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... , he never used or remembered it , nor , in spite of his frequent experience through life with the French , was he ever able to use their tongue . A story , meagre in worth and plausibility , is handed down , BOYHOOD 5.
... , he never used or remembered it , nor , in spite of his frequent experience through life with the French , was he ever able to use their tongue . A story , meagre in worth and plausibility , is handed down , BOYHOOD 5.
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... French that their forts built on western lands claimed by the English were an encroachment . He was also ordered , if the French resisted , to employ force . Looking about for a messenger to perform the hazardous mission , a journey ...
... French that their forts built on western lands claimed by the English were an encroachment . He was also ordered , if the French resisted , to employ force . Looking about for a messenger to perform the hazardous mission , a journey ...
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... French interpreter his former fencing - master , Jacob Vanbraam , who had also served with Captain Lawrence . The Indian interpreter was John Davidson . Arrived at what is now Cumberland , Major Washington engaged as guide Christopher ...
... French interpreter his former fencing - master , Jacob Vanbraam , who had also served with Captain Lawrence . The Indian interpreter was John Davidson . Arrived at what is now Cumberland , Major Washington engaged as guide Christopher ...
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... French commandant , the gist of which was that he had no objection to trading with either the French or the English , but that his peo- ple would not permit foreigners to build upon the land claimed by his people . The commandant had ...
... French commandant , the gist of which was that he had no objection to trading with either the French or the English , but that his peo- ple would not permit foreigners to build upon the land claimed by his people . The commandant had ...
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... French . Still he endeavored to treat them as brothers and allies , although in handling Indians he could never rival in adeptness his French rivals , and apparently the first impression of the Half - King , like the last , was that ...
... French . Still he endeavored to treat them as brothers and allies , although in handling Indians he could never rival in adeptness his French rivals , and apparently the first impression of the Half - King , like the last , was that ...
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