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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... means , -the murder of Governor Semple and more than twenty of the Colonists , on the 19th June , 1816 ; and the expulsion of many of the settlers , caused great distress , and for a time ruined the place . Lord Selkirk died in 1820 ...
... means , -the murder of Governor Semple and more than twenty of the Colonists , on the 19th June , 1816 ; and the expulsion of many of the settlers , caused great distress , and for a time ruined the place . Lord Selkirk died in 1820 ...
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... means . As , for instance , it is well known that the damp fogs which daily spread over the shores of Upper California blight the crops and greatly deteriorate the wheat grown near the sea coast in that country . I am not aware that any ...
... means . As , for instance , it is well known that the damp fogs which daily spread over the shores of Upper California blight the crops and greatly deteriorate the wheat grown near the sea coast in that country . I am not aware that any ...
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... means averse to such employment , and ask a very moderate remuneration for their labour . ' On one occasion , when we employed them for that purpose , they brought in upwards of ninety tons in a few days , which they dug with hatchets ...
... means averse to such employment , and ask a very moderate remuneration for their labour . ' On one occasion , when we employed them for that purpose , they brought in upwards of ninety tons in a few days , which they dug with hatchets ...
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... means col- lected under the management of experienced persons , acquainted with Indian character , and capable of drawing the greatest pos- sible advantage from their presence . • We shall be most happy to do anything in our power to ...
... means col- lected under the management of experienced persons , acquainted with Indian character , and capable of drawing the greatest pos- sible advantage from their presence . • We shall be most happy to do anything in our power to ...
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... means we have , assisted by the natives , we could fill our coal bunkers in from ten to fourteen days . ' The natives are a fine race of men , and appear industrious and friendly , but are much addicted to thieving . In conclusion , I ...
... means we have , assisted by the natives , we could fill our coal bunkers in from ten to fourteen days . ' The natives are a fine race of men , and appear industrious and friendly , but are much addicted to thieving . In conclusion , I ...
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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...