The Old Northwest : a Chronicle of the Ohio Valley And Beyond
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Now and then through the hanging smoke terrible figures fiitted, painted black and red, the feathers of the hawk and eagle braided in their long scalp-locks; but save for these glimpses, the soldiers knew the presence of their somber enemy only from the fearful rapidity with which their comrades fell dead and wounded in the ranks." At last, in desperation St. Clair ordered his men to break through the deadly cordon and save themselves as best they could. The Indians kept up a hot pursuit for a ...distance of four miles.
Then, surfeited with slaughter, they turned to plunder the abandoned camp; otherwise there would have been escape for few. As it was, almost half of the men in the engagement were killed, and less than five hundred got off with no injury. The survivors gradually straggled into the river settlements, starving and disheartened.
88 THE OLD NORTHWEST The pa ge on which is written the story of St.
C^si^r\ ^^^feat is one .(^.j^^^^^^^^glooigj^psl in„lha.J^S- tory of the West. Harmar's disaster_wasdwarfed; not since Braddock and his regulars were cut to pieces by an unseen foe on the road to Fort Du- quesne had the redskins inflicted upon their hered- itary enemy a blow of such proportions.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Now and then through the hanging smoke terrible figures fiitted, painted black and red, the feathers of the hawk and eagle braided in their long scalp-locks; but save for these glimpses, the soldiers knew the presence of their somber enemy only from the fearful rapidity with which their comrades fell dead and wounded in the ranks." At last, in desperation St. Clair ordered his men to break through the deadly cordon and save themselves as best they could. The Indians kept up a hot pursuit for a ...distance of four miles.
Then, surfeited with slaughter, they turned to plunder the abandoned camp; otherwise there would have been escape for few. As it was, almost half of the men in the engagement were killed, and less than five hundred got off with no injury. The survivors gradually straggled into the river settlements, starving and disheartened.
88 THE OLD NORTHWEST The pa ge on which is written the story of St.
C^si^r\ ^^^feat is one .(^.j^^^^^^^^glooigj^psl in„lha.J^S- tory of the West. Harmar's disaster_wasdwarfed; not since Braddock and his regulars were cut to pieces by an unseen foe on the road to Fort Du- quesne had the redskins inflicted upon their hered- itary enemy a blow of such proportions.
What to read after The Old Northwest : a Chronicle of the Ohio Valley And Beyond?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ogg Frederic Austin to read onlineMoreLess
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