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Page 59
... Beaver creek he passed over to the Tus- carawas , or Muskingum River , called by him and by the In- dians Elk Eye creek ; striking it on the 5th of December , or thirty - five days after leaving the Potomac , at a point about fifty ...
... Beaver creek he passed over to the Tus- carawas , or Muskingum River , called by him and by the In- dians Elk Eye creek ; striking it on the 5th of December , or thirty - five days after leaving the Potomac , at a point about fifty ...
Page 101
... beaver in the winter ; or sugar , bear's oil and dry venison in the spring . " Sometime in October , another adopted brother , older than Tontileaugo , came to pay us a visit at Sunyendeand , and asked me to take a hunt with him on ...
... beaver in the winter ; or sugar , bear's oil and dry venison in the spring . " Sometime in October , another adopted brother , older than Tontileaugo , came to pay us a visit at Sunyendeand , and asked me to take a hunt with him on ...
Page 105
... interlocks with the east branch of Muskingum , and the east branch with the Big Beaver creek that empties into the Ohio about thirty miles below Pittsburgh . " From the forks of Cayahaga to the east branch OHIO ONE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE .
... interlocks with the east branch of Muskingum , and the east branch with the Big Beaver creek that empties into the Ohio about thirty miles below Pittsburgh . " From the forks of Cayahaga to the east branch OHIO ONE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE .
Page 106
... Beaver creek , " near a little lake or pond which is about two miles long and one broad , and a re- markable place for beaver . " After various adventures in pursuit of beaver and other game , they went in February , 1757 , to the Big ...
... Beaver creek , " near a little lake or pond which is about two miles long and one broad , and a re- markable place for beaver . " After various adventures in pursuit of beaver and other game , they went in February , 1757 , to the Big ...
Page 110
... beaver we had taken in our last winter's hunt . We were all nearly in the same circumstances ; scarcely one had a shirt to his back ; but each of us had an old blanket which we belted round us in the day , and slept in at night , with a ...
... beaver we had taken in our last winter's hunt . We were all nearly in the same circumstances ; scarcely one had a shirt to his back ; but each of us had an old blanket which we belted round us in the day , and slept in at night , with a ...
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