The discovery and conquests of the Northwest : including the early history of Chicago, Detroit, Vincennes, StLouis, FtWayne, Prairie du Chien, Marietta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc., etc., and incidents of pioneer life in the region of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley . m 411 ,UOUSTINE FRENCH &INDI AN WAH, *- i 1i ^» mf- -sS^ y--. i^ m J/n/ix/i J(i!iS>:;si(i/is,(<il(ir(tl Jtrd .Irr/ir/i do (/a Yd low. ??II : Both French and English Forts Built. 81 frail bark. To prevent this, Washiii_o^ton thrust out a setting-pole against the moving masses of ice, when, by some misdirect-ed str
The discovery and conquests of the Northwest : including the early history of Chicago, Detroit, Vincennes, StLouis, FtWayne, Prairie du Chien, Marietta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc., etc., and incidents of pioneer life in the region of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley . m 411 ,UOUSTINE FRENCH &INDI AN WAH, *- i 1i ^» mf- -sS^ y--. i^ m J/n/ix/i J(i!iS>:;si(i/is,(<il(ir(tl Jtrd .Irr/ir/i do (/a Yd low. ??II : Both French and English Forts Built. 81 frail bark. To prevent this, Washiii_o^ton thrust out a setting-pole against the moving masses of ice, when, by some misdirect-ed strain, he was hurled into the water. He soon regained theraft, half-paraljzed by his wintry bath ; and now the problemwas, how to gain the opposite shore. This was impossible, andthey floated down with the current, till an island, desolate butmerciful, caught them from the dangerous toils of the they spent the night. The cold was so intense that Gistsfeet were frozen in the morning, and he could hardly walk. Asolid bridge of ice had formed, over which they passed to theeastern shore, and the river was crossed. Washington now assisted his disabled companion along therugged way, till the trading establishment of a Mr. Frazier wasreached, a few miles b
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