 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...hands. The margins of these beautiful rivers appear like a continued village for a number of miles. Nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields...corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida. ' ' Jay's Treaty, so-called from John Jay, who acted on behalf of the United States in negotiating... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 486 pages
...cultivated fields and gardens, show the work of many hands, the margins of those beautiful rivers, the Miami of the Lake, and Au Glaize, appear like one continued...in any part of America, from Canada to Florida."* During the late war, this position was occupied by a new work called •. FORT WINCHESTER; The site... | |
 | James Hall - 1836 - 340 pages
...the Lake, and Au Glaise, appear like one continued village for a number of miles above and below the place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense...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... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 362 pages
...like one continued village for a number of miles, both above and below this place. Nor have I ever beheld such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida," And all this fair scene was devastated and laid waste ! and we com. plain that the Indians make no... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1839 - 218 pages
...one continued village for a number of miles above and below this place ; nor have I ever before seen such immense fields of corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." Having erected a strong work, to which he gave the name of Fort Defiance, at the confluence of the... | |
 | 1840 - 430 pages
...lakes, and the Au Glaise," wrote General Wayne, " appeared like one continued village for many miles ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense fields...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... | |
 | Isaac Rand Jackson - 1840 - 234 pages
...the Lake, and Au Glaise, appear like one continued village for a number of miles above and below the place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense...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... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...the Lake and Au Glaise, appear like one continued village for a number of miles above and below the place ; nor have I ever before beheld such immense...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 pages
...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...corn, in any part of America, from Canada to Florida. We are now employed in completing a strong stockade fort, with four good block houses, by way of bastions,... | |
 | Horatio Newton Moore - 1845 - 456 pages
...rivers, the Miamis of the Lake and Au Glaize, appear like one continued village for a number of miles above and below this place ; nor have I ever before...corn in any part of America, from Canada to Florida." Himself a scientific and practical engineer, Wayne immediately erected a strong fortification at the... | |
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The very extensive and highly cultivated fields and gardens show the work of many hands. The margins of those beautiful rivers — the Miamis, of the Lake, and Au Glaize — appear like one continued village for a number of miles, both above and below... 
