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 1816 to 1856Bingham & 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 . - ......... 205 Territory of the United States ...
... Major Hamtramck at Vincennes , ....... 18T CHAPTER XVIII . Symmes ' purchase - Ohio Company of Associates - settlement of Symmes ' purchase Fort Washington built , ........ CHAPTER XIX . - ......... 205 Territory of the United States ...
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... Major GEORGE WASHINGTON was sent , by Gov- ernor Dinwiddie , to the west as the bearer of an official letter to the commandant of the French forces in this quarter . The letter , which required the French forces to withdraw from the ...
... Major GEORGE WASHINGTON was sent , by Gov- ernor Dinwiddie , to the west as the bearer of an official letter to the commandant of the French forces in this quarter . The letter , which required the French forces to withdraw from 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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acres aforesaid Allegheny mountains American appointed army arrived assembly attack bank Benjamin Parke boundary British Brothers camp Captain chief citizens Clair Clark Colonel colonies command commissioners Congress council court creek December Delawares detachment Detroit Eel river encamped enemy English established expedition fire force Fort Washington Fort Wayne French frontiers Governor Harrison Governor St granted Hamtramck Harmar horses hundred Illinois Illinois country Indian tribes Indiana territory inhabitants John Jonathan Jennings July Kaskaskia Kentucky Kickapoos killed lake lands legislature letter Lieutenant Major Maumee ment Miami village miles militia Mississippi mouth nations o'clock officers Ouiatenon party Pennsylvania persons Piankeshaw possession Post Vincennes Pottawattamies present President prisoners provisions received regiment river Ohio river Wabash sent settlements settlers Shawanees slaves soon speech thence thousand town tract trade troops Virginia Wabash river warriors Washington Wayne western William Henry Harrison wounded Wyandots
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Seite 600 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Seite 97 - 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. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
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 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 597 - ... to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parents.
Seite 601 - ... an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. 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 601 - 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 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory...
Seite 601 - 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 598 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.