| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 pàgines
...the work of many hands, the margins of those beautiful rivers, the Miami of the Lake, and Au Glaize, appear like one continued village for a number of...both above and below this place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida."* During... | |
| James Hall - 1836 - 338 pàgines
...like one continued village for a number of miles above and below the place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." Having erected a strong work at the confluence of the rivers above mentioned, which he called Fort... | |
| 1840 - 430 pàgines
...wrote General Wayne, " appeared like one continued village for many miles ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." All were laid waste for twenty miles on each side of the river, and forts erected to prevent the return... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pàgines
...like one continued village for a number of miles above and below the place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." A strong work, called Fort Defiance, was immediately erected by our troops at the confluence of the... | |
| John Brown Dillon - 1843 - 482 pàgines
...many hands. The margin of those beautiful rivers, the Miamies of the Lake [or Maumee] and Auglaize, appear like one continued village for a number of...miles, both above and below this place; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn, in any part of America, from Canada to Florida. We are now... | |
| Horatio Newton Moore - 1845 - 456 pàgines
...like one continued village for a number of miles above and below this place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." Himself a scientific and practical engineer, Wayne immediately erected a strong fortification at the... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 642 pàgines
...1 4th, Wayne says, " The margins of these beautiful rivers, the Miamies of the Lake and Au Glaize, appear like one continued village for a number of miles both above and below this place, [Grand Glaize ;] nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America from... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 632 pàgines
...a number of miles both above and below this place, [Grand Glaiie ;] nor have I ever before be be!3 such immense fields of corn in any part of America from Canada to Florida.'1 — America State Papers, v. 490. t American State Papan, v. 491. — See the English account... | |
| Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1856 - 742 pàgines
...a single village, and rich corn-fields spread on either side. "I have never seen," says the writer, "such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." Negotiations proved futile: the Indians were evidently bent on war, and only favored delay for the... | |
| John Brown Dillon - 1859 - 696 pàgines
...many hands. The margin of those beautiful rivers, the Miamis of the lake [or Maumee] and Auglai/.e, appear like one continued village .for a number of...miles, both above and below this place; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields of corn, in any part of America, from Canada to Florida. We are now... | |
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