The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 Seiten |
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... fire , and casting aside his maps and charts , and discarding for a time his practical and scientific lore , he met them upon their own grounds , and pouring forth " those magnificent texts of Scripture , and those mysterious ...
... fire , and casting aside his maps and charts , and discarding for a time his practical and scientific lore , he met them upon their own grounds , and pouring forth " those magnificent texts of Scripture , and those mysterious ...
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... fire was sufficient for its discussion . Here all the warriors and sages assembled . Eloquence and superstition inflamed their minds . The orator awoke their martial ardor , and they were wrought up to a kind of religious desperation ...
... fire was sufficient for its discussion . Here all the warriors and sages assembled . Eloquence and superstition inflamed their minds . The orator awoke their martial ardor , and they were wrought up to a kind of religious desperation ...
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... fire , " as the flames preyed on his vitals , and the flesh shrunk from the sinews , " he repeated in emphatic tones his last song of triumph , breathing in every word the defiance of an unconquered heart , and died without a groan ...
... fire , " as the flames preyed on his vitals , and the flesh shrunk from the sinews , " he repeated in emphatic tones his last song of triumph , breathing in every word the defiance of an unconquered heart , and died without a groan ...
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... fire , and died , says his biographer , " as quietly as a child in his bed . " For him , the counsels of the Almighty had chosen a Saviour for him , the laws of nature had been suspended . The heavens had opened - the earth had quaked ...
... fire , and died , says his biographer , " as quietly as a child in his bed . " For him , the counsels of the Almighty had chosen a Saviour for him , the laws of nature had been suspended . The heavens had opened - the earth had quaked ...
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... fire in his wretched cabin , and in another he dozes away his time under the shade , in a state of joyless inactivity ; and as intoxicating liquors awaken him from this torpid state , his passion for them is excessive . Whatever may be ...
... fire in his wretched cabin , and in another he dozes away his time under the shade , in a state of joyless inactivity ; and as intoxicating liquors awaken him from this torpid state , his passion for them is excessive . Whatever may be ...
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afterward American appointed arms army arrived attack authority bank battle battle of Tippecanoe became Black Hawk British Cahokia Canada canal Captain cents chief Colonel Clarke colony command commenced council debt Detroit enemy England English erected expedition fire followed force Fort Frontenac France French friends garrison glory Governor honor hostile hundred Illinois Illinois river immediately Indians inhabitants interest Iroquois Joseph Smith Kaskaskia Kentucky king Lake Lake Michigan land latter Legislature Louis Louis XIV Louisiana massacre ment miles militia Mississippi Mormon nation natives Nauvoo New-York officers Ohio once party passed peace person possession Pottawatomies prairie Prairie Du Chien present prisoners prophet Quebec received returned river Salle savage says sent settlement Shawneetown soldiers soon sought Spain surrender Tecumseh territory thence thereupon thither thousand dollars tion town treaty tribes troops United village Virginia warriors whole wounded
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Seite 25 - 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.
Seite 442 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship.
Seite 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Seite 227 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 98 - ... and convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 210 - ... that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in America, do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the West or Northwest...
Seite 263 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Seite 98 - In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Seite 263 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Seite 263 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.