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" In the spring of 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawanee tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary manner. Colonel... "
Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the ... - Page 60
by Thomas Ashe - 1808
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The American Preceptor

Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 pages
...inhabitant of t'ie frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians, of the Shav.-anese tribe. The neighboring whites, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Colonel Cresnp, a man infamous for the many murders he had conr.nittc;! on those much injured people, coilected...
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The American Preceptor Improved: Being a New Selection of Lessons for ...

African Americans - 1826 - 238 pages
...and altogether inaccessible to pain. STORY OF LOGAN, A MINGO CHIEF. JN the spring of the yea'r 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant...the frontiers of Virginia; by two Indians, of the Shawanese tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their custom,undertook to punish this outrage...
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A Journal of a Mission to the Indians of the British Provinces, of New ...

John West - Canada - 1827 - 142 pages
...committed by some Indians on certain land-adventurers on the river Ohio. The whites in that quarter, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. A certain captain, with another person of some influence, led on these parties, and surprizing at different...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, Volume 1

Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...such exquisitely simple words without sacrificing a portion of their effect. In the spring of 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant...custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary manner. Colonel Cresap, a man infamous for the many murders he had committed on those much injured...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontier! of Virginia, by two Indiana of tlie Shawanpe tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their...custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary manner. Colonel Cresap, a man infamous for the many murders he had committed on those much injured...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...Committed by some Indians on certain land adventurers on the river Ohio. The whites, in that quarter, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Captain Michael Cresap, and a certain Daniel Greathouse, leading on these parties, surprised, at different...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 13

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...occasion was as follows ; and the authenticity of the narrative is unquestionable. In spring, 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant...Shawanee tribe. The neighbouring whites according to custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Colonel Cresap, a man infamous for the many...
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The American Preceptor

Caleb Bingham - 1829 - 234 pages
...murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawanese tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their...a summary way. Colonel Cresap, a man infamous for the many murders he had committed on those much injured people, collected a party, and proceeded down...
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The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ...

Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...exquisitely simple words without sacrificing a portion of their effect. In the spring of 1774» л robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant...of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawancc tribe. The neighbouring vhitch, according to their custom, undertook to punisnthis outrage...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...committed by some Indians on certain land ad venturers' on the river Ohio. The whites, in that quarter, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary way. Captain Michael Cresap, and a certain Daniel Greathouse, leading on these parties, surprised, at different...
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