Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... side of this same ridge , flow into the upper Mississippi . The upper portions of Lakes Huron , Michigan , Green Bay , with their indentations , and the entire coast line , with the islands eastward and westward of the Straits of ...
... side of this same ridge , flow into the upper Mississippi . The upper portions of Lakes Huron , Michigan , Green Bay , with their indentations , and the entire coast line , with the islands eastward and westward of the Straits of ...
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... side , and Fountain and Parke on the other , and through the county of Vigo , some miles below Terre Haute , from which place it forms the boundary- line between the states of Indiana and Illinois to its confluence with the Ohio . Its ...
... side , and Fountain and Parke on the other , and through the county of Vigo , some miles below Terre Haute , from which place it forms the boundary- line between the states of Indiana and Illinois to its confluence with the Ohio . Its ...
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... sides of a broad watercourse , through which the great lake basin then discharged its surplus waters , southwestwardly ... side at least , by rock in situ . In the eastern portion of this ancient river - bed , the Maumee and its branches ...
... sides of a broad watercourse , through which the great lake basin then discharged its surplus waters , southwestwardly ... side at least , by rock in situ . In the eastern portion of this ancient river - bed , the Maumee and its branches ...
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... side - wheel steamers , built for navigating the Ohio and Mississippi , and known as New Orleans or lower river boats . The writer has the concurrent evidence of scores of early settlers with whom he has con- versed that formerly the ...
... side - wheel steamers , built for navigating the Ohio and Mississippi , and known as New Orleans or lower river boats . The writer has the concurrent evidence of scores of early settlers with whom he has con- versed that formerly the ...
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... sides of the streams are the most exposed to the fires , and , as might be expected , we find much the most timber on the easterly sides of the streams . " " Another fact , always a subject of remark among the dwellers on the prairies ...
... sides of the streams are the most exposed to the fires , and , as might be expected , we find much the most timber on the easterly sides of the streams . " " Another fact , always a subject of remark among the dwellers on the prairies ...
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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...