Memoirs, Official and Personal: With Sketches of Travels Among the Northern and Southern Indians : Embracing a War Excursion, and Descriptions of Scenes Along the Western Borders, Bände 1-2Paine and Burgess, 1846 - 136 Seiten |
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... the preservation of the capital , if the business had been wound up immediately after the sacrifice that had been made on the sale of the unsuitable articles which have been referred to ; or after one of 24 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
... the preservation of the capital , if the business had been wound up immediately after the sacrifice that had been made on the sale of the unsuitable articles which have been referred to ; or after one of 24 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
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... referred to ; or after one of those seasons which occasionally occurred , when the worms obtained the mastery , and the fragments of their ravages , not being worth the cost of transportation to market , were thrown into the lake or the ...
... referred to ; or after one of those seasons which occasionally occurred , when the worms obtained the mastery , and the fragments of their ravages , not being worth the cost of transportation to market , were thrown into the lake or the ...
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... inquiry , of the auditor - Are my accounts settled , sir ? I was referred to his clerk . Of him I received for answer , " They are , sir , so far as they can be . " I soon learned the obstacle to be 26 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
... inquiry , of the auditor - Are my accounts settled , sir ? I was referred to his clerk . Of him I received for answer , " They are , sir , so far as they can be . " I soon learned the obstacle to be 26 MEMOIRS , & c . , & c .
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... referred to the improved condition of the Cherokees on this side of the Mississippi , in a moral , intel- lectual , and religious point of view , & c . ; to the slow pro- gress I make in translating the New Testament , in conse- quence ...
... referred to the improved condition of the Cherokees on this side of the Mississippi , in a moral , intel- lectual , and religious point of view , & c . ; to the slow pro- gress I make in translating the New Testament , in conse- quence ...
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... referred to , to the correspond- ing secretaries and others friendly to the cause of the Indians , and to their rescue from the sad condition in which they were everywhere known to be ; and in 1819 , the act of Congress was passed ...
... referred to , to the correspond- ing secretaries and others friendly to the cause of the Indians , and to their rescue from the sad condition in which they were everywhere known to be ; and in 1819 , the act of Congress was passed ...
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Seite 22 - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Seite 120 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Seite 45 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Seite 32 - ... is affectionate to his children, careful of them, and indulgent in the extreme; that his affections comprehend his other connections, weakening, as with us, from circle to circle, as they recede from the centre; that his friendships are strong and faithful to the uttermost extremity...
Seite 255 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Seite 45 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Seite 236 - Being deeply impressed with the opinion that the removal of the Indian tribes from the lands which they now occupy within the limits of the several States and Territories to the country lying westward and northward thereof, within our acknowledged boundaries, is of very high importance to our Union, and may be accomplished on conditions...
Seite 255 - States, forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment not exceeding twelve months...
Seite vii - I know of no people, among whom there is such a uniformity of features (except the Chinese, the Jews, and the Negroes) as among the Asiatic Tartars. They are distinguished, indeed, by different tribes ; but this is only nominal. Nature has not acknowledged the distinction, but, on the contrary, marked them, wherever found, with the indisputable stamp of Tartars. Whether in Nova Zembla, Mongolia, Greenland, or on the banks of the Mississippi, they are the same people, forming the most numerous, and,...
Seite 29 - On that day, when our chieftains lay dead — lay dead, On that day when our chieftains lay dead, I fought hand to hand, at the head of my band, And here, on my breast, have I bled, And here, on my breast, have I bled.