The Mississippi Valley, and Prehistoric Events: Giving an Account of the Original Formation and Early Condition of the Great Valley ; of Its Vegetable and Animal Life ; of Its First Inhabitants, the Mound Builders, Its Mineral Treasures and Agricultural Developments ; All from Authentic SourcesR.T. Root, 1880 - 784 էջ |
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... streams , which may now be estimated in the distances from bluff to bluff on each side of the river bottoms , for originally the Valleys did not exist , the whole surface being very nearly , or quite , even and all the deep cuts of the ...
... streams , which may now be estimated in the distances from bluff to bluff on each side of the river bottoms , for originally the Valleys did not exist , the whole surface being very nearly , or quite , even and all the deep cuts of the ...
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... streams flowing mainly from the north or northeast . shallow water gradually changed to marsh , and impenetrable jungles covered the country ; a heavy , hot , stifling air brooded over the whole , and a dense mass of forest and marsh ...
... streams flowing mainly from the north or northeast . shallow water gradually changed to marsh , and impenetrable jungles covered the country ; a heavy , hot , stifling air brooded over the whole , and a dense mass of forest and marsh ...
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... streams , the height of their head - waters above the level of the sea , and the area of their basins , with some other facts , are given in the following table from Humphrey's and Abbot's " Report to the Government on the Physics and ...
... streams , the height of their head - waters above the level of the sea , and the area of their basins , with some other facts , are given in the following table from Humphrey's and Abbot's " Report to the Government on the Physics and ...
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... streams , and it contains some of the best , as also of the poorest , land in the whole Valley . The Gulf Slope , or the Lower Basin , except the immediate basins of the Mississippi and its branches , failed of the special provision ...
... streams , and it contains some of the best , as also of the poorest , land in the whole Valley . The Gulf Slope , or the Lower Basin , except the immediate basins of the Mississippi and its branches , failed of the special provision ...
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... streams , or in the bottoms kept damp and light by vicinity to moisture but where water does not lie long enough to pack it hard and smother the roots of trees . Others have believed prairies to be caused by the annual fires made by the ...
... streams , or in the bottoms kept damp and light by vicinity to moisture but where water does not lie long enough to pack it hard and smother the roots of trees . Others have believed prairies to be caused by the annual fires made by the ...
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Էջ 279 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Էջ 281 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Էջ 280 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Էջ 289 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a...
Էջ 280 - St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Էջ 280 - 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 276 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
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Էջ 281 - 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.