Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With an Atlas |
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... shells thrown up there by the Indi- ans , long before the settlement of Louisiana , and which from the great quantity of human bones , are evident- ly funereal and religious monuments . The island is formed by the great and the small ...
... shells thrown up there by the Indi- ans , long before the settlement of Louisiana , and which from the great quantity of human bones , are evident- ly funereal and religious monuments . The island is formed by the great and the small ...
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... shells , which mixture gives it a very firm consistency . Within two miles of the point vege- tation ceases almost entirely , and the soil becomes a succession of downs , ditches , ravines , and hillocks of sand , arid and moving in ...
... shells , which mixture gives it a very firm consistency . Within two miles of the point vege- tation ceases almost entirely , and the soil becomes a succession of downs , ditches , ravines , and hillocks of sand , arid and moving in ...
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... shell would be sufficient to set on fire . The fort is destitute of casemates ( the only shelter from bombs ) even for the sick , the am- munition or provisions . To these inconveniencies may be added the bad situation of the fort ...
... shell would be sufficient to set on fire . The fort is destitute of casemates ( the only shelter from bombs ) even for the sick , the am- munition or provisions . To these inconveniencies may be added the bad situation of the fort ...
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... shells and one cannon ball . The shells did no injury , having exploded in the air ; 34 HISTORICAL MEMOIR .
... shells and one cannon ball . The shells did no injury , having exploded in the air ; 34 HISTORICAL MEMOIR .
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... shells : these the south battery of the fort soon silenced . It was now that the fire on both sides raged with the great- est fury ; the fort and the ships being enveloped in a blaze of fire and smoke , until half past five , when the ...
... shells : these the south battery of the fort soon silenced . It was now that the fire on both sides raged with the great- est fury ; the fort and the ships being enveloped in a blaze of fire and smoke , until half past five , when the ...
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7th military district admiral Cochrane American ANDREW JACKSON Appendix arms army arrived artillery attack Barataria barges battalion battery bayou bayou Bienvenu boats Bowyer brave brigade Britain British camp canal cannon captain carronades Chef-Menteur citizens Claiborne Coffee's colonel command commander-in-chief commodore Patterson conduct corps Dauphine island December defence detachment directed division duty Edward Livingston effect encamped enemy enemy's exertions file killed file wounded fire force fort St garrison governor gun-boats guns head-quarters honour inhabitants January JOHN LAMBERT Keane Laffite lake lake Borgne Lambert land letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel Lockyer major-general Jackson ment miles militia Mississippi morning nation navy Nicholas Lockyer night o'clock officers Orleans peace Pensacola plantation position prisoners rank and file received regiment right bank river schooner seamen secretary secretary at war sent ship shot soldiers stationed thousand tion treaty troops United vessels Villeré volunteer whole
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Page cix - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page cxiv - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page cx - Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior...
Page cvii - ... armies, squadrons, officers, subjects, and citizens, of the two powers, to cease from all hostilities; and to prevent all causes of complaint, which might arise on account of the prizes which may be taken at sea after the said ratifications of this treaty, it is reciprocally agreed, that all vessels...
Page xcv - All territory, places and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned shall be restored without delay...
Page cxi - shall be, and they are hereby, authorized upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said treaty of peace of 1783, that part of the boundary between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the water communication between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to the most northwestern point of the lake of the Woods...
Page cxi - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page cxii - The several boards of two Commissioners mentioned in the four preceding Articles shall respectively have power to appoint a Secretary, and to employ such surveyors or other persons as they shall judge necessary.
Page cxiv - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page iv - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.