George Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926 - 370 pagine |
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George Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782 Albert Tangeman Volwiler Visualizzazione completa - 1926 |
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Pagina 317 - Public good: being an examination into the claim of Virginia to the vacant western territory, and of the right of the United States to the same. To which is added, proposals for laying off a new state, to be applied as a fund for carrying on the war, or redeeming the national debt.
Pagina 93 - That he would not suffer a soldier to handle an axe, but by fire and sword oblige the inhabitants to do it. . . . . That he would kill all kinds of cattle, and carry away the horses, burn the houses, etc.
Pagina 211 - I have learnt from experience that the established authority of any government in America and the policy of government at home are both insufficient to restrain the Americans; and that they do and will remove as their avidity and restlessness incite.
Pagina 150 - Drugs. This I distribute with a lib'ral Hand, Urge them to drink till they grow mad and valiant; Which makes them think me generous and just, And gives full Scope to practise all my Art I then begin my Trade with water'd Rum; The cooling Draught well suits their scorching Throats.
Pagina 93 - Winchester, who came this day at three o'clock, but treated us in a very disagreeable manner. He is extremely warm and angry at our province; he would not look at our draughts, nor suffer any representations to be made to him in regard to the province, but stormed like a lion rampant.
Pagina 68 - The English were further handicapped by the bitter rivalry which arose at this time between the traders from Pennsylvania and those from Virginia and Maryland. The latter, supported by the powerful Ohio Company, promised the Indians cheaper goods and threatened to take away much of the trade which the former had long monopolized. The Pennsylvanians told the Indians that the roads which the Virginians were building would lay them open to attack by the Catawbas and that the Virginians intended to take...
Pagina 71 - the Cabbins or Log Houses which we burnt were of no considerable Value, being such as the Country People erect in a Day or two. ..." As a result, the westward movement of settlers was checked and this served to diminish temporarily the danger of Indian hostilities. Four years later, the Penns bought at Albany the claims of the Iroquois to the lands in...
Pagina 233 - Any person therefore who neglects the present opportunity of hunting out good lands and in some measure marking and distinguishing them for their own (in order to keep others from settling them) will never regain it.
Pagina 82 - Potowmack, that i most earnestly entreat you will not delay the Supplies, nor deal them out with a sparing Hand, but use all the Expedition in your Power, for you will undoubtedly agree with me, that so alarming an Occasion has not occurred since the first Settlement of the Province, nor any one Thing happened that so much deserves your serious Attention.
Pagina 135 - G. Croghan. He did not go to sleep last night. This morning he lay down under a shed about the break of day and slept a few hours. He is to speak this afternoon. He is to be sure in a fine capacity to do business. But thus we go on. I leave you to make reflections. I for my part wish myself at home.
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