Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... colonies in America , that finally cul- minated in a war between France and England , aided by their respective colonies , that resulted in the loss of the whole Mississippi valley to its first discoverers . It was a desire to retain ...
... colonies in America , that finally cul- minated in a war between France and England , aided by their respective colonies , that resulted in the loss of the whole Mississippi valley to its first discoverers . It was a desire to retain ...
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... all efforts of the English colonies , eastward of the Alleghany ridge , who , assisted by England , sought to wrest it from their grasp . CHICAGO PORTAGE . 19 Recurring to the old portage at 18 HISTORIC NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST .
... all efforts of the English colonies , eastward of the Alleghany ridge , who , assisted by England , sought to wrest it from their grasp . CHICAGO PORTAGE . 19 Recurring to the old portage at 18 HISTORIC NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST .
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... colonization . Her attention was directed to her possessions , by right of discovery , in the new world , where she now wished to establish colonies and extend the faith of the Catholic religion . Commissions or grants were accordingly ...
... colonization . Her attention was directed to her possessions , by right of discovery , in the new world , where she now wished to establish colonies and extend the faith of the Catholic religion . Commissions or grants were accordingly ...
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... colonies grew until , according to a report of Governor Mons . Denonville to the Minister at Paris , the population of Canada , in 1686 , had increased to 12,373 souls . Quebec and Montreal became the base of operations of the French in ...
... colonies grew until , according to a report of Governor Mons . Denonville to the Minister at Paris , the population of Canada , in 1686 , had increased to 12,373 souls . Quebec and Montreal became the base of operations of the French in ...
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... colonies along the Atlantic coast and a conquest of the rich mines in Mexico , from the Spanish . These purposes are boldly avowed in a letter of M. Talon , the king's enterprising intendant at Quebec , in 1671 ; and also in the ...
... colonies along the Atlantic coast and a conquest of the rich mines in Mexico , from the Spanish . These purposes are boldly avowed in a letter of M. Talon , the king's enterprising intendant at Quebec , in 1671 ; and also in the ...
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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...