The Mississippi Valley, and Prehistoric Events: Giving an Account of the Original Formation and Early Condition of the Great Valley ; of Its Vegetable and Animal Life ; of Its First Inhabitants, the Mound Builders, Its Mineral Treasures and Agricultural Developments ; All from Authentic Sources |
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... important questions of another ; and in others the whole world had to be pretty well known before the true theory could be framed . There was a great attraction in mak- ing fresh discoveries , the interest the questions raised con ...
... important questions of another ; and in others the whole world had to be pretty well known before the true theory could be framed . There was a great attraction in mak- ing fresh discoveries , the interest the questions raised con ...
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... important and wonderful revelations . For instance , light , as reflected by different objects , was found to make various revelations as to the nature of those objects , and by this means a multitude of facts in regard to the constitu ...
... important and wonderful revelations . For instance , light , as reflected by different objects , was found to make various revelations as to the nature of those objects , and by this means a multitude of facts in regard to the constitu ...
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... important regions of the earth , are given in the First Part of this work . So far as we can discover all the la- bors of nature are directed toward an ultimate end in connection with man . The Mississippi Valley seems to have been ...
... important regions of the earth , are given in the First Part of this work . So far as we can discover all the la- bors of nature are directed toward an ultimate end in connection with man . The Mississippi Valley seems to have been ...
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... important aid in classifying rocks . The life force , as has been said , varies the forms according to the condition of the climate , of the air and the water , and a thou- sand local or general circumstances . These indications ...
... important aid in classifying rocks . The life force , as has been said , varies the forms according to the condition of the climate , of the air and the water , and a thou- sand local or general circumstances . These indications ...
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... important ends . These uplifts , when they broke and turned up the edges of the rocks , produced a great amount of heat , and the quality of the coal beds pre- viously formed there was much improved thereby . The vari- ous layers of ...
... important ends . These uplifts , when they broke and turned up the edges of the rocks , produced a great amount of heat , and the quality of the coal beds pre- viously formed there was much improved thereby . The vari- ous layers of ...
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Page 281 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Page 280 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Page 289 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a...
Page 280 - 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.
Page 280 - 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.
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Page 281 - 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.