The New El Dorado: Or, British ColumbiaT.C. Newby, 1858 - 405 էջ |
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... The rivers which run into the Pacific are navigable for some distance into the interior , but then terrific rapids and fearful gorges occur to deter the traveller from further progress . The adventurer OR , BRITISH COLUMBIA . 17.
... The rivers which run into the Pacific are navigable for some distance into the interior , but then terrific rapids and fearful gorges occur to deter the traveller from further progress . The adventurer OR , BRITISH COLUMBIA . 17.
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Or, British Columbia Kinahan Cornwallis. to deter the traveller from further progress . The adventurer in search of gold has to make a path along the mountains , carrying his meagre sustenance with him on a starveing horse , which , food ...
Or, British Columbia Kinahan Cornwallis. to deter the traveller from further progress . The adventurer in search of gold has to make a path along the mountains , carrying his meagre sustenance with him on a starveing horse , which , food ...
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... further across the great continent of America than the Americans themselves . The line of route from Halifax to Lake Supe- rior exceeds in extent any possessed by the United States ; and it is proposed to carry a railway com- pletely ...
... further across the great continent of America than the Americans themselves . The line of route from Halifax to Lake Supe- rior exceeds in extent any possessed by the United States ; and it is proposed to carry a railway com- pletely ...
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... further deliberation , whether they will renew it for a limited period over the more remote and northern regions , taking care that the government shall have always the power to withdraw from that license any land that may be required ...
... further deliberation , whether they will renew it for a limited period over the more remote and northern regions , taking care that the government shall have always the power to withdraw from that license any land that may be required ...
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... further area of 378,636 square miles , or an aggregate of 1,009,686 square miles , equal in extent to France , Germany , Prussia , Austria , and that portion of Russia which lies south of St. Petersburg and west of Moscow . A district ...
... further area of 378,636 square miles , or an aggregate of 1,009,686 square miles , equal in extent to France , Germany , Prussia , Austria , and that portion of Russia which lies south of St. Petersburg and west of Moscow . A district ...
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aboriginal abundant adventurers aforesaid American amongst auriferous authority banks Boat Encampment boats British Columbia California canoe charter civilization coast colony Couteau crown Despatch diggings discovery distance dollars Dorado England Esquimault excitement extend favour Fort Hope Fort Langley Fort Yale forty-ninth parallel Frazer River gold district gold regions Governor and Company Governor Douglas granted heirs Henry Labouchere Hope House Hudson's Bay Company hundred Indians James Douglas Labouchere Lake land latitude latter license Majesty Majesty's Government ment miles miners mines months natives navigation north-west Oregon Pacific Panama pany party passengers persons picturesque population port possessions present proclamation Puget's Sound Red River Red River settlement respect rich Rocky Mountains route salmon San Francisco Saskatchewan settlement shores steamer straits successors tains territory things Thompson Thompson's River thousand tion trade tribes United Vancouver Vancouver's Island vessels Victoria wild wilderness Yankee
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Էջ 390 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 331 - Company, and gave and granted to it ' the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds aforesaid, that are not actually possessed or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of any...
Էջ 381 - To BE HELD of us our Heirs and Successors as of our Manor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and Common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knights Service.
Էջ 375 - ... one body corporate and politic, in deed and in name, by the name of " The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay...
Էջ 333 - Company, and their successors, for the exclusive privilege of trading with the Indians in all such parts of North America, to the northward and to the westward of the lands and territories belonging to the United States of America, as shall not form part of any of our provinces in North America, or of any lands or territories belonging to the said United State, of America, or to any European government, state, or power...
Էջ 390 - River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and...
Էջ 380 - State, with the fishing of all sorts of fish, whales, sturgeons, and all other royal fishes in the seas, bay8, inlets, and rivers within the premises, and the fish therein taken, together with the royalty of the sea upon the coasts within the limits aforesaid, and all mines royal, as well discovered as not discovered, of gold, silver, gems, and precious stones...
Էջ 375 - States," and shall so continue until the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and by that name shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable, in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of...
Էջ 380 - And further we do, by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, make, create, and constitute the said Governor and Company for the time being, and their successors, the true and absolute lords and proprietors of the same territory, limits and places...
Էջ 338 - British subjects, with their goods and produce, shall be treated on the same footing as citizens of the United States, it being however always understood that nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing, or intended to prevent, the Government of the United States from making any regulations respecting the navigation of the said river or rivers, not inconsistent with the present treaty.