Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to EmigrantsMichigan Publishing, 1854 - 264 Seiten |
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Seite 75
... crossed it in 1835 , thus describes it : - men . " For about twenty - five miles since we crossed the Elk- horn , and between this river and the Platte , which are about ten miles apart , there is not a single hill . It is rich bottom ...
... crossed it in 1835 , thus describes it : - men . " For about twenty - five miles since we crossed the Elk- horn , and between this river and the Platte , which are about ten miles apart , there is not a single hill . It is rich bottom ...
Seite 78
... crossing the head waters of the Platte and the various forks of the Kanzas , leads to the Pueblo , on the Arkansas , and to Bent's Fort . This trail opens to observation a country mostly barren , like the plains below , sometimes broken ...
... crossing the head waters of the Platte and the various forks of the Kanzas , leads to the Pueblo , on the Arkansas , and to Bent's Fort . This trail opens to observation a country mostly barren , like the plains below , sometimes broken ...
Seite 90
... crossed to the usual emigrant trail in the valley of the Nebraska river . " From the belt of wood which borders the Kanzas , in which we had passed several good - looking Indian farms , we suddenly emerged on the prairies , which ...
... crossed to the usual emigrant trail in the valley of the Nebraska river . " From the belt of wood which borders the Kanzas , in which we had passed several good - looking Indian farms , we suddenly emerged on the prairies , which ...
Seite 91
... crossing . I had expected to find the river fordable , but it had been swollen by the late rains , and was sweeping by with an angry current , yellow and turbid as the Missouri . Up to this point the road we had travelled was a remark ...
... crossing . I had expected to find the river fordable , but it had been swollen by the late rains , and was sweeping by with an angry current , yellow and turbid as the Missouri . Up to this point the road we had travelled was a remark ...
Seite 92
... they flourished abundantly . We crossed , at ten A. M. , the Big Vermilion , which has a rich bottom of about one mile in breadth , one - third of which is ( 6 THE DIVIDE . " 93 occupied by timber 92 KANZAS AND NEBRASKA .
... they flourished abundantly . We crossed , at ten A. M. , the Big Vermilion , which has a rich bottom of about one mile in breadth , one - third of which is ( 6 THE DIVIDE . " 93 occupied by timber 92 KANZAS AND NEBRASKA .
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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...