| John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1843 - 482 pages
...of day began to ferry our men over [the Wabash] in two canoes, to a small hill called the Mamelle. Captain Williams, with two men, went to look for a...over, we thought to get to town that night — so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than one league, when we stopped on a hill... | |
| James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 632 pages
...two men went to look for a passage ; but were discovered by two men in a canoe, but could not bring them to. The whole army being over, we thought to get to town that night, so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than a league, when we stopped on the next... | |
| William Rudolph Smith - Wisconsin - 1854 - 432 pages
...two men went to look for a passage ; but were discovered by two men in a canoe, but could not bring them to. The whole army being over, we thought to get to town that night, so, plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than a league, when we stopped on the next... | |
| William Rudolph Smith - Wisconsin - 1854 - 448 pages
...two men went to look for a passage ; but were discovered by two men in a canoe, but could not bring them to. The whole army being over, we thought to get to town that night, so, plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than a league, when we stopped on the next... | |
| John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1859 - 692 pages
...of day, began to ferry our men over [the Wabash] in two canoes, to a small hill called the Mamelle. Captain Williams, with two men, went to look for a...being over, we thought to get to town that night; so plunged into the water, some times to the neck, for more than one league, when we stopped on a hill... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...two men, went to look for a passage ; but were discovered by two men in a canoe, but could not bring them to. The whole army being over, we thought to get to town that night ; so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than a league, when we stopped on the next... | |
| Ohio River Valley - 1869 - 144 pages
...day began to ferry our men over in our two canoes to a small hill called the Momib or Bubbriss. Capt. Williams, with two men, went to look for a passage...could not fetch them to. The whole army being over, he thought to get to town that night, so plunged into the water sometimes to the neck, for more than... | |
| John Brown Dillon - Law - 1879 - 822 pages
...ferry our men over [the Wabash] in two canoes, to a small hill called the Mamelle. Captain Willaims, with two men, went to look for a passage, and were...being over, we thought to get to town that night, so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than one league, when we stopped on a hill... | |
| Zachariah Frederick Smith - Kentucky - 1886 - 890 pages
...'February 21 st. — At break of day began to ferry our men over the Wabash in two canoes to a small hill. The whole army being over, we thought to get to town that night; so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than three miles, when we stopped on another... | |
| Scotch-Irish Society of America - Scots-Irish - 1895 - 442 pages
...hill, called the Momib, or Bubbriss. Capt. Williams, with two men, went to look for a passage, and was discovered by two men in a canoe, but could not fetch them to. The whole army being over, he thought to get to town that night, so plunged into the water, sometimes to the neck, for more than... | |
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