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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… would be impossible for him to march to Canada through the snow a foot. All the French soldiers but one gone to Boston …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the War, to contract for purchase of one hundred pair of snow-shoes. Order for payment of 60 to Ichabod Wiswall. [ …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… who returned on the 17th, having been driven back by the snow. On the 18th, we sent out another party of 84 armed men, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… sword in hand, in which they may be also favour'd by the snow. In consideration the French have 3 Companys of 50 men …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… an open place, and itt being a bitter sharp frost and much snow often falling, severall died of ye cold and severall had … was killed, the rest retired. Our people cleared away the snow from the guns, and yt. was all ye times yt. ye enimy was …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… fail therein. I have at this time about 300 men upon snow shoes looking out for new quarters of the Indians half …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… which is my time to visit them, if to be found, and my snow shoes are ready to march upon every intelligence of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… cold, and the ground for halfe the year so cover'd with snow, and consequently unfit for the nurture of sheep, that …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… then common cear be taken more espetially when a winter of snow and frost happens, my officers have found at one place … this young firebrand is arriv'd at. Upon 5th Oct. last, a snow called the Resolution arriv'd here from London, and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… last week, but we have had such hard frost's without any snow that 'tis not possible to travell on horseback etc. As soon as there is a little snow, will go thither and seize all the timber cut down fit …