A History of Indiana, from Its Earliest Exploration by Europeans to the Close of the Territorial Government, in 1816: Comprehending a History of the Discovery, Settlement, and Civil and Military Affairs of the Territory of the U. S. Northwest of the River Ohio, and a General View of the Progress of Public Affairs in Indiana, from L8l6 to L856Bingham & Doughty, 1859 - 637 Seiten |
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... Major Ambrose Whitlock , Mr. Joseph Barron , Prof. Bliss , Dr. Ezra Ferris , Hon . Wm . Polke , Gen. Walter Wilson , Hon . John Law , Mr. Pierre Laplante , Hon . Williamson Dunn , Dr. Azra Lee , Gen. Robert Hanna , Samuel Morrison , esq ...
... Major Ambrose Whitlock , Mr. Joseph Barron , Prof. Bliss , Dr. Ezra Ferris , Hon . Wm . Polke , Gen. Walter Wilson , Hon . John Law , Mr. Pierre Laplante , Hon . Williamson Dunn , Dr. Azra Lee , Gen. Robert Hanna , Samuel Morrison , esq ...
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... Major Hamtramck at Vincennes , .... ...... 18T CHAPTER XVIII . Symmes ' purchase - Ohio Company of Associates - settlement of Symmes ' purchase - Fort Washington built , CHAPTER XIX . Territory of the United States , northwest of the ...
... Major Hamtramck at Vincennes , .... ...... 18T CHAPTER XVIII . Symmes ' purchase - Ohio Company of Associates - settlement of Symmes ' purchase - Fort Washington built , CHAPTER XIX . Territory of the United States , northwest of the ...
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... Major Washington received orders , from the governor of Virginia , to proceed with a de- tachment of two hundred men to the point at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers , and there to com- plete a fort which the Ohio ...
... Major Washington received orders , from the governor of Virginia , to proceed with a de- tachment of two hundred men to the point at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers , and there to com- plete a fort which the Ohio ...
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... Major Grant was detached from the advanced post at Lyal - Hening , with about eight hun- dred men , to reconnoiter Fort du Quesne and the adjacent country . He imprudently invited an attack from the French and their Indian allies ; and ...
... Major Grant was detached from the advanced post at Lyal - Hening , with about eight hun- dred men , to reconnoiter Fort du Quesne and the adjacent country . He imprudently invited an attack from the French and their Indian allies ; and ...
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... Major Rogers were the first English troops that ever penetrated into that region . On his route from Montreal to the western part of lake Erie , Major Rogers was received in a friendly manner by different tribes of Indians , who ...
... Major Rogers were the first English troops that ever penetrated into that region . On his route from Montreal to the western part of lake Erie , Major Rogers was received in a friendly manner by different tribes of Indians , who ...
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Seite 178 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 274 - 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.
Seite 598 - Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Seite 386 - ... 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...
Seite 599 - 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 : Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Seite 599 - 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.
Seite 599 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Seite 386 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 97 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Seite 595 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her in whom the estate may be, (being of full age,) and attested by three witnesses ; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses...