The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 Seiten |
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... Indians of North America . Although the first set- tlers of Virginia and Massachusetts , in a moral point of view , were supe- rior to the mercenary hordes that overrun and subjected to Spanish sway the fertile regions of the South , we ...
... Indians of North America . Although the first set- tlers of Virginia and Massachusetts , in a moral point of view , were supe- rior to the mercenary hordes that overrun and subjected to Spanish sway the fertile regions of the South , we ...
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... Indians have since been driven from river to river , from forest to forest , and through a period of two hundred years rolled back , nation upon nation , till they have found themselves fugitives , vagrants , and strangers in their own ...
... Indians have since been driven from river to river , from forest to forest , and through a period of two hundred years rolled back , nation upon nation , till they have found themselves fugitives , vagrants , and strangers in their own ...
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... Indians were Europeans seduced here by the devil , to keep them out of the sound of the silver trumpets of the gospel , which at that time were shaking the papal throne to its foundation . It is impossible , however , to do justice to ...
... Indians were Europeans seduced here by the devil , to keep them out of the sound of the silver trumpets of the gospel , which at that time were shaking the papal throne to its foundation . It is impossible , however , to do justice to ...
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... Indians of that day constructed , and its ruins con- firm the glowing accounts given by Cortez and his companions , of the splendor displayed in the edifices of Mexico . The point to which we directed our attention , was to discover ...
... Indians of that day constructed , and its ruins con- firm the glowing accounts given by Cortez and his companions , of the splendor displayed in the edifices of Mexico . The point to which we directed our attention , was to discover ...
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... Indians were slain . " Of the Christians , eighteen died , " and the whole Spanish baggage was consumed . Though ships from Cuba had arrived at Pensacola , De Soto , too proud to confess his failure , and too stubborn to acknowledge ...
... Indians were slain . " Of the Christians , eighteen died , " and the whole Spanish baggage was consumed . Though ships from Cuba had arrived at Pensacola , De Soto , too proud to confess his failure , and too stubborn to acknowledge ...
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Seite 25 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Seite 442 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship.
Seite 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Seite 227 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 98 - ... and convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 210 - ... that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in America, do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the West or Northwest...
Seite 263 - 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.
Seite 98 - In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Seite 263 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Seite 263 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.