The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island: With an Exposition of the Chartered Rights, Conduct, and Policy of the Hon'ble Hudson's Bay CorporationT. & W. Boone, 1849 - 175 էջ |
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... greater extent than any part of the known globe ; and it would seem as if the inner springs of the earth there burst forth . Some parts investigated are truly regions of desolation : vegetation ceases in the latitude of 60 ° north : -no ...
... greater extent than any part of the known globe ; and it would seem as if the inner springs of the earth there burst forth . Some parts investigated are truly regions of desolation : vegetation ceases in the latitude of 60 ° north : -no ...
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... greater part of the remainder of the year is filled up with fields of ice . The navigation , when open , is extremely dangerous , as it contains many shoals , rocks , sand banks , and islands ; even during the summer icebergs are seen ...
... greater part of the remainder of the year is filled up with fields of ice . The navigation , when open , is extremely dangerous , as it contains many shoals , rocks , sand banks , and islands ; even during the summer icebergs are seen ...
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... greater part having been swept by the running fires in 1835 ( so frequent and terrible in the prairies ) , presented a blackened and dismal aspect . There were a number of small natural mounds on which lay fragments of limestone , the ...
... greater part having been swept by the running fires in 1835 ( so frequent and terrible in the prairies ) , presented a blackened and dismal aspect . There were a number of small natural mounds on which lay fragments of limestone , the ...
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... greater number of which were brought from California in 1840-41 . From Nisqually we crossed the head waters of several large streams , among others the Nisqually and Chetreels Rivers , rising in the Cascade Mountains , extending along ...
... greater number of which were brought from California in 1840-41 . From Nisqually we crossed the head waters of several large streams , among others the Nisqually and Chetreels Rivers , rising in the Cascade Mountains , extending along ...
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... greater . The management of the boats in the rapids is dex- terous and full of excitement , as well to the passengers as to the voyageurs themselves . The bowman is the most important man , giving all directions , and is held ...
... greater . The management of the boats in the rapids is dex- terous and full of excitement , as well to the passengers as to the voyageurs themselves . The bowman is the most important man , giving all directions , and is held ...
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The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island: With an Exposition of ... Robert Montgomery Martin Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1849 |
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49th parallel aborigines Adventurers of England aforesaid appear Assiniboine Athabasca Beaver Blackfeet British Captain chief factors chief traders Chipewyans coal coast Colonel colonies Columbia River Committee Commodore Wilkes Company of Adventurers Company's territories contained Cowlitz Cowlitz River Cree depôt Deputy Edward Ellice England trading establishment exclusive trade favourable Fort Vancouver forts fur trade Government Governor and Company granted Greenhow heirs and successors Honourable Hudson's Bay Company hundred Indians labours Lake late Majesty Lieut.-Colonel Lord M'Gillivray Majesty's Major-General miles Missionary natives North America north latitude north-west Norway House officers Oregon Pacific persons places population possessed posts present privilege of trading received Red River Settlement regions Regt Rocky Mountains Royal Charter Rupert's Land Russian Saskatchewan savages says servants settlers ship Simpson Sir George Sir George Simpson Society stations Straits subjects trading into Hudson's tribes United unto Vancouver Vancouver's Island visited Wesleyan
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Էջ 152 - 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 139 - ... and the plantation thereof, and the government of the people there. And, for the better execution of our royal pleasure herein, we do, for us, our heirs and successors, assign, name, constitute and appoint the aforesaid Benedict Arnold to be the first and present Governor of the said Company...
Էջ 154 - Company, and their successors, 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 already actually possessed by or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of...
Էջ 142 - 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 aforesaid, and of all other the premises, saving always the faith, allegiance, and sovereign dominion due to us, our heirs, and successors...
Էջ 153 - Kiver, 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 thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers; it being understood, that all the usual portages along the line thus described, shall in like manner be free and open.
Էջ 138 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Էջ 143 - STRAITLY charge, command and prohibit for us, our heirs and successors, all the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, of what degree or quality soever they be, that none of them, directly or indirectly do visit, haunt, frequent, or trade, traffic, or adventure, by way of...
Էջ 144 - VOYAOE or otherwise, promise or agree, by writing under his or their hands, to adventure any sum or sums of money towards the furnishing any provision, or maintenance of any voyage or voyages, set forth, or to be set forth, or intended or meant to be set forth, by the said Governor and Company, or the more part of them present at any public assembly, commonly called their General Court, shall not within the space...
Էջ 145 - ... that the said Governor and Company shall have liberty, full power and authority to appoint and establish Governors and all other officers to govern them, and that the Governor and his Council of the several and respective places where the said Company shall have plantations...