The States and Territories of the Great West ...: Their Geography, History, Resources ...Miller, Orton, and Mulligan, 1856 - 352 էջ |
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... hundred cabins , made of double mats of flat rushes sewed together , scattered along in a single street , and all of them fronting toward a marsh which skirted the river . The Illinois Indians are described as having been tall of ...
... hundred cabins , made of double mats of flat rushes sewed together , scattered along in a single street , and all of them fronting toward a marsh which skirted the river . The Illinois Indians are described as having been tall of ...
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... hundred miles , without discovering anything more . dangerous than beasts and birds . Yet , they kept well on their guard ; making only a little fire on the shore at night , to cook their meal ; and then , anchoring the canoes far out ...
... hundred miles , without discovering anything more . dangerous than beasts and birds . Yet , they kept well on their guard ; making only a little fire on the shore at night , to cook their meal ; and then , anchoring the canoes far out ...
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... hundred and thirty - one years later , Joliet and Marquette had com- pleted their memorable voyage . All , therefore , below the Wisconsin was known . In 1680 , Louis Hennepin , a prisoner among the Sioux , was taken up the Mississippi ...
... hundred and thirty - one years later , Joliet and Marquette had com- pleted their memorable voyage . All , therefore , below the Wisconsin was known . In 1680 , Louis Hennepin , a prisoner among the Sioux , was taken up the Mississippi ...
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... hundred years afterward , its massive ruins were so over- grown with vines and forest - trees as to be almost impene- trable to the traveler . Previous to 1735 , the fort which had previously been abandoned by La Salle , had been ...
... hundred years afterward , its massive ruins were so over- grown with vines and forest - trees as to be almost impene- trable to the traveler . Previous to 1735 , the fort which had previously been abandoned by La Salle , had been ...
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... hundred thousand acres of land , had afterward been transferred , in greater part , to the Washington family ; and in such enterprising hands , measures speedily were taken to as- certain the precise positions of the French , and ...
... hundred thousand acres of land , had afterward been transferred , in greater part , to the Washington family ; and in such enterprising hands , measures speedily were taken to as- certain the precise positions of the French , and ...
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The States and Territories of the Great West ...: Their Geography, History ... Jacob Ferris Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
The States and Territories of the Great West: Including Ohio, Indiana ... Jacob Ferris Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
The States and Territories of the Great West: Including Ohio, Indiana ... Jacob Ferris Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
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Էջ 256 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Էջ 157 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Էջ 157 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 157 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Էջ 343 - ... if any person taking such oath shall swear falsely in the premises, he shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury, and shall forfeit the money which he may have paid for said...
Էջ 127 - Through an aperture which afforded me a view of the area of the fort I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Էջ 295 - There are often found beneath the water pieces of copper, all formed, and of the weight of ten and twenty pounds. I have seen them many times in the hands of the savages...
Էջ 295 - On the 19th of August [1765] we reached the mouth of the river Ontonagan, one of the largest on the south side of the lake. At the mouth was an Indian village; and at three leagues above a fall, at the foot of which sturgeon were at this season so abundant that a month's subsistence for a regiment could have been taken in a few hours.
Էջ 336 - If any person shall entice, decoy or carry away out of this territory any slave belonging to another, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, or with intent to...
Էջ 341 - That from and after the passage of this act, every person being the head of a family, or widow, or single man, over the age of twenty-one years, and being a citizen of the United States, or having filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen, as required by the naturalization laws...