 | 1829 - 290 pages
...forehead, and said, " Here, in this very room, the night before his departure, I warned St. Clair to beware of surprise! and yet that brave army surprised and cut to pieces 1 Butler, and a host of others slain!" Washington's feelings were naturally violent when excited, but... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - 1860 - 756 pages
...engaged in Indian warfare, I feel myself competent to counsel; General St. Clair, in three words, beware of surprise; trust not the Indian; leave not your...when you halt for the night, be sure to fortify your camp—again and again, general, beware of surprise. And yet that brave army surprised, and cut to... | |
 | George Henry Moore - 1889 - 32 pages
...engaged in Indian warfare, I feel myself competent to counsel ; General St. Clair, in three words, beware of surprise ; trust not the Indian ; leave not your...army surprised, and cut to pieces, with Butler, and a host of others slain, O God ! ' Here the struggle ended, as with mighty efforts the hero chained... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 pages
...engaged in Indian warfare. I feel myself competent to counsel; General St. Clair, in three words, beware of surprise ; trust not the Indian, leave not your...army surprised, and cut to pieces, with Butler and a host of others slain, O God!" Here the struggle ended, as with mighty efforts the hero chained down... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 478 pages
...engaged in Indian warfare, I feel myself competent to counsel; General St. Clair, in three words, beware of surprise ; trust not the Indian, leave not your...camp — again and again, General, beware of surprise I' And yet that brave army surprised, and cut to pieces, with Butler and a host of others slain, O... | |
 | A. J. Langguth - 2006 - 499 pages
...in Indian warfare, I feel myself competent to counsel: " 'General St. Glair, in three words: Beware of surprise. Trust not the Indian. Leave not your..."And yet that brave army surprised and cut to pieces! O God!" Washington knew many of St. Glair's officers and named them in a sorrowful litany: Butler,... | |
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... interfere, general, with the orders of General Knox, and the war department ; they are sufficiently comprehensive and judicious ; but, as an old soldier, as one whose early life was particularly engaged in Indian warfare, I feel myself competent to... 