 | 1812 - 448 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...furnished with the necessary supplies of provisions, mili1 '. tary stores, clothing, and comforts for the lick, on pack horses, through a wilderness of... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1812 - 446 pages
...exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully huve contested until the last cartridge had been expended,...necessary supplies of provisions, military stores, clothing, and comforts for the »ick, on pack horses, through a wilderness of 200 miles, filled with... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 504 pages
...provisions. " A large portion," continues he, "of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded, would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...it was impossible for me to sustain my situation." $ 15. The disasters accompanying this expedition did not end here. On the change of prospects in general... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 548 pages
...provisions. " A large portion," continues he, " of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded, would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...bayonets worn to the sockets. I could not consent to'fhe useless sacrifice of such brave men, when I knew it was impossible for me to sustain my situation."... | |
 | 1815 - 410 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...brave men, when I knew it was impossible for me to sustam my situation. It was impossible in the nature of things that an army could have been furnished... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison, Samuel Williams - 1815 - 126 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant office is and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge had been expended, and the ba}'onets worn to the sockets. I could not consent to the useless sacrifice of such brave men, when... | |
 | 1816 - 416 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...to the useless sacrifice of such, brave men, when 1 knew it was impossible for me to sustain my situation. It was impossible in the nature of things... | |
 | John Brannan - 1823 - 522 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...have been furnished with the necessary supplies of provision, military stores, clothing and comforts for the sick, or pack horses, through a wilderness... | |
 | John Brannan - 1823 - 520 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...been expended, and the bayonets worn to the sockets. Icould not consent to the useless sacrifice of such brave men, when I knew it was impossible for me... | |
 | John Brannan - 1823 - 522 pages
...these savages have exhibited. A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge...been expended, and the bayonets worn to the sockets. 1 could not consent to the useless sacrifice of such brave men, when I knew it was impossible for me... | |
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A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge had been expended and the bayonets worn to the sockets. I could not consent to the useless sacrifice of such brave men when... 
