 I graved my name on a tree by ,the river side; and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George the First of England.  Filson Club Publications - Page xi1898 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 772 pages
...others went a hunting and killed deer and turkeys. Fontaine carved his name on a tree by the river-side; and the governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed, on which he wrote that he took possession for King George the First of England. Dining here they fired volleys,... | |
 | Charles Campbell - History - 1860 - 764 pages
...others went a hunting and killed deer and turkeys. Fontaine carved his name on a tree by the river-side; and the governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed, on which he wrote that he took possession for King George the First of England. Dining here they fired volleys,... | |
 | Justin Winsor - America - 1887 - 318 pages
...Valley of Virginia for the English king. John Fontaine, who accompanied him, says in his journal : " The governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. The governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this... | |
 | Joseph Addison Waddell - Augusta County (Va.) - 1886 - 396 pages
...had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stone was so hard. " I," says Mr. Fontaine, " graved my name on a tree by the river side, and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name of King George First of... | |
 | Justin Winsor - America - 1887 - 682 pages
...Valley of Virginia for the Enclish king. John Fontaine, who accompanied him, says in his journal : " The governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. The governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this... | |
 | Justin Winsor - History - 1895 - 510 pages
...reached and crossed. They named it the Euphrates ; it was the modern Shenandoah. " The governor had some graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. . . . He buried a bottle and a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place... | |
 | Justin Winsor - Canada - 1895 - 508 pages
...reached and crossed. They named it the Euphrates; it was the modern Shenandoah. " The governor had some graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. . . . He buried a bottle and a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place... | |
 | Culpeper County (Va.) - 1900 - 362 pages
...killed deer and turkeys. The Governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stoue was so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side, and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George First... | |
 | Lewis Preston Summers - Virginia - 1903 - 932 pages
...Shenandoah river, they encamped upon its banks. Fontaine thus preserves an account of what occurred : "The Governor had graving irons, but could not grave...stones were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the riverside, and the Governor hurried a bottle with a paper enclosed on which he writ that he took possession... | |
 | James Joseph McDonald - Virginia - 1907 - 424 pages
...perch, and a kind of fish they call chub. The others went a hunting and killed deer and turkeys. ... I graved my name on a tree by the river side, and the governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George I.... | |
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