The History of Wisconsin: v. 1. HistoricalB. Brown, 1854 |
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... immediately responsible , as the events have transpired within his own personal recollec- tions . The compiler is aware that , in the perusal of almost every page of the early history , observations will present themselves to the reader ...
... immediately responsible , as the events have transpired within his own personal recollec- tions . The compiler is aware that , in the perusal of almost every page of the early history , observations will present themselves to the reader ...
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... immediately detached one of his men named Dacan , with Father Hennepin , with instructions to ascend the Mis- sissippi above the Illinois River , and , if possible , to proceed to its source . These two voyagers left Fort Crèvecœur on ...
... immediately detached one of his men named Dacan , with Father Hennepin , with instructions to ascend the Mis- sissippi above the Illinois River , and , if possible , to proceed to its source . These two voyagers left Fort Crèvecœur on ...
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... immediately on the surrender of the charter of Crozat , a new institution was established under the direction of John Law , called the " Company of the West , " or more commonly , " The Mississippi Company . " Its legal existence was ...
... immediately on the surrender of the charter of Crozat , a new institution was established under the direction of John Law , called the " Company of the West , " or more commonly , " The Mississippi Company . " Its legal existence was ...
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... immediately garrisoned by them with an officer and thirty men , but soon after the surprise and capture of Michillimackinac , this fort was also taken possession of by the Indians , and the Bri- tish left this quarter of the country ...
... immediately garrisoned by them with an officer and thirty men , but soon after the surprise and capture of Michillimackinac , this fort was also taken possession of by the Indians , and the Bri- tish left this quarter of the country ...
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... immediately thrown off , and a volley from the concealed soldiers , together with a discharge from the swivel , did murderous execution on the thickly crowded Ottagamies . Scarcely had they time to recover from their first surprise ...
... immediately thrown off , and a volley from the concealed soldiers , together with a discharge from the swivel , did murderous execution on the thickly crowded Ottagamies . Scarcely had they time to recover from their first surprise ...
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Seite 169 - 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 170 - 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 388 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Seite 169 - 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 223 - This principle was, that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Seite 171 - States; that the committee deem it highly dangerous and inexpedient to impair a provision wisely calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of the Northwestern country, and to give strength and security to that extensive frontier.
Seite 224 - The term foreign nation is, with strict propriety, applicable by either to the other. But the relation of the Indians to the United States is marked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions which exist no where else.
Seite 231 - But the Americans I did not make. They are not my children, but the children of the evil spirit. They grew from the scum of the great water, when it was troubled by the evil spirit, and the froth was driven into the woods by a strong east wind. They are numerous, but I hate them.
Seite 388 - And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the constitutions between the thirteen original States, and each of the States described in the resolve.
Seite 312 - April, one thousand six hundred and eighty-two, in virtue of the commission of his Majesty, which I hold in my hand, and which may be seen by all whom it may concern, have taken, and do now take, in the name of his Majesty and of his...