History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the Three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain: And the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement and Extension of Civil Government by the United States Until the Year 1846, Հատոր 2Harper & Bros., 1846 |
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... began to constitute the tops of chimneys , and joists and plank , sawed by hand , took the place of puncheons . * At first log cabins were built in villages or clusters , and sur- rounded with stockades formed by logs set upright in the ...
... began to constitute the tops of chimneys , and joists and plank , sawed by hand , took the place of puncheons . * At first log cabins were built in villages or clusters , and sur- rounded with stockades formed by logs set upright in the ...
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... began to multiply , one of the standing dishes in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky was " hog and hommony . " Vegetables at length began to be cultivated in abundance , and every garden yielded a supply of common culi- nary vegetables ...
... began to multiply , one of the standing dishes in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky was " hog and hommony . " Vegetables at length began to be cultivated in abundance , and every garden yielded a supply of common culi- nary vegetables ...
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... began to feel that they were hunters . They became un- easy at home . Every thing about them became disagreeable . The house was too warm , the feather bed was too soft , and even the good wife , for the time , was not thought a good ...
... began to feel that they were hunters . They became un- easy at home . Every thing about them became disagreeable . The house was too warm , the feather bed was too soft , and even the good wife , for the time , was not thought a good ...
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... began to arrive in single file about noon , when the rustic mirth began : with the swains , the bottle was an indispensable companion , and each made frequent draughts upon its inspiration . The marriage ceremony over , all sat down to ...
... began to arrive in single file about noon , when the rustic mirth began : with the swains , the bottle was an indispensable companion , and each made frequent draughts upon its inspiration . The marriage ceremony over , all sat down to ...
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... began to move against all the new settlements , most of which were soon abandoned , and their occupants retired for safety to the vicinity of Boonesbor- ough , Harrod's Station , and Logan's Fort . These places , be- ing securely ...
... began to move against all the new settlements , most of which were soon abandoned , and their occupants retired for safety to the vicinity of Boonesbor- ough , Harrod's Station , and Logan's Fort . These places , be- ing securely ...
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History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1848 |
History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
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afterward American Pioneer American State Papers army arrived attack authority Boonesborough British Butler's Kentucky Captain Cherokees Chickasâs Chillicothe Choctâs civil Claiborne Clark Colonel colony command commenced Congress convention court Cumberland River defense detachment Detroit District early east emigrants enemy enterprise erected expedition Federal government Fort Pitt Fort Washington garrison Governor Harmar Holston horses hundred Idem incursions Indian Affairs Indian country Indian hostilities inhabitants invasion John Kenton Kentucky River killed lands Legislature Louisiana M'Intosh Maumee ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi Territory Monongahela mouth Muskingum North Carolina Northwestern Territory officers Ohio River organized Orleans party peace population portion posts protection retired savages scalped Scioto session settlers Shawanese Simon Girty Simon Kenton soon Spanish Station stockade Tennessee Tennessee River thousand tion Tombigby town treaty treaty of Greenville tribes troops United vicinity Virginia Wabash warriors Washington Washington county Wayne western whole Wilkinson wounded
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Էջ 226 - 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 226 - 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 579 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas...
Էջ 226 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress...
Էջ 579 - Second. Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports, and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence belonging to said Republic of Texas...
Էջ 579 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Էջ 566 - From the time of the battle of San Jacinto, in April, 1836, to the present moment, Texas has exhibited the same external signs of national independence as Mexico herself, and with quite as much stability of government. Practically free and independent, acknowledged as a political sovereignty by the principal powers...
Էջ 360 - A PROCLAMATION. Whereas information has been received that sundry persons, citizens of the United States or residents within the same, are conspiring and confederating together to begin and set on foot, provide, and prepare the means for a military expedition or enterprise against the dominions of Spain...
Էջ 235 - O yes,' that a court is opened for the administration of even-handed justice, to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the innocent, without respect of persons ; none to be punished without a trial by their peers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case.
Էջ 579 - State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
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Die Kolonisation des Mississippitales bis zum Ausgange der französischen ... Alexander Franz Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1906 |