Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778-1783: And Life of ...
Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778-1783: And Life of ...
English, William Hayden, 1822-1896
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The strong and tall got ashore and built fires. Many would reach the shore and fall with their bodies half in the water, not being able to support themselves without it." The dove of the Ark when troubled by ''the waters of the flood," found dry land at last, and so did Clark's little army after their wonderful ten days' march through the wild waste of waters then overflowing the bottoms of the Wa- bash and all its tributaries. But what a terrible undertaking it was. Seldom in the annals of war...fare can a campaign be found thalf will equal it in persistence and success in over- coming great diflSculties with wholly inadequate means. And yet the occurrence of the flood just at that time was a blessing in disguise to the Americans, for it led Hamilton to believe there was no possible danger of approach from that direction, and he was, consequently, taken entirely by surprise. The wholly unexpected appearance of Clark before Fort Sackville was as amazing and startling to Digitized by Google DRY LANP REACHED AT LAST, 307 Hamilton as would have been a terrific clap of thunder in a clear sky.
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