 I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch ; as I spoke Dutch I went to one of them and asked him what was the news. He told me that a runner had just arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated ; that the Indians and...  A Winter in the West - Sivu 322tekijä(t) Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 360 sivua
...voice of joy and triumph, and found that they had received what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch ; and as I...kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they •aw the English falling in heaps ; and if they did not take the river, which was the only gap, and... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - 1835 - 704 sivua
...voice of joy and triumph, and found that they had reveived what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch; and as I...one of them and asked him what was the news. He told uie that a runner had just arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated; that the Indians... | |
 | James Wimer - 1841 - 788 sivua
...had received what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch : as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked...English falling in heaps, and if they did not take the rive/-, which was the only gap, and make their escape, there would not be one man left alive before... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - 1841 - 550 sivua
...had received what I called bad news. 1 had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch : as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked...kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they •aw the English falling in heaps, and if they did not take the river, which was the only gap, and... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1846 - 788 sivua
...I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch, (German) ; as I spoke Dutch, (German,) I went to one of them, and asked him what was the...surrounded him, and were concealed behind trees and gullies, and kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they saw the English falling in heaps,... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1847 - 630 sivua
...had received •what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch ; as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked...Braddock •would certainly be defeated ; that the Indiana and French had surrounded him, and were concealed behind trees and in gullies, and kept a constant... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1848 - 782 sivua
..."•I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch, (German) ; as I spoke Dutch, (German,) I went to one of them, and asked him what was the...surrounded him, and were concealed behind trees and gullies, and kept a constant fire upon the English, and that they saw the English falling in heaps,... | |
 | Joseph Pritts - 1849 - 774 sivua
...had received what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch : u I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked him,...English falling in heaps, and if they did not take the rirer, which was the only gap, and make their escape, there would not be one man left alive before... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 sivua
...that it was the voice of joy and triumph, and feared ih&ttbey'hj-uv.rewived. what I called bad news. Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked him what was the news? He tola me that a runner had just arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated; that the... | |
 | 1857 - 414 sivua
...had received what I called bad news. I had observed some of the old country soldiers speak Dutch : as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them, and asked...him what was the news. He told me that a runner had jusl arrived, who said that Braddock would certainly be defeated • that the Indians and French had... | |
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