The States and Territories of the Great West: Including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minesota [sic], Kansas and Nebraska ; Their Geography, History, Resources ... Comprising Their Local History, Institutions, and Laws ; Giving a Table of Distances, and the Most Direct Routes ... Also, Pointing Out the Best Districts for Agricultural, Commercial, Lumbering, and Mining OperationsMiller, Orton, and Mulligan, 1856 - 352 էջ |
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... plains and over the mountains , or with details of mere local interest . But this takes a comprehensive view of the WHOLE WEST . It describes the earlier emigrations to the West , and presents a vivid picture of the modes of traveling ...
... plains and over the mountains , or with details of mere local interest . But this takes a comprehensive view of the WHOLE WEST . It describes the earlier emigrations to the West , and presents a vivid picture of the modes of traveling ...
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... plains and fertile valleys of the West . To the young man , energetic , hopeful , ambitious , the new country was a theater for noble aspirations . He could grow with its growth . Nothing seemed to be im- possible to him there . He ...
... plains and fertile valleys of the West . To the young man , energetic , hopeful , ambitious , the new country was a theater for noble aspirations . He could grow with its growth . Nothing seemed to be im- possible to him there . He ...
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... plain , six miles wide , which alone separates the head - waters of the St. Lawrence from the waters of the Mississippi . And in the central portions of Minesota there are two streams of water , flowing within three miles of each other ...
... plain , six miles wide , which alone separates the head - waters of the St. Lawrence from the waters of the Mississippi . And in the central portions of Minesota there are two streams of water , flowing within three miles of each other ...
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... and dispirited , from the plains beyond the Mississippi . The evidences of the existence of a great river to the west of the lakes had begun to multiply rapidly . The missionaries in New York saw Iroquois war - parties set.
... and dispirited , from the plains beyond the Mississippi . The evidences of the existence of a great river to the west of the lakes had begun to multiply rapidly . The missionaries in New York saw Iroquois war - parties set.
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... plains as far as the Mis- souri . Those wanderers were gathered into Marquette's cabin , and questioned as to what they had seen and heard in that distant country . The figurative language of the Indians had to be stripped of its ...
... plains as far as the Mis- souri . Those wanderers were gathered into Marquette's cabin , and questioned as to what they had seen and heard in that distant country . The figurative language of the Indians had to be stripped of its ...
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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 ...: Their Geography, History ... 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 326 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
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 - Savages' hands; and since they are superstitious, they keep them as so many divinities, or as presents which the gods dwelling beneath the water have given them, and on which their welfare is to depend.
Էջ 342 - ... all questions as to the right of pre-emption arising between different settlers shall be settled by the register and receiver of the district within which the land is situated, subject to an appeal to and a revision by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
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...