Identifier: picturesqueameri01brya (find matches)
Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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rn for Logan .? Not one. It was on the north shore of Lake Erie, at thehead of his little band, that Tecumseh stood, and, waving his hand over the lake, spoketo the British general, his ally: If you wish to retreat, give us arms; and you may go,and welcome. As for us, our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit; we will defendour lands to the last, and, if it be his will, w^e will leave our bones upon this shore.It was at Put-in-Bay, among the Lake-Erie islands, that Commodore Perry wrote hisfamous dispatch : We have met the enemy, and they are ours. At Presque Isle diedmad Anthony, whose field-order is as laconic as General Dixs Shoot him on the spot.Before the battle of Fallen Timbers, in 1794, not far from the present city of Toledo,General Harrison, then aide to Wayne, addressed his superior: General Wayne, I amafraid you will get into the fight yourself, and forget to give me the necessary field-orders. Perhaps I may, replied mad Anthony— perhaps I may ; and, if I do, recol-
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MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, FROM ST PAULS CHURCH. 6!) 5H PICTURESQUE AMERICA.

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