Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty-five : Compiled from the Most Authentic SourcesJ. R. Albach, 1847 - 591 pagina's History structured on a chronology table beginning in 1512 when Juan Ponce de León (1460?-1521) discovered Florida and continued with Spanish and French explorers of the Mississippi River and region and the development of Mid-West and its effects on relationships with Indians . |
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Pagina 7
... side of which meadow was a stream running westward , which led , beyond doubt , to the South Sea . " If God give me health , " says our Jesuit , " I do not despair of one day making the discovery . " Leaving the Missouri , they passed ...
... side of which meadow was a stream running westward , which led , beyond doubt , to the South Sea . " If God give me health , " says our Jesuit , " I do not despair of one day making the discovery . " Leaving the Missouri , they passed ...
Pagina 18
... side , otherwise called Ohio , Alighin , Sipore , or Chukagona , and this with the consent of the Chaounons , Chichachaws , and other peo- ple dwelling therein , with whom we have made alliance ; as also along the River Colbert or ...
... side , otherwise called Ohio , Alighin , Sipore , or Chukagona , and this with the consent of the Chaounons , Chichachaws , and other peo- ple dwelling therein , with whom we have made alliance ; as also along the River Colbert or ...
Pagina 19
... side . Having seen this completed , and the necessary steps taken to pre- serve a good understanding with the Indians , and also to keep up a good trade with them , in the autumn of 1683 , the Chevalier sailed for his native land ...
... side . Having seen this completed , and the necessary steps taken to pre- serve a good understanding with the Indians , and also to keep up a good trade with them , in the autumn of 1683 , the Chevalier sailed for his native land ...
Pagina 26
... side of a river , and the water for two days was so high that they could not cross . La Salle , meantime , was growing anxious also ; his nephew so long absent , what meant it ? and he went about asking if Duhaut had not been a ...
... side of a river , and the water for two days was so high that they could not cross . La Salle , meantime , was growing anxious also ; his nephew so long absent , what meant it ? and he went about asking if Duhaut had not been a ...
Pagina 41
... side , by covering themselves with bear skins . The story may be found in Hall's Sketches of the West , i . 181. Nicolet , however , in his Report to Congress , ( p . 79 , ) says it was not named Massac or Massacre , but Marsiac : while ...
... side , by covering themselves with bear skins . The story may be found in Hall's Sketches of the West , i . 181. Nicolet , however , in his Report to Congress , ( p . 79 , ) says it was not named Massac or Massacre , but Marsiac : while ...
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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which ... James Handasyd Perkins Volledige weergave - 1846 |
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Pagina 478 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
Pagina 298 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Pagina 298 - 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.
Pagina 297 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Pagina 297 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Pagina 262 - Acts perfectly consistent not only with Justice and Equity but with that Spirit of Conciliation which on the return of the Blessings of Peace should universally prevail.
Pagina 294 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Pagina 293 - Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Pagina 296 - ART. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury ; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.
Pagina 227 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United 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...