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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, D. C. (search)
ouse. Great inconvenience was felt at the unfinished Presidential mansion. I could content myself anywhere for three months, wrote Mrs. Adams, but, surrounded with forests, can you believe that wood is not to be had, because people cannot be found to cut and cart it!... We have, indeed, come into a new country. The first meeting of Congress took place in Washington in November, 1800. The act assuming jurisdiction was approved by President Adams, Feb. 27, 1801. The Monahoac and Monacon Indians once occupied the site of the city, and it was called Conococheague, meaning Roaring The steps of the Capitol. Waters, from the number of brooks in the vicinity and the falls in the Potomac near. The site of the Capitol was once owned by a man named Pope, who gave it the name of Rome, and the eastern branch of the Potomac, that flows near, he called the Tiber. The eminence on which the Capitol stands might have been properly called, in that connection, the Capitoline Hill. The ci
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washingtoniana. -1857 (search)
h post, with a letter demanding explanations, and the release and indemnification of the English traders whom the French had robbed and imprisoned. He chose for this delicate and hazardous service George Washington, then not twenty-two years of age. With three attendants, Washington left Williamsburg, Oct. 31, and, after journeying more than 400 miles (more than half the distance through a dark wilderness), encountering incredible hardships and dangers, amid snow and icy floods and hostile Indians, he reached the French post of Venango, Dec. 4, where he was politely received, and his visit was made the occasion of great conviviality by the officers of the garrison. He had been joined at Cumberland (Md.) by five others. The free use of wine disarmed the French of their prudence, and they revealed to their sober guest their design to permanently occupy the region they then had possession of. Washington perceived the necessity of quickly despatching his business and returning to Willi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wayne, Anthony 1745- (search)
ent occurred on the Ogeechee road, about 4 miles southwest of Savannah. The vanguard of the Americans was composed of sixty horsemen and twenty infantry, led by Col. Anthony Walton White. These made a spirited charge, killing or wounding forty of the British and making twenty of them prisoners. The sword and bayonet did the work. The Americans lost five killed and two wounded. On June 24 a part of Wayne's army, lying about 5 miles from Savannah, was fiercely attacked by a body of Creek Indians, who first drove the troops and took two pieces of artillery; but they were soon utterly routed by a spirited charge. The brief battle was fought hand-to-hand with swords, bayonets, and tomahawks, and fourteen Indians and two white men were killed. Guristersigo, a famous Creek chief, was killed. The royalists coming out of Savannah to assist the Indians were driven back, with the loss of a standard and 127 horses with packs. The men fled back to the city, and soon afterwards evacuated
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wayne, Fort, attack on (search)
strongholds of the Americans in the Northwest in 1812. General Proctor, in command at Fort Maiden, resolved to reduce them, with the assistance of Tecumseh, whom Brock had commissioned a brigadier-general. Major Muir, with British regulars and Indians, was to proceed up the Maumee Valley to co-operate with other Indians, and Sept. 1 was appointed as the day when they should invest Fort Wayne. The garrison consisted of only seventy men under Capt. James Rhea. The Indians prosecuted raids in Indians, and Sept. 1 was appointed as the day when they should invest Fort Wayne. The garrison consisted of only seventy men under Capt. James Rhea. The Indians prosecuted raids in other directions to divert attention from Forts Wayne and Harrison and prevent their being reinforced. A scalping-party fell upon the Pigeon-roost settlement Map of Fort Wayne and vicinity. in Scott county, Ind. (Sept. 3), and during the twilight they killed three men, five women, and sixteen children. Similar atrocities were committed by these allies of the British preparatory to the investment of Fort Wayne. For several days the Indians had been seen hovering in the woods around the fo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wells, William 1770- (search)
ose of forming a body-guard to the people on their way to Fort Wayne, for he felt certain that an attempt would be made to massacre them shortly after leaving the fort. On Aug. 15, the people left the place preceded by Captain Wells and fifteen Indians, the rest of the Miamis bringing up the rear. They had gone little more than a mile when they were attacked by 500 Indians, who indiscriminately butchered soldiers, women, and children. Captain Wells fell with half a dozen bullets in his body, on their way to Fort Wayne, for he felt certain that an attempt would be made to massacre them shortly after leaving the fort. On Aug. 15, the people left the place preceded by Captain Wells and fifteen Indians, the rest of the Miamis bringing up the rear. They had gone little more than a mile when they were attacked by 500 Indians, who indiscriminately butchered soldiers, women, and children. Captain Wells fell with half a dozen bullets in his body, which was afterwards brutally mutilated.