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The Works of Washington Irving (10); Life of Washington, V.1-2
The Works of Washington Irving Life of Washington V1-2 - 10 Author:Washington Irving Volume: 10 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1881 Original Publisher: G.P. Putnam's sons Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.co... more »m where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VIL Oocnctl or Tax Ohio Trires At Loostown -- Treaty With Thr English -- Gist's SETTLEMENT SPEECHES OF THE HALF-KING AND THE FRENCH COMMANDANT FRENCH AGGRESSIONS THE KUINS OF PIQUA WASHINGTON SENT ON A MISSION TO THB FRENCH COMMANDER -- JACOR TAN RRAAM, HIS INTERPRETER CHRISTOPHER GIST, HIS GUIDE HALT AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MONON- GAHELA AND ALLEGANT PROJECTED FORT SIIINGISS, A DELAWARE SACHEM LOGSTOWN -- THE HALF K. LNG INDIAN COUNCILS INDIAN DIPLOMACY RUMORS CONCERNING JONCAIKK INDIAN E8OOETS TOE UALF. KIN'., JI--h n .. - AND WHITE THUNDER. The meeting of the Ohio tribes, Delawares, Shawnees, and Min- goes, to form a treaty of alliance with Virginia, took place at Logstown, at the appointed time. The chiefs of the Six Nations declined to attend. "It is not our custom," said they proudly, "to meet to treat of affairs in the woods and weeds. If the Governor of Virginia wants to speak with us, and deliver us a present from our father (the King), we will meet him at Albany, where we expect the Governor of New York will be present.'' At Logstown, Colonel Fry and two other commissioners from Virginia, concluded a treaty with the tribes above named; by Letter of CoL Jobiuou to Gov. Clinton. -- Doc. Hist. N. Y. il., 624. 1752.] THE HALF-KINO AND THE FRENCH COMMANDANT. G5 which the latter engaged not to molest any English settlers south of the Ohio. Tanacharisson, the half-king, now adviaed that his brothers of Virginia should build a strong house at the fork of the Monongahela, to resist the designs of the French. Mr. Gist was accordi...« less