The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 Seiten |
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... miles . There is one monument on the opposite side of the river , at the distance of a mile , on the top of a mountain two thousand feet high . Whether the city ever crossed the river , and extended to that monument , it is impos- sible ...
... miles . There is one monument on the opposite side of the river , at the distance of a mile , on the top of a mountain two thousand feet high . Whether the city ever crossed the river , and extended to that monument , it is impos- sible ...
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... miles - ten times larger than New - York , and three times as large as London . " Of a building , supposed to be a palace , Mr. Stephens says : " It stands on an artificial elevation , of an oblong form , forty feet high , three hun ...
... miles - ten times larger than New - York , and three times as large as London . " Of a building , supposed to be a palace , Mr. Stephens says : " It stands on an artificial elevation , of an oblong form , forty feet high , three hun ...
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... miles of it ; and if Palenque at that time had been a living city , its fame must have reached his ears , and he would in all probability have turned aside from his road to subdue or plunder it . ' Tis therefore reasonable to suppose ...
... miles of it ; and if Palenque at that time had been a living city , its fame must have reached his ears , and he would in all probability have turned aside from his road to subdue or plunder it . ' Tis therefore reasonable to suppose ...
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... miles long , presenting the most noble and pictu- resque spot in all America . This mound consists of 18,250,000 solid feet of earth . How long it took to build it is more than can be made out , as the number of men employed , and the ...
... miles long , presenting the most noble and pictu- resque spot in all America . This mound consists of 18,250,000 solid feet of earth . How long it took to build it is more than can be made out , as the number of men employed , and the ...
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... miles long , and thirty wide , in its broadest part ; from thence to the Atlantic , by the river San Juan , is seventy - nine miles . Mr. Stephens estimates the whole expense at from twenty to twenty - five millions of dollars , equal ...
... miles long , and thirty wide , in its broadest part ; from thence to the Atlantic , by the river San Juan , is seventy - nine miles . Mr. Stephens estimates the whole expense at from twenty to twenty - five millions of dollars , equal ...
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afterward American appointed arms army arrived attack authority bank battle battle of Tippecanoe became Black Hawk British Cahokia Canada canal Captain cents chief Colonel Clarke colony command commenced council debt Detroit enemy England English erected expedition fire followed force Fort Frontenac France French friends garrison glory Governor honor hostile hundred Illinois Illinois river immediately Indians inhabitants interest Iroquois Joseph Smith Kaskaskia Kentucky king Lake Lake Michigan land latter Legislature Louis Louis XIV Louisiana massacre ment miles militia Mississippi Mormon nation natives Nauvoo New-York officers Ohio once party passed peace person possession Pottawatomies prairie Prairie Du Chien present prisoners prophet Quebec received returned river Salle savage says sent settlement Shawneetown soldiers soon sought Spain surrender Tecumseh territory thence thereupon thither thousand dollars tion town treaty tribes troops United village Virginia warriors whole wounded
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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.