The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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Page 29
... banks of the Mississippi.3 Cabeza had seen one of the mouths of the river , but De Soto was probably the first ... bank can just see a man standing on the opposite side . Here the Spaniards crossed . They made a long circuit of many ...
... banks of the Mississippi.3 Cabeza had seen one of the mouths of the river , but De Soto was probably the first ... bank can just see a man standing on the opposite side . Here the Spaniards crossed . They made a long circuit of many ...
Page 52
... could easily be reached from there . 1 The peninsula is now an island . It is about thirty miles up the river , on the northern bank . SUFFERINGS OF THE COLONISTS . 53 Next , they owned 52 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
... could easily be reached from there . 1 The peninsula is now an island . It is about thirty miles up the river , on the northern bank . SUFFERINGS OF THE COLONISTS . 53 Next , they owned 52 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
Page 57
... banks of the James or other rivers , and vessels could load at them direct for England . Hence there was no need of a port to which to carry the produce . The cultivation of tobacco - espe- cially by unskilled slave labor - exhausted ...
... banks of the James or other rivers , and vessels could load at them direct for England . Hence there was no need of a port to which to carry the produce . The cultivation of tobacco - espe- cially by unskilled slave labor - exhausted ...
Page 68
... bank only of a river , he was to have sixteen miles of water - front ; if on both banks , he was to have eight miles on each . Inland , he might extend his settle- ment as far as he could occupy the soil to advantage . cases he was to ...
... bank only of a river , he was to have sixteen miles of water - front ; if on both banks , he was to have eight miles on each . Inland , he might extend his settle- ment as far as he could occupy the soil to advantage . cases he was to ...
Page 69
... banks of the Hudson , extending twenty - four miles along the river , and reaching twice that distance back . Additions were made to the territory , so that eventually it embraced the three present counties of Albany , Rensselaer , and ...
... banks of the Hudson , extending twenty - four miles along the river , and reaching twice that distance back . Additions were made to the territory , so that eventually it embraced the three present counties of Albany , Rensselaer , and ...
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