History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the Three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain: And the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement and Extension of Civil Government by the United States Until the Year 1846, 2. köideHarper & Bros., 1846 |
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... British Commissioners at Oswego in 1777 , and take up Arms against the frontier People . - The frontier People become daring and vin- dictive . - Influence of Indian Warfare upon Manners and Usages of the Whites.- Compelled to adopt the ...
... British Commissioners at Oswego in 1777 , and take up Arms against the frontier People . - The frontier People become daring and vin- dictive . - Influence of Indian Warfare upon Manners and Usages of the Whites.- Compelled to adopt the ...
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... British Agency the Source of Indian Hostilities . - Attack on Wheeling Fort , and on Rice's Fort . Lower Ohio . - General Clark invades the Indian Country in 1782. - Effects of this Invasion . - Domestic Prosperity of Kentucky ...
... British Agency the Source of Indian Hostilities . - Attack on Wheeling Fort , and on Rice's Fort . Lower Ohio . - General Clark invades the Indian Country in 1782. - Effects of this Invasion . - Domestic Prosperity of Kentucky ...
Page ix
... British Cabinet . - British and Indian Alliance during the Revolutionary War . - Western Feeling toward the Indians . - Jealousy of the Indians at the rapid Advance of the White Settlements . - Measures of Con- gress to conciliate ...
... British Cabinet . - British and Indian Alliance during the Revolutionary War . - Western Feeling toward the Indians . - Jealousy of the Indians at the rapid Advance of the White Settlements . - Measures of Con- gress to conciliate ...
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... British Emissaries.- General Wayne concentrates his Forces at Fort Greenville . - The advanced Posts harassed by Indians . - Plan of Encampment at Greenville . - Lord Dorchester - Pres- ident Washington's Views of Indian Tactics ...
... British Emissaries.- General Wayne concentrates his Forces at Fort Greenville . - The advanced Posts harassed by Indians . - Plan of Encampment at Greenville . - Lord Dorchester - Pres- ident Washington's Views of Indian Tactics ...
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... British Policy of instigating savage Warfare . - Population and Settlements in 1813. - Origin of Creek Hostilities . - Prosperous Condition of the Creeks in 1812.- British Instigation from Canada . - Tecumseh stirs up a war Party in the ...
... British Policy of instigating savage Warfare . - Population and Settlements in 1813. - Origin of Creek Hostilities . - Prosperous Condition of the Creeks in 1812.- British Instigation from Canada . - Tecumseh stirs up a war Party in the ...
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Page 226 - 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.
Page 226 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 579 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas...
Page 226 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress...
Page 579 - Second. Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports, and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence belonging to said Republic of Texas...
Page 579 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 566 - From the time of the battle of San Jacinto, in April, 1836, to the present moment, Texas has exhibited the same external signs of national independence as Mexico herself, and with quite as much stability of government. Practically free and independent, acknowledged as a political sovereignty by the principal powers...
Page 360 - A PROCLAMATION. Whereas information has been received that sundry persons, citizens of the United States or residents within the same, are conspiring and confederating together to begin and set on foot, provide, and prepare the means for a military expedition or enterprise against the dominions of Spain...
Page 235 - O yes,' that a court is opened for the administration of even-handed justice, to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the innocent, without respect of persons ; none to be punished without a trial by their peers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case.
Page 579 - State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.