 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...hereafter. This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean an one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1834 - 438 pages
...think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. Hut he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much selfconfidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much selfconfidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 534 pages
...: " This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, an Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...hereafter. This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much selfconfidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...hereafter. This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians. George Croghan, our Indian interpreter, joined him... | |
 | Bibliography - 1855 - 458 pages
...capacity. " This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...regular troops, too mean a one of both Americans and Indians."1 Not dissimilar to this view is that of the English historian En tick, who, besides being... | |
 | Israel Acrelius, New Sweden. Upland court, William Penn - Bibliography - 1855 - 462 pages
...capacity. " This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...regular troops, too mean a one of both Americans and Indians." 1 Not dissimilar to this view is that of the English historian Entick, who, besides being... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - Braddock's Campaign, 1755 - 1855 - 464 pages
...capacity. " This General was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence,...regular troops, too mean a one of both Americans and Indians."1 Not dissimilar to this view is that of the English historian Entick, who, besides being... | |
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This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and... 
