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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... regular courses , over each of which a weight pole was laid , and retained in its place by short blocks of wood at right an- gles intervening . The roof being completed , a door was cut out and faced , and also a window , if it were ...
... regular courses , over each of which a weight pole was laid , and retained in its place by short blocks of wood at right an- gles intervening . The roof being completed , a door was cut out and faced , and also a window , if it were ...
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... regular supper dish . * After domestic stock began to multiply , one of the standing dishes in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky was " hog and hommony . " Vegetables at length began to be cultivated in abundance , and every garden ...
... regular supper dish . * After domestic stock began to multiply , one of the standing dishes in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky was " hog and hommony . " Vegetables at length began to be cultivated in abundance , and every garden ...
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... regular hunting tour , exhibited a fair specimen of " Kentucky hunters , " securing skins and peltries , and faring sumptuously on wild flesh without bread . [ A.D. 1770. ] In the spring the proceeds of the winter's hunt were sent by ...
... regular hunting tour , exhibited a fair specimen of " Kentucky hunters , " securing skins and peltries , and faring sumptuously on wild flesh without bread . [ A.D. 1770. ] In the spring the proceeds of the winter's hunt were sent by ...
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... regular colony . He was an active and useful member of the little Republic of Transylvania until the following year , when it was merged in the " county of Kentucky . " In 1777 he was appointed cap- tain , and served in defense of the ...
... regular colony . He was an active and useful member of the little Republic of Transylvania until the following year , when it was merged in the " county of Kentucky . " In 1777 he was appointed cap- tain , and served in defense of the ...
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... regular hunting - tour , and with one meal in his wallet directed his eager steps toward Kentucky . From the head waters of the Great Miami , traversing the wil- derness alone on foot , more than one hundred and fifty miles in six days ...
... regular hunting - tour , and with one meal in his wallet directed his eager steps toward Kentucky . From the head waters of the Great Miami , traversing the wil- derness alone on foot , more than one hundred and fifty miles in six days ...
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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 225 - 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.
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 - ... 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 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 564 - ... political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations...
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Page 360 - I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, warning and enjoining all faithful citizens who have been led without due knowledge or consideration to participate in the said unlawful enterprises to withdraw from the same without delay, and commanding all persons whatsoever engaged or concerned in the same to cease all further proceedings therein, as they will answer the contrary at their peril. And...
Page 579 - First, Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments...
Page 17 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.