General History of the State of Michigan: With Biographical Sketches, Portrait Engravings, and Numerous Illustrations. A Complete History of the Peninsular State from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeR. D. S. Tyler & Company, 1874 - 735 էջ |
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... Banks chartered - Common Schools organized - Change in the method of disposing of public lands- Death of Governor Porter ... 394 402 441 CHAPTER XXXI . The organization of a State government - The boundary question - The Toledo war ...
... Banks chartered - Common Schools organized - Change in the method of disposing of public lands- Death of Governor Porter ... 394 402 441 CHAPTER XXXI . The organization of a State government - The boundary question - The Toledo war ...
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... banks of Newfoundland . Fearing the consequences of the autumnal storms upon his ships , he remained but a few weeks . Nevertheless , he had seen enough to persuade the belief that a fruitful country lay beyond , in the direction of ...
... banks of Newfoundland . Fearing the consequences of the autumnal storms upon his ships , he remained but a few weeks . Nevertheless , he had seen enough to persuade the belief that a fruitful country lay beyond , in the direction of ...
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... banks , and determine upon a suitable site for the settlement he was to found . After a careful scrutiny , he fixed upon a promon- tory , distinguished by a luxuriant growth of vines and shaded by some noble walnut trees , called by the ...
... banks , and determine upon a suitable site for the settlement he was to found . After a careful scrutiny , he fixed upon a promon- tory , distinguished by a luxuriant growth of vines and shaded by some noble walnut trees , called by the ...
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... banks of the St. Lawrence about a hundred leagues , and they were once considered as masters of this part of America . They are said to have had a milder aspect and more polished manners than any other tribe . They subsisted entirely by ...
... banks of the St. Lawrence about a hundred leagues , and they were once considered as masters of this part of America . They are said to have had a milder aspect and more polished manners than any other tribe . They subsisted entirely by ...
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... Bank , President of the Detroit Safe Company , Director of the Wayne County Savings Bank , Novelty Works , Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company , and Michigan Mutual Life Insur- ance Company . In the summer of 1872 Mr. Bagley was ...
... Bank , President of the Detroit Safe Company , Director of the Wayne County Savings Bank , Novelty Works , Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company , and Michigan Mutual Life Insur- ance Company . In the summer of 1872 Mr. Bagley was ...
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Էջ 452 - 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...
Էջ 182 - Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not yet conquered us! We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods and mountains were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance; and we will part with them to none. Your nation supposes that we, like the white people, cannot live without bread — and pork — and beef! But you ought to know that He, the Great Spirit and Master of Life, has provided food for us in these spacious lakes and on these woody mountains.
Էջ 366 - Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences.
Էջ 511 - Whereas, for the reasons thus recited, it was enacted by the said statute that all able-bodied male citizens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath their intention to become citizens...
Էջ 182 - Englishman, our Father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Էջ 197 - My children, you have forgotten the customs and traditions of your forefathers. Why do you not clothe yourselves in skins, as they did, and use the bows and arrows, and the stone-pointed lances, which they used? You have bought guns, knives, kettles, and blankets, from the white men, until you can no longer do without them; and, what is worse, you have drunk the poison fire-water, which turns you into fools. Fling all these things away, live as your wise forefathers lived before you.
Էջ 453 - Miami aforesaid; and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line...
Էջ 181 - Englishman, it is to you that I speak, and I demand your attention. " ' Englishman, you know that the French King is our father. He promised to be such; and we, in return, promised to be his children. This promise we have kept. "'Englishman, it is you that have made war with this our father. You are his enemy; and how, then, could you have the boldness to venture among us, his children? You know that his enemies are ours. "'Englishman...
Էջ 334 - They grew from the scum of the great water, when it was troubled by the evil spirit, and the froth was driven into the woods by a strong east wind. They are numerous, but I hate them.
Էջ 447 - ... all the powers and perform all the duties of the governor during the vacancy occasioned by the removal, resignation, or necessary absence of the said governor. Approved, August 7. 1789.