A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana: The Southern Part of the Mississippi, and the Territory of Alabama Presenting a View of the Soil, Climate, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Productions ; Illustrative of the Natural Physiognomy, Their Geographical Configuration, and Relative Situation ; with an Account of the Character and Manners of the Inhabitants ; Together with a Map, from Actual Survey and Observation Projected on a Scale of Ten Miles to an Inch, of the State of Louisiana, and Adjacent CountriesJames Olmstead, 1817 - 356 Seiten |
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... tracts entirely devoid of wood . Those natural mea- dows are broken by strips of timber land , skirting the streams , but more than four - fifths of the entire surface is prairie , giving a distinct character to the area be- tween the ...
... tracts entirely devoid of wood . Those natural mea- dows are broken by strips of timber land , skirting the streams , but more than four - fifths of the entire surface is prairie , giving a distinct character to the area be- tween the ...
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... tract is now the residence of innumerable herds of buffaloe , deer , and two or three species of those mixed animals ... tracts exist , but they are bright spots upon an extended and arid waste . * From the carelessness and predilection ...
... tract is now the residence of innumerable herds of buffaloe , deer , and two or three species of those mixed animals ... tracts exist , but they are bright spots upon an extended and arid waste . * From the carelessness and predilection ...
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... tract , they must , like Palmyra , draw their grandeur from commercial revolution , and by other changes in human affairs sink to ruin . One characteristic of the North American desert , however , countervails many of its asperities ...
... tract , they must , like Palmyra , draw their grandeur from commercial revolution , and by other changes in human affairs sink to ruin . One characteristic of the North American desert , however , countervails many of its asperities ...
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... tract , a line of pine woods of irregular breadth would be seen between the Mississippi and Mobile , gradually ... tracts are woven with inexpli- cable intricacy in this region , the view would be con- fused in the infinite interlocking ...
... tract , a line of pine woods of irregular breadth would be seen between the Mississippi and Mobile , gradually ... tracts are woven with inexpli- cable intricacy in this region , the view would be con- fused in the infinite interlocking ...
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... tract twenty - three from one hundred and fifty - three , we have one hundred and thirty feet , as the depth of the Mississippi . If we add ten feet , the perpendicular fall from low water level in the river , to eighteen feet , - the ...
... tract twenty - three from one hundred and fifty - three , we have one hundred and thirty feet , as the depth of the Mississippi . If we add ten feet , the perpendicular fall from low water level in the river , to eighteen feet , - the ...
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Seite 285 - That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper, and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Seite 287 - State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States...
Seite 288 - An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi territory.
Seite 287 - ... the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Seite 287 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Seite 285 - That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit...
Seite 287 - That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States...
Seite 285 - Tennessee; thence, west, along said boundary line, to the Tennessee river; thence, up the same, to the mouth of Bear creek; thence, by a direct line, to the northwest corner of Washington county...
Seite 287 - Provided always, That the three foregoing propositions herein offered are on the conditions that the convention of the said State shall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States...
Seite 288 - State, and which shall be sold by Congress from and after the first day of January...