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    Christopher Gist (1706–1759) was an explorer, surveyor, and frontiersman active in Colonial America. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio...
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    Patapsco River. Christopher Gist married Edith Cromwell (1660–1694). Gist was the nephew of Christopher Gist (1706–1759). This Christopher Gist was a Colonial-era...
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    with me to Chiningue in order to hear what I had to say to them.: 28  Christopher Gist first visited the town in November, 1750.: 38  Shannopin's Town was...
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  • east to build a new town at Kuskusky.: 356  The town was visited by Christopher Gist on December 14, 1750, he wrote in his Journal: Friday, 13th.--Set out...
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    years ago [from 1752], in order to trade with the English.": 269–70  Christopher Gist visited the town in February 1751, and reported: This Town is situate...
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  • title Christopher Gist (1706–1759), one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States Eloyce King Patrick Gist (1892–1974)...
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  • father of Sequoyah the famous Cherokee by Wurteh Watts. Like his father Christopher Gist (1706–1759), he served in Braddock's Expedition in 1755 and the Forbes...
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    allies.: 18  On his way, he stopped at the homestead of Christopher Gist near Wills Creek and Gist joined them. Arriving in Logstown on 23 November, Washington...
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    Although the Shawnee were not known to build longhouses, colonist Christopher Gist describes how, during his visit to Lower Shawneetown in January 1751...
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    Sequoyah (redirect from George Gist)
    a child. Another source identified his father as Nathaniel Gist, son of Christopher Gist, who became a commissioned officer with the Continental Army...
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