Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . /^MARTIN VAN WILLIAM H. HARRISON. WILLIAM HENEY HAEEISOK WIL-LIAM HEN-EY HAE-EI-SON. WiL-LiAM Hen-ey Har-ri-son was born in Berke-ly, Yir-gin-i-a, on Feb-ru-a-ry 9tli, 1773; his fath-er, Ben-ja-minHar-ri-son, was not a rich man, but hved at ease on a smallfarm; he was a man of much force in his state, and wasat one time its gov-ern-or. He was a brave, strong man,and taught his small son to be like him; now while lit-tleWil-liam was hard at work at school, he heard much talkof the In-di-an wars; and his heart was ful
Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . /^MARTIN VAN WILLIAM H. HARRISON. WILLIAM HENEY HAEEISOK WIL-LIAM HEN-EY HAE-EI-SON. WiL-LiAM Hen-ey Har-ri-son was born in Berke-ly, Yir-gin-i-a, on Feb-ru-a-ry 9tli, 1773; his fath-er, Ben-ja-minHar-ri-son, was not a rich man, but hved at ease on a smallfarm; he was a man of much force in his state, and wasat one time its gov-ern-or. He was a brave, strong man,and taught his small son to be like him; now while lit-tleWil-liam was hard at work at school, he heard much talkof the In-di-an wars; and his heart was full of long-ing tofight these cru-el foes of the white men. So, though he went to Hamp-den Syd-ney Col-lege, he didnot stay long, but left to join the ar-my. He was such abrave fight-er that, when he was twen-ty-one, Wash-ing-tonput him in charge of the troops at Fort Wash-ing-ton, justthe place where the In-di-ans were strong-est and mostcru-el. Ma-jor Gen-er-al Wayne was at the head of the ar-my,and so rash and fear-less was he, that his troops called him Mad An-tho-ny. He knew well how
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