An Address in Commemoration of the First Settlement of Kentucky: Delivered at Boonesborough the 25th May, 1840A.G. Hodges, state printer, 1841 - 181页 |
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acres adventure Appendix-note appointed army Assembly attack Benjamin Logan blood Blue Lick Boone's Boonesborough Bryant's station Bullitt Butler cabin Capt Cherokee citizens claim Clark Colonel colony command commenced Commonwealth Congress constitution convention council court creek Cumberland danger Daniel Boone Danville Daviess death declared defence delegates district elected emigrants enemy expedition fire frontier garrison Girty Governor Green river Harrod Harrodsburgh Henderson honor hundred Indians inhabitants Isaac Shelby James James Garrard John Todd Kaskaskia Kentucky river killed land legislature Lexington Logan Lord Dunmore ment miles militia mountains Nathaniel Hart North Carolina Ohio party passed person pioneers pre-emption proprietors returned Richard Callaway rifle Samuel savages scalped settled settlement of Kentucky settlers Shawanese soil spring Squire Boone territory Thomas tion tomahawk Transylvania Transylvania company Trigg tucky twenty Vincennes Virginia western White Oak Spring whole wilderness William wounded
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第165页 - Gentlemen — Being now within two miles of your village, with my army, determined to take your fort this night, and not being willing to surprise you, I take this method to request such of you as are true citizens and willing to enjoy the liberty I bring you, to remain still in your houses. And those, if any there be, that are friends to the king, will instantly repair to the fort and join the hair-buyer general, and fight like men.
第154页 - That the legislative authority, after the strength and maturity of the colony will permit, consist of three branches, to wit : the delegates or representatives chosen by the people; a council, not exceeding twelve men, possessed of landed estate, who reside in the colony, and the proprietors.
第113页 - His manners were simple and unobtrusive, exempt from the rudeness characteristic of the backwoodsman. In his person there was nothing remarkably striking. He was five feet ten inches in height, and of robust and powerful proportions.