Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 - 239 pages |
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Page 52
... British Mr. Livingston took a prominent part in the defence of the state ; and , when it was over , undertook , with two coadjutors , the formidable task of simplifying its laws , entangled as they were with Spanish prolixities , and ...
... British Mr. Livingston took a prominent part in the defence of the state ; and , when it was over , undertook , with two coadjutors , the formidable task of simplifying its laws , entangled as they were with Spanish prolixities , and ...
Page 91
... British ground , we were entertained by an American woman who lived on the lake shore close by the fort . She treated us with ne- gus and cake while preparing to get a dinner for us , and amused us with accounts of how butter and eggs ...
... British ground , we were entertained by an American woman who lived on the lake shore close by the fort . She treated us with ne- gus and cake while preparing to get a dinner for us , and amused us with accounts of how butter and eggs ...
Page 92
... British . He remained alone in the fort to do the deed ; and as I now beheld the desolation of the solitude in which it stands , I felt as if I could enter into what his feelings must have been on the last day of his life . At one ...
... British . He remained alone in the fort to do the deed ; and as I now beheld the desolation of the solitude in which it stands , I felt as if I could enter into what his feelings must have been on the last day of his life . At one ...
Page 94
... British camp and in the thick of the slaughter in the burn- ing streets . The British officer did not wish to have his hands full of helpless female prisoners . He sent them home again with a guard of an ensign and a private , who had ...
... British camp and in the thick of the slaughter in the burn- ing streets . The British officer did not wish to have his hands full of helpless female prisoners . He sent them home again with a guard of an ensign and a private , who had ...
Page 95
... British dra- goons who were sitting on the ground at a considerable dis- tance , watching the burning of the remainder of the town . They expressed their amazement that she should have made her way through the savages , and guarded her ...
... British dra- goons who were sitting on the ground at a considerable dis- tance , watching the burning of the remainder of the town . They expressed their amazement that she should have made her way through the savages , and guarded her ...
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