Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... appears on a few ancient maps , or is perpetuated in rare volumes that record the almost for- gotten labors of the zealous Catholic missionaries ; while the earlier name of Lake " Superior " is familiar to every school - boy who has ...
... appears on a few ancient maps , or is perpetuated in rare volumes that record the almost for- gotten labors of the zealous Catholic missionaries ; while the earlier name of Lake " Superior " is familiar to every school - boy who has ...
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... appear on the map of that part of Ohio and Indiana . The St. Joseph , after running southwest to its union with the St. Mary's at Ft . Wayne , as it were almost doubles back upon its former course , taking a northeast direction ...
... appear on the map of that part of Ohio and Indiana . The St. Joseph , after running southwest to its union with the St. Mary's at Ft . Wayne , as it were almost doubles back upon its former course , taking a northeast direction ...
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... appear- ance to the eye , rise rapidly to the westward . From Kansas City to Pueblo the ascent is continuous ; beyond Ft . Dodge , the plains , owing to their elevation and consequent dryness of the atmosphere and absence of rainfall ...
... appear- ance to the eye , rise rapidly to the westward . From Kansas City to Pueblo the ascent is continuous ; beyond Ft . Dodge , the plains , owing to their elevation and consequent dryness of the atmosphere and absence of rainfall ...
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... appears from a letter from the Governor , Count Frontenac , at Quebec , to M. Colbert , Minister of the navy at Paris , expedient " for the service to send Sieur Joliet to the country of the Mascoutines , to discover the South Sea and ...
... appears from a letter from the Governor , Count Frontenac , at Quebec , to M. Colbert , Minister of the navy at Paris , expedient " for the service to send Sieur Joliet to the country of the Mascoutines , to discover the South Sea and ...
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... appears from letters patent from the King of France , conveying the whole to M. Crozat , the name of the river was changed to St. Lewis . Fortunately the Mississippi retains its aboriginal name , which is a com- pound from the two ...
... appears from letters patent from the King of France , conveying the whole to M. Crozat , the name of the river was changed to St. Lewis . Fortunately the Mississippi retains its aboriginal name , which is a com- pound from the two ...
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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...