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The Winning of the West, Volume Two

CHAPTER IV
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at Louisville.

The account of the death of Joseph Rogers.

This settles, by the way, that the march was made in August, and not in July.] Piqua was substantially built, and was laid out in the manner of the French villages.

The stoutly built log-houses stood far apart, surrounded by strips of corn-land, and fronting the stream; while a strong block-house with loop-holed walls stood in the middle.

Thick woods, broken by small prairies, covered the rolling country that lay around the town.
The Fight at Piqua.
Clark divided his army into four divisions, taking the command of two in person.


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