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 Forty FiveJ.R. Albach, 1846 - 591 Seiten |
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... officers in the presence of Indians assembled from every part of the surround- ing region , and in the same year Marquette gathered a little flock of listeners , at Point St. Ignatius , on the main land north of the island of Mackinac ...
... officers in the presence of Indians assembled from every part of the surround- ing region , and in the same year Marquette gathered a little flock of listeners , at Point St. Ignatius , on the main land north of the island of Mackinac ...
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... officers , to learn the move- ments of the British . Canoes were gathering , and cannon were painfully hauled here and there . All was movement and activity among the old forests , and on hill - sides , covered already with young wild ...
... officers , to learn the move- ments of the British . Canoes were gathering , and cannon were painfully hauled here and there . All was movement and activity among the old forests , and on hill - sides , covered already with young wild ...
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... officers were taking counsel as to the summer's campaign . In America four points were to be attacked ; Fort Du Quesne , Crown Point , Niagara , and the French posts in Nova Scotia . On the 20th of April , Braddock left Alexandria to ...
... officers were taking counsel as to the summer's campaign . In America four points were to be attacked ; Fort Du Quesne , Crown Point , Niagara , and the French posts in Nova Scotia . On the 20th of April , Braddock left Alexandria to ...
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... officers . The other , under Colonel Dunbar , was left in the rear , to proceed by slower marches . On the 8th of July , the General arrived with his division , all in excellent health and spirits , at the junction of the Youghiogany ...
... officers . The other , under Colonel Dunbar , was left in the rear , to proceed by slower marches . On the 8th of July , the General arrived with his division , all in excellent health and spirits , at the junction of the Youghiogany ...
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... Officers and men were equally inspired with cheering hopes and confident anticipations . In this manner they marched forward till about noon , when they arrived at the second crossing - place , ten miles from Fort Du Quesne . They ...
... Officers and men were equally inspired with cheering hopes and confident anticipations . In this manner they marched forward till about noon , when they arrived at the second crossing - place , ten miles from Fort Du Quesne . They ...
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Seite 289 - ... 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...
Seite 251 - 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...
Seite 256 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail...
Seite 223 - Resolved, That the unappropriated lands that may be ceded or relinquished to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States...
Seite 286 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Seite 286 - There shall be appointed from time to time, by congress, a secretary whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office...
Seite 98 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians, as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Seite 286 - ... 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.
Seite 286 - There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a...
Seite 223 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...