Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events, which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and FiftyJ.R. Albach, 1850 - 808 էջ |
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... means of forming an enlightened judgment , and correct ideas of men and events in times past . Nothing , however , of the materials or knowledge thus acquired , was collected with a view to publication , being solely the natural and ...
... means of forming an enlightened judgment , and correct ideas of men and events in times past . Nothing , however , of the materials or knowledge thus acquired , was collected with a view to publication , being solely the natural and ...
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... means groundless . In the first place , his discontented followers , and afterwards emissaries from the Mascoutens , tried to persuade the Illinois that he was a friend of the Iroquois , their most deadly enemies ; and that he was among ...
... means groundless . In the first place , his discontented followers , and afterwards emissaries from the Mascoutens , tried to persuade the Illinois that he was a friend of the Iroquois , their most deadly enemies ; and that he was among ...
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... means , and enlist new men ; but he did not dream , therefore , of relinquishing his projects . On the contrary , he determined that , while he was on his return , a small party should go to the Mississippi and explore that stream ...
... means , and enlist new men ; but he did not dream , therefore , of relinquishing his projects . On the contrary , he determined that , while he was on his return , a small party should go to the Mississippi and explore that stream ...
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... means : this he did , and in June , 1681 , had the pleasure to meet his comrade , Lieutenant Tonti , at Mackinac , to whom he spoke , as we learn from an eye - witness , with the same hope and courage which he had exhibited at the ...
... means : this he did , and in June , 1681 , had the pleasure to meet his comrade , Lieutenant Tonti , at Mackinac , to whom he spoke , as we learn from an eye - witness , with the same hope and courage which he had exhibited at the ...
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... or 60 feet nearly perpendicular on three sides , and contains on its surface about 600 acres , of timber and prairie . - Gaz . of Illinois by Ed . lish a colony on the Mississippi , by means of 44 1682 . Returns to Illinois .
... or 60 feet nearly perpendicular on three sides , and contains on its surface about 600 acres , of timber and prairie . - Gaz . of Illinois by Ed . lish a colony on the Mississippi , by means of 44 1682 . Returns to Illinois .
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Էջ 279 - It is agreed, that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Էջ 508 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Էջ 522 - The legislatures of those Districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the Soil by the United States in Congress Assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such Soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Էջ 314 - ... thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose ; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskies, Saint Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have heretofore professed themselves citizens of Virginia, their laws and customs now in force among them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property.
Էջ 317 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Էջ 774 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Էջ 316 - ... inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the general assembly; provided that for every five hundred free...
Էջ 770 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 770 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Էջ 113 - America, it is agreed that for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britaninc Majesty and those of his most Christian Majesty in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...