 | Abiel Holmes - 1813 - 478 pages
...was saved. " The cold" he observes, " was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist. [then his companion] had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen;...hard, that we found no difficulty in. getting off the itlandon the ice in the morning." Washington's Journal. 2 " It is situated on the fouth or west fork... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...probably, the first one below Pine-creek, now know as Hare's Island. " The cold," continues the Journal, " was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his...frozen, and the water was shut up so hard that we had no difficulty iu getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's,... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1829 - 650 pages
...was saved. " The cold," he observes, " was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist [then his companion] had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen ;...getting off the island, on the ice, in the morning." Washington's Journal. 2 " It is situated on the south or west fork of French creek, and is almost surrounded... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all...in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. We met hero with twenty warriors, who were going to the southward to war ; but coming to a place on the head... | |
 | James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 300 pages
...it. " The cold was extremely severe, and Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen. The water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island the next morning on the ice, and proceeding to Mr. Frazier's. We met here with twenty warriors who... | |
 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. " The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all...the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. #*«#*** " Tuesday the 1st of January, we left Mr. Frazier's house, and arrived at Mr. Gist's, at Monongahela,... | |
 | 1836 - 706 pages
...for it The cold was extremely severe, and Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen. The water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island the next morning on the ice." The frequent occurrence of such new illustrative passages as the following,... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 766 pages
...to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all...the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. As we intended to take horses here, and it required some time to find them, I went up about three miles... | |
 | Sherman Day - 1843 - 754 pages
...to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all...island on the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazicr's. As we intended to take horses here, and it required some time to find them, I went up about... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1845 - 250 pages
...obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make for it. " The cold was extremely severe, and Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen. The water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island the next morning... | |
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The cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all his fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. 
