A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... battle was heard , and the Indians in different parties , bursting from the woods and thickets , carried death through the defenceless settlements of the English . In less than an hour about three hundred and fifty men , women and ...
... battle was heard , and the Indians in different parties , bursting from the woods and thickets , carried death through the defenceless settlements of the English . In less than an hour about three hundred and fifty men , women and ...
الصفحة 58
... battle and a number of them slain . The Eng- lish destroyed their huts and provisions , and returned , setting fire on their way to the long grass and underwood that served to conceal the approach of the enemy , and sa r ... On the ...
... battle and a number of them slain . The Eng- lish destroyed their huts and provisions , and returned , setting fire on their way to the long grass and underwood that served to conceal the approach of the enemy , and sa r ... On the ...
الصفحة 78
... where the enemy were uniting their forces to give him battle . At a place that has been since called Bloody - run an engagement took place in which the In- dians were defeated with considerable loss . Their main body 78.
... where the enemy were uniting their forces to give him battle . At a place that has been since called Bloody - run an engagement took place in which the In- dians were defeated with considerable loss . Their main body 78.
الصفحة 110
... battle of the Monongahela he showed a fearless front , although he was soon the only aid that remain- ed on the ground . The particulars of this bat- tle shall be related hereafter . At present we will confine our details to the ...
... battle of the Monongahela he showed a fearless front , although he was soon the only aid that remain- ed on the ground . The particulars of this bat- tle shall be related hereafter . At present we will confine our details to the ...
الصفحة 120
... battle of the Monongahela . He had three horses shot under him , and several bullet holes were made through his clothes ; but Provi- dence designed him for more important fields and more successful warfare . On the arrival of the army ...
... battle of the Monongahela . He had three horses shot under him , and several bullet holes were made through his clothes ; but Provi- dence designed him for more important fields and more successful warfare . On the arrival of the army ...
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affairs afterwards American Biography Anne Burras appointed arms army arrived in Virginia assembly attack battle Blair body British captain Smith chief church civil colonel colonists colony command commenced committee conduct congress convention Cornwallis coun court death defence delegates despatched destroyed detachment died Edmund Edmund Pendleton elected enemy England English expedition Fayette force formed French George George Yeardley ginia governor of Virginia gress Henry history of Virginia honour house of burgesses hundred Indians insurgents James river Jamestown John killed king land length liberty lord Dunmore ment Middle Plantation military militia monarch Monongahela natives Newport Opechancanough party peace Powhatan Powhatan confederacy preached present president prisoners proceeded Quesne received regiment religion retreat returned to England Richmond sailed savage sent settlements sion sir William Berkeley soon succeeded thousand tion took town tribes troops vernment Washington Williamsburg wounded