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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed
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To: Tommaso who wrote (295608)10/11/2004 12:38:06 PM
From: Gersh Avery  Read Replies (2) of 436258
 
Washington claimed it was devine intervention.

In one battle: seven hourses shot out from under him. Eleven bullet holes in his cloke. In the center of an ambush where the indians on either side had instructions to single out and fire upon officers on horseback.

Years later Washington was traviling through the area and received a visit from a chief there. The chief wanted to meet the man that the "Great Spirit" was protecting in the battle. After firing at Washington many times he had determined that it was bad medicine to try to kill someone under such protection. He ordered his warriors to stop shooting at Washington.

I think it's stupid to call that luck.
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