposed to have found their way thitherward from the everglades of Florida , participated in these sentiments . No land was to be occupied by the whites until it had been granted by the Proprietary ; and the ...
... Shawanoes , an alien tribe supposed to have found their way thitherward from the everglades of Florida , participated in these sentiments . No land was to be occupied by the whites until it had been granted by the Proprietary ; and the ...
Page 65
... Shawanoes on the Susquehannah the tidings of salvation , they rejected with disdain his pious overtures . They had learned to hate the religion whose votaries corrupted their health , cheated them of their substance , and debauched ...
... Shawanoes on the Susquehannah the tidings of salvation , they rejected with disdain his pious overtures . They had learned to hate the religion whose votaries corrupted their health , cheated them of their substance , and debauched ...
Page 91
... Shawanoes would inevita- . bly be found in the ranks of the enemy . The latter had in fact for many years previously spared no pains to bring the Shawanoes into their interest.1 Nevertheless , the presence of the French upon the Ohio ...
... Shawanoes would inevita- . bly be found in the ranks of the enemy . The latter had in fact for many years previously spared no pains to bring the Shawanoes into their interest.1 Nevertheless , the presence of the French upon the Ohio ...
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48th Regiment advanced party Aid de Camp America arms army arrived artillery Assembly baggage Braddock camp Canada Capt Captain Colonel Dunbar colonies command Conrad Weiser Contrecœur Council Crown Cumberland defeat Delawares desired detachment Dinwiddie Duke of Cumberland Dunbar Edward Braddock encamped enemy English expedition fire flanks Fort Cumberland Fort Necessity French Gage Garneau garrison General's Governor Governor Dinwiddie Grenadiers Guards Halket Hist hundred Indians Iroquois John St Clair July killed land Lieut Lieutenant Colonel Light Horse Maryland Meadows ment miles Monongahela Morris never night occasion officers Ohio ordered Orme passed Penn Pennsylvania Philadelphia pickets Pouchot proper province provisions Quebec Quesne rank received remained river road savages scalped scene sent Shawanoes Shirley Sir Peter Halket Six Nations soldiers soon Sparks's St John St subalterns tion troops Virginia waggons warriors Washington Will's Creek wounded