Peter Parley's Pictorial History of North and South AmericaPeter Parley publishing Company, W. W. House, 1868 - 944 էջ |
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... hundred leagues off the Isle of Ferro , that the needle did not point as usual to the north , but declined to the north - west . He marked down this declination , hith- erto unknown , and found that it increased in proportion as they ...
... hundred leagues off the Isle of Ferro , that the needle did not point as usual to the north , but declined to the north - west . He marked down this declination , hith- erto unknown , and found that it increased in proportion as they ...
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... hundred infantry and twenty horse to face the enemy , yet this extraordinary man was not afraid of attacking an army , assembled on the plains of Vega Real , which historians in general have computed at one hundred thousand men . The ...
... hundred infantry and twenty horse to face the enemy , yet this extraordinary man was not afraid of attacking an army , assembled on the plains of Vega Real , which historians in general have computed at one hundred thousand men . The ...
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... hundred sailors , five hundred and eight soldiers , sixteen horse , thirteen muskets , thirty - two cross - bows , a great number of swords , pikes , four falconets , and ten field - pieces . These preparations for invasion , however ...
... hundred sailors , five hundred and eight soldiers , sixteen horse , thirteen muskets , thirty - two cross - bows , a great number of swords , pikes , four falconets , and ten field - pieces . These preparations for invasion , however ...
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... hundred thousand Indian allies , without whose assistance the empire would never have been subdued . Thus did the unfortunate Mexicans aid in shedding the blood of their countrymen and rivet- ing the chains of slavery upon themselves ...
... hundred thousand Indian allies , without whose assistance the empire would never have been subdued . Thus did the unfortunate Mexicans aid in shedding the blood of their countrymen and rivet- ing the chains of slavery upon themselves ...
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... hundred and forty - four infantry , with thirty - six horse . This was a feeble equipment for the great views that were to be fulfilled ; but in the New World the Spaniards expected every thing from their arms and their courage ; and ...
... hundred and forty - four infantry , with thirty - six horse . This was a feeble equipment for the great views that were to be fulfilled ; but in the New World the Spaniards expected every thing from their arms and their courage ; and ...
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Էջ 858 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico ; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination ; thence northward along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Էջ 874 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Էջ 806 - 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, 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.
Էջ 397 - Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men— and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.
Էջ 807 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Էջ 396 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Էջ 355 - ... after, I saw two, apparelled after the manner of Englishmen, in Westminster palace, which at that time I could not discern from Englishmen, till I was learned what they were ; but as for speech, I heard none of them utter one word.
Էջ 858 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea ; from thence up the middle of that river...
Էջ 870 - State; and, 7. Abstaining from abolishing slavery; but, under a heavy penalty, prohibiting the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Էջ 445 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.