Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... Illinois , the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan , the Maumee and the Wabash rivers . He has chosen to do so to the end that the early history of the country treated of might be the more fully considered . The topographical features of , and ...
... Illinois , the St. Joseph of Lake Michigan , the Maumee and the Wabash rivers . He has chosen to do so to the end that the early history of the country treated of might be the more fully considered . The topographical features of , and ...
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... Illinois and Wabash - Their tributary streams - The portages connecting the drainage to the Atlantic with that of the Gulf ... CHAPTER III . The ancient Maumee Valley - Geological features - Formerly Lakes Michigan and Superior drained ...
... Illinois and Wabash - Their tributary streams - The portages connecting the drainage to the Atlantic with that of the Gulf ... CHAPTER III . The ancient Maumee Valley - Geological features - Formerly Lakes Michigan and Superior drained ...
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... Illinois - The Kankakee Marshes - The French and Indian names of the Kankakee and Des Plaines - The Illinois - " Fort Crevecoeur " — La Salle goes back to Canada - Destruction of his forts by deserters - His return to Fort Miamis , and ...
... Illinois - The Kankakee Marshes - The French and Indian names of the Kankakee and Des Plaines - The Illinois - " Fort Crevecoeur " — La Salle goes back to Canada - Destruction of his forts by deserters - His return to Fort Miamis , and ...
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... Illinois , originally from the west of the Mississippi -Their superiority and their military disposition - Their subdivisions and various names - Their trade and difficulties with the French and the English - Their migrations - They are ...
... Illinois , originally from the west of the Mississippi -Their superiority and their military disposition - Their subdivisions and various names - Their trade and difficulties with the French and the English - Their migrations - They are ...
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... Illinois " -The Revolutionary war - Indian depre- dations upon the settlements of Kentucky - The savages are supplied with arms and ammunition from the English posts at Detroit , Vincennes and Kas- kaskia - Gen . Clark applies to Gov ...
... Illinois " -The Revolutionary war - Indian depre- dations upon the settlements of Kentucky - The savages are supplied with arms and ammunition from the English posts at Detroit , Vincennes and Kas- kaskia - Gen . Clark applies to Gov ...
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Historic Notes on the Northwest: Gleaned From Early Authors, Old Maps and ... H. W. Beckwith Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2017 |
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Էջ 263 - ... the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Էջ 231 - Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Էջ 263 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Էջ 175 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Էջ 47 - I thank thee, Blackgown, and thee, Frenchman," addressing M. Jollyet, "for taking so much pains to come and visit us ; never has the earth been so beautiful, nor the sun so bright, as to-day; never has our river been so calm, nor so free from rocks, which your canoes have removed as they passed; never has our tobacco had so fine a flavour, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we behold it to-day.
Էջ 276 - Money, to us, is of no value, and to most of us unknown : and as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children, we hope we may be allowed to point out a mode by which your settlers may be easily removed, and peace thereby obtained.
Էջ 262 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Էջ 285 - The great spirit said he gave this great island to his red children. He placed the whites on the other side of the big water, they were not contented with their own, but came to take ours from us. They have driven us from the sea to the lakes, we can go no farther.
Էջ 263 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Էջ 92 - Crozat to carry on a trade in all the lands possessed by us, and bounded by New Mexico and by the...