The New El Dorado: Or, British ColumbiaT.C. Newby, 1858 - 405 էջ |
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... things as well as in great ones - and every action of our lives bears witness of our hearts and understanding . Having thus said , this book I usher upon the world , and again am a mere spectator . September 4th , 1858 . CONTENTS ...
... things as well as in great ones - and every action of our lives bears witness of our hearts and understanding . Having thus said , this book I usher upon the world , and again am a mere spectator . September 4th , 1858 . CONTENTS ...
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... over the servants of the all - powerful , half - venerated Company , stationed over the territory ; he thought he could , or perhaps took it for granted as a matter of principle , that the same thing could be xxii INTRODUCTION .
... over the servants of the all - powerful , half - venerated Company , stationed over the territory ; he thought he could , or perhaps took it for granted as a matter of principle , that the same thing could be xxii INTRODUCTION .
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Or, British Columbia Kinahan Cornwallis. matter of principle , that the same thing could be done with a free and independent popula- tion , but when tens of thousands of armed diggers became arrayed before his vision , his restrictive ...
Or, British Columbia Kinahan Cornwallis. matter of principle , that the same thing could be done with a free and independent popula- tion , but when tens of thousands of armed diggers became arrayed before his vision , his restrictive ...
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... things , he would have been greeted with that unalloyed praise to which his many excellencies would have so well entitled him . As it is , let the monopoly be blamed , and not their individual representative . Situated , however , as ...
... things , he would have been greeted with that unalloyed praise to which his many excellencies would have so well entitled him . As it is , let the monopoly be blamed , and not their individual representative . Situated , however , as ...
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... thing on wheels rolled up the main street of the town , and shortly pulled up at " Sacramento House , " where we alighted . Apropos of the tobacco juice , I had wit- nessed an exactly similar accident from a railway car , twelve months ...
... thing on wheels rolled up the main street of the town , and shortly pulled up at " Sacramento House , " where we alighted . Apropos of the tobacco juice , I had wit- nessed an exactly similar accident from a railway car , twelve months ...
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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.