Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western TerritoryD. Appleton & Company, 1847 - 501 Seiten |
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... possessed themselves of some horses belonging to the Indians , and returned to Columbia . In a few days , the Indians brought in Captain Flinn's rifle , and begged Major Stites to restore their horses - alledging that they were innocent ...
... possessed themselves of some horses belonging to the Indians , and returned to Columbia . In a few days , the Indians brought in Captain Flinn's rifle , and begged Major Stites to restore their horses - alledging that they were innocent ...
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... possessed to a great extent , as it was a part of their education . It led them to avoid dan- ger , when the object in view was not sufficiently important to overbalance the loss , which success , or victory , would cost ; but when they ...
... possessed to a great extent , as it was a part of their education . It led them to avoid dan- ger , when the object in view was not sufficiently important to overbalance the loss , which success , or victory , would cost ; but when they ...
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... , government possessed power to preserve peace and good order on the frontiers . He maintained that it was true economy to regulate events , instead of being regulated by them ; and to provide 8 NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY . 113.
... , government possessed power to preserve peace and good order on the frontiers . He maintained that it was true economy to regulate events , instead of being regulated by them ; and to provide 8 NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY . 113.
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... possessed , till the Indians should be com- pelled to sue for peace . He informed the Secretary , that the greatest difficulty , under which he then labored , was the want of a sufficient force , occasioned by the non - arrival of the ...
... possessed , till the Indians should be com- pelled to sue for peace . He informed the Secretary , that the greatest difficulty , under which he then labored , was the want of a sufficient force , occasioned by the non - arrival of the ...
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... possessed , I now sa- lute you . When I gave you my hand , you said ' I thank you , and am glad to take your hand , Pottawattamie , ' and you thanked the other Indians also , and told them you had opened a road for them to come and see ...
... possessed , I now sa- lute you . When I gave you my hand , you said ' I thank you , and am glad to take your hand , Pottawattamie , ' and you thanked the other Indians also , and told them you had opened a road for them to come and see ...
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Seite 367 - 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 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 321 - 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 303 - 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 438 - 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...