The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Հատոր 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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... thousand miles of mountains and arid plains that can accomplish these results and secure this position among the states of the Union is no ordinary community , and must have a history at once both unique and forceful to an extraordinary ...
... thousand miles of mountains and arid plains that can accomplish these results and secure this position among the states of the Union is no ordinary community , and must have a history at once both unique and forceful to an extraordinary ...
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... thousand other Prot- estants - the Gastons settling first in Scotland , and soon after moving over to the north counties of Ireland . From Ireland many of these expatriated Gas- tons came over to America from the year 1690 to 1720 ...
... thousand other Prot- estants - the Gastons settling first in Scotland , and soon after moving over to the north counties of Ireland . From Ireland many of these expatriated Gas- tons came over to America from the year 1690 to 1720 ...
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... thousand pounds . But he found no Strait of Anian , or any other strait ; and coasted around northwesternly reaching Bering sea , and finally the coast of Asia , and after satisfying himself that there was no passage from the Pacific ...
... thousand pounds . But he found no Strait of Anian , or any other strait ; and coasted around northwesternly reaching Bering sea , and finally the coast of Asia , and after satisfying himself that there was no passage from the Pacific ...
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... thousand five hundred and fifty sea otter skins which they sold in China for $ 54,857 , while the whole number of otter pelts secured by the other fur traders - Hanna , Strange , Meares and Barclay down to the end of 1787 was only 2,481 ...
... thousand five hundred and fifty sea otter skins which they sold in China for $ 54,857 , while the whole number of otter pelts secured by the other fur traders - Hanna , Strange , Meares and Barclay down to the end of 1787 was only 2,481 ...
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... thousands . But the Americans stayed and wintered at Nootka . With the opening of the spring of 1789 , the two American ... thousand dollars for an old iron chisel not worth a dollar . The Americans had decided to send Gray with the ...
... thousands . But the Americans stayed and wintered at Nootka . With the opening of the spring of 1789 , the two American ... thousand dollars for an old iron chisel not worth a dollar . The Americans had decided to send Gray with the ...
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acres American arrived in Oregon Astor Astoria Bank born British California Captain Catholic Champoeg church citizens claim Columbia river committee Congress Dalles discovery dollars elected emigrants England expedition farm fur trade George gold governor governor of Oregon honor Hudson's Bay Company hundred immigration Indians island James Jason Lee John John McLoughlin Joseph killed Lake land Lane Lane county legislature Lewis and Clark lived located McLoughlin Methodist miles mill mission missionaries Missouri National native Nez Perces Northwest Northwest Company Old Oregon Oregon City Oregon country Oregonian organized Pacific coast party passed pioneer Polk Portland President Provisional Government railroad reached region road Rocky mountains Rogue River sailed Salem settled settlement settlers ship territory thousand tion town treaty tribes United States senator Vancouver wagons Walla Washington Whitman Willamette river Willamette valley William Yamhill Yamhill county
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Էջ 640 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land ; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Էջ 614 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Էջ 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Էջ 153 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Էջ 218 - ... that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Էջ 181 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Էջ xxvii - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson:
Էջ 265 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Էջ 614 - Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy.
Էջ 640 - 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; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.