History of Wyoming: In a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to His Son William Penn MinerJ. Crissy, 1845 - 592 páginas |
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... side , looking up the river , Monockasy island , seeming to repose so sweetly , on the glassy bosom of the Susquehanna , is a landscape worthy the ablest pencil . But from Inman's Hill , the eye embracing part of Hanover , and the broad ...
... side , looking up the river , Monockasy island , seeming to repose so sweetly , on the glassy bosom of the Susquehanna , is a landscape worthy the ablest pencil . But from Inman's Hill , the eye embracing part of Hanover , and the broad ...
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... side of lakes Erie and Ontario , on both sides of the Mississippi , and on the north side of those lakes , " & c . 66 An extract from " Remarks on the Policy and Practice of the United States and Great Britain , in their treatment of ...
... side of lakes Erie and Ontario , on both sides of the Mississippi , and on the north side of those lakes , " & c . 66 An extract from " Remarks on the Policy and Practice of the United States and Great Britain , in their treatment of ...
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... side of the river . " In the valley of Wyoming , there exists some remains of ancient fortifications , which appear to have been constructed by a race of people very different in their habits from those who occupied the place when first ...
... side of the river . " In the valley of Wyoming , there exists some remains of ancient fortifications , which appear to have been constructed by a race of people very different in their habits from those who occupied the place when first ...
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... side of the river ; that Wyoming , therefore , must have been , so late as 1715 , and for a time indefinitely previous , the occasional residence of the kings of two of the Five Nations . Depending on hunting and fishing for subsistence ...
... side of the river ; that Wyoming , therefore , must have been , so late as 1715 , and for a time indefinitely previous , the occasional residence of the kings of two of the Five Nations . Depending on hunting and fishing for subsistence ...
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... side of the river , in the lower part of the Wyoming valley . The Shawanese * * Gov. Cass thus speaks of the Shawanese . " Their history is involved in much obscurity . Their language is Algonquin , and closely allied to the Kickapoo ...
... side of the river , in the lower part of the Wyoming valley . The Shawanese * * Gov. Cass thus speaks of the Shawanese . " Their history is involved in much obscurity . Their language is Algonquin , and closely allied to the Kickapoo ...
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Página 374 - ... or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Página 160 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 74 - I thank you, in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet, which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you, that you left under ground that murdering hatchet that has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Página 418 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 74 - I do not sleep; I have my eyes open, and the sun which enlightens me, discovers to me a great captain at the head of a company of soldiers who speaks as if he were dreaming.
Página 37 - This is the behavior of the wise united nations. But we find you are none of our blood ; you act a dishonest part not only in this, but in other matters ; your ears are ever open to slanderous reports about your brethren. For all these reasons we charge you to remove instantly, we don't give you the liberty to think about it. You are women.
Página 64 - English miles to the northward of the said river called Monomack, alias Merrimack, or to the northward of any and every part thereof, and all lands and hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the limits aforesaid, north and south in latitude and breadth, and in length and longitude, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands there, from the Atlantic and western sea and ocean on the east part, to the south sea...
Página 37 - We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women. Nor is it fit you should have the power of selling lands, since you / would abuse it.
Página 146 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Página 350 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this revolution, and retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency, and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity, which has hitherto been spent in honor?