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 Fifty-six. Comp. from the Most Authentic Sources, and Pub. by James R. AlbachW. S. Haven, book and job printer, 1857 - 976 страница |
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... hands of God . " With prayers to the mother of Jesus they strengthened their souls , and committed themselves , in all hope , to the current of the westward - flowing river , the " Ouisconsin " ( Wisconsin ) ; a sand- barred stream ...
... hands of God . " With prayers to the mother of Jesus they strengthened their souls , and committed themselves , in all hope , to the current of the westward - flowing river , the " Ouisconsin " ( Wisconsin ) ; a sand- barred stream ...
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... hands , as is still sometimes done under the Equator . On this occasion the sailors of La Salle's little the south side of only on one side . tion of Rock Fort . explorers . the Illinois river , and ninety or one hundred feet high , and ...
... hands , as is still sometimes done under the Equator . On this occasion the sailors of La Salle's little the south side of only on one side . tion of Rock Fort . explorers . the Illinois river , and ninety or one hundred feet high , and ...
Страница 68
... hands the prey which they sought for . A river that separated them from the camp , and which was considerably in- creased since they passed it , kept them two days ; this retardment , which at first seemed an obstacle to their project ...
... hands the prey which they sought for . A river that separated them from the camp , and which was considerably in- creased since they passed it , kept them two days ; this retardment , which at first seemed an obstacle to their project ...
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... hands , and the first use he made of it , was to make himself master of the magazine . He divided it afterward with L'Arche- veque , saying that every thing belonged to him . There were about thirty thousand livres worth of goods , and ...
... hands , and the first use he made of it , was to make himself master of the magazine . He divided it afterward with L'Arche- veque , saying that every thing belonged to him . There were about thirty thousand livres worth of goods , and ...
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... hands . When Louisiana came again into the charge of the government of France , it was determined , as a first step , to strike terror into the Chickasaws , who , devoted to the English , constantly interfered with the trade on the ...
... hands . When Louisiana came again into the charge of the government of France , it was determined , as a first step , to strike terror into the Chickasaws , who , devoted to the English , constantly interfered with the trade on the ...
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Страница 471 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Страница 416 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Страница 472 - 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.
Страница 747 - ... any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...
Страница 471 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
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Страница 471 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Страница 466 - ... deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parents.
Страница 413 - 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...
Страница 408 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...