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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
answers
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
apparently
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
arose
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
asleep
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
awakened
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
battalion
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
bed
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
chamber
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
coming
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
Cresap
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
daybreak
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
daylight
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
door
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
dressed
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
Dunmore
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
early
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
enough
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
filling
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
fleeing
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
Fort
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
frontier
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
frontiers
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
hour
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
hubbub
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
hundreds
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
infants
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
just
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
lay
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
letters
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
listening
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
lively
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
looking
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
Lord
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
men
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
messengers
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
militia
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
Miss
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
Monongahela
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
negative
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
o'clock
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
opened
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
out
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
outer
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
Pitt
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
Pittsburg
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
red
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
refugees
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
saying
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
scourge
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
scout
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
seven
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
shortly
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
shut
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
six
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
square
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
stirring
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
street
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From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
streets
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
toddling
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
town
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
Warren
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From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was awakened shortly after daylight by a hubbub and stirring in the street outside, and I lay in bed, listening, half asleep.
Weasel
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From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I asked him whether messengers had brought me answers to my letters from Lord Dunmore and Miss Warren, and he replied in the negative and shut the door.
window
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From this reading About seven I arose and dressed, standing by the window and looking out over the square.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading About six o'clock the Weasel opened my chamber door, saying that Pittsburg was filling with refugees from the frontier, and that a battalion of militia under Cresap had just left to scout on the Monongahela.
women
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From this reading The streets of Fort Pitt were lively enough at this early hour; apparently since daybreak hundreds of refugees, men, women, and toddling infants, fleeing from the red scourge on the outer frontiers, had been coming into Pittsburg town.
