Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western TerritoryD. Appleton & Company, 1847 - 501 Seiten |
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... . - Its members . - The formation of the Constitution . The question of Slavery . - The Northern boundary.— Refusal to submit the Constitution to the people . - Reflections . 350 CHAPTER XX . Sketch of the life of Gov. St. xiv CONTENTS .
... . - Its members . - The formation of the Constitution . The question of Slavery . - The Northern boundary.— Refusal to submit the Constitution to the people . - Reflections . 350 CHAPTER XX . Sketch of the life of Gov. St. xiv CONTENTS .
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... boundary of the town , as originally laid out . It was composed of a number of strongly built , hewed - log cabins , a story and a half high , calculated for soldier's barracks . Some of them , more conveniently arranged , and better ...
... boundary of the town , as originally laid out . It was composed of a number of strongly built , hewed - log cabins , a story and a half high , calculated for soldier's barracks . Some of them , more conveniently arranged , and better ...
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... boundaries between them and the United States , agreeably to such instructions as should be given him , for that purpose . " In pursuance of that order he assembled the Indians at Marietta , in January following , and negotiated " the ...
... boundaries between them and the United States , agreeably to such instructions as should be given him , for that purpose . " In pursuance of that order he assembled the Indians at Marietta , in January following , and negotiated " the ...
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... boundary of the United States ; and that the Count de Vergennes favored that claim . It appears also from the diplomatic correspondence on that subject , that the only tenable ground , on which the Ameri- can commissioners relied , to ...
... boundary of the United States ; and that the Count de Vergennes favored that claim . It appears also from the diplomatic correspondence on that subject , that the only tenable ground , on which the Ameri- can commissioners relied , to ...
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... boundary . One might have supposed that the rude imputation con- veyed in the deliberate act of dishonoring his drafts , in fa- vor of persons who had advanced for the support of his re- giment , almost every thing they were worth ...
... boundary . One might have supposed that the rude imputation con- veyed in the deliberate act of dishonoring his drafts , in fa- vor of persons who had advanced for the support of his re- giment , almost every thing they were worth ...
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acres adopted American appointed army arrived assembled attack authorised boundary British Captain Chillicothe Chippeways Cincinnati claim Clair College township Colonel command commenced Commissioners Congress consequence Constitution Convention Council Court Delawares Detroit duty Elder brother enemy established fact father fifteen fires formed Fort Washington friends garrison Governor grant ground happy Harmar hundred Indians inhabitants John Cleves Symmes Judge Symmes Kentucky land Legislative Legislature Little Miami river Little Turtle Major ment Miami Purchase Miami river miles military militia mouth Muskingum Muskingum river nations North-western Territory object officers Ohio Ohio river opinion Ordinance Ottawas party passed peace persons Pottawattamies present President proceeded provision purchase purpose received Sandusky sent session settled settlement Shawanees soon Spirit spoke as follows taken Territory tion told town township tract treaty treaty of Greenville tribes troops United villages Wabash Washington Wayne Wyandots younger brothers
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Seite 365 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Seite 366 - 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...
Seite 222 - I have now informed you of , the boundaries of the Miami nation, where the Great Spirit placed my forefather a long time ago, and charged him not to sell or part with his lands, but to preserve them for his posterity.
Seite 319 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Seite 246 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Seite 301 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...
Seite 270 - I now fervently pray to the Great Spirit, that the peace now established may be permanent, and that it- may hold us together in the bonds of friendship, until time shall be no more. I also pray that the Great Spirit above may enlighten your minds, and open your eyes to your true happiness, that your children may learn to cultivate the earth, and enjoy the fruits of peace and industry.
Seite 436 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Seite 172 - Price, who was directed to keep sufficiently advanced, so as to give timely notice for the troops to form in case of action, it being yet undetermined whether the Indians would decide for peace or war. "After advancing about five miles...
Seite 358 - Government of the Territory, the southern boundary of that lake was laid down as being near the forty-second degree of north latitude, and there was a pencil line passing through the southern bend of the lake to the Canada line, which intersected the strait between the River Raisin and the town of Detroit. That line was manifestly intended by the committee and by Congress to be the northern boundary of this state...