Kansas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories: An Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants |
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I should never have undertaken this work, however, but from a wish to assist in
the great enterprise of settling Kanzas at once,—an enterprise which appears to
me to open a nobler field for effort than any public undertaking which has called ...
I should never have undertaken this work, however, but from a wish to assist in
the great enterprise of settling Kanzas at once,—an enterprise which appears to
me to open a nobler field for effort than any public undertaking which has called ...
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In the Algonquin language, this river was called the Pekitanoui, or Muddy river,
and it retained that name for some time in the French books and maps.” “We
descend,” says Father Dablon, in his narrative of this expedition, “following the
course ...
In the Algonquin language, this river was called the Pekitanoui, or Muddy river,
and it retained that name for some time in the French books and maps.” “We
descend,” says Father Dablon, in his narrative of this expedition, “following the
course ...
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+ *In 1687, La Salle attempted to cross, with a party of sixteen men, from his
settlement called St. Louis, on the gulf of Mexico, to the Mississippi, and ascend
its stream. In a mutiny among his men, he was killed, but six of the party
continued on ...
+ *In 1687, La Salle attempted to cross, with a party of sixteen men, from his
settlement called St. Louis, on the gulf of Mexico, to the Mississippi, and ascend
its stream. In a mutiny among his men, he was killed, but six of the party
continued on ...
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Another division of Pawnees are the Ricaras, sometimes called the Black
Pawnees. South and west of the villages of these tribes, range small bodies, of
various names, as Kaskaias and Kioways, who use a different language from any
of the ...
Another division of Pawnees are the Ricaras, sometimes called the Black
Pawnees. South and west of the villages of these tribes, range small bodies, of
various names, as Kaskaias and Kioways, who use a different language from any
of the ...
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... wasting away before the Sioux, they removed again and again, till, in 1805,
Lewis and Clarke found them in two villages, one on each side of the river, near
the point called Fort Mandan, where those explorers spent the year of 1805–6.
... wasting away before the Sioux, they removed again and again, till, in 1805,
Lewis and Clarke found them in two villages, one on each side of the river, near
the point called Fort Mandan, where those explorers spent the year of 1805–6.
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Seite 195 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Seite 200 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Seite 210 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Seite 170 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Seite 204 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 206 - States, to support the Constitution of the United States and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices...
Seite 213 - Kanzas ; and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Seite 206 - Territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as Circuit and District Courts of the United States ; he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as the Marshal of the District Court of the United States...
Seite 206 - That the governor, secretary, chief justice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the president of the United States. The governor and secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits...
Seite 202 - That the judicial power of said territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice, and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of...
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| Titel | Kansas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories: An Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to Emigrants |
| Autor/in | Edward E. Hale |
| Veröffentlicht | 1854 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 17. Febr. 2006 |
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