A Journey Through Kansas: With Sketches of Nebraska: Describing the Country, Climate, Soil, Mineral, Manufacturing, and Other Resources. The Results of a Tour Made in the Autumn of 1854

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Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, 1855 - 216 էջ
 

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Էջ 144 - ... after the date of such settlement, file with the register of the proper district a written statement, describing the land settled upon, and declaring the intention of such person to claim the same under the provisions of this act...
Էջ 145 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit; and that he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself...
Էջ 143 - That persons entering any of said land under the homestead law shall pay therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Էջ 144 - States, and no person who shall quit or abandon his residence on his own land to reside on the public land in the same State or Territory...
Էջ 35 - ... then scour off into the prairies. As we advanced on our road, these became more frequent; but as we journeyed on the line usually followed by the trapping and hunting parties of the Kansas and Delaware Indians, game of every kind continued very shy and wild. The bottoms which form the immediate valley of the main river, were generally about three miles wide; having a rich soil of black vegetable mould, and, for a prairie country, well interspersed with wood. The country was every where covered...
Էջ 145 - States; nor hath he or she settled upon and improved said land to sell the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his...
Էջ 144 - That, from and after the passage of this act, every person, being the head of a family, or widow, or single man over the age of twenty-one years and heing a citizen of the United States, or having filed his declaration of intention tohecome a citizen as required by the naturalization laws...
Էջ 145 - ... if any person taking such oath shall swear falsely in the premises, he or she shall be subject to all the pains and penalties of perjury, and shall forfeit the money which he...
Էջ 144 - No person shall be entitled to more than one pre-emptive right by virtue of this act; no person who is the proprietor of three hundred and twenty acres of land in any State or Territory...
Էջ 191 - Minesota, is a succession of undulating plains, the soil of which is quite fertile but rather dry. These plains are covered with a thick grassy sward, which sustains innumerable herds of bison, elk, and deer. "The fifth district is at the base of the Black Hills, between that range and the Rocky mountains, and includes the valley of the Yellow Stone, of the Maria's river, and a variety of o^her small valleys, circumvallated by an amphitheater of mountains and gorgeous mountain scenery.

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