Report on the Boundaries of the Province of Ontario: Containing in Part the Substance of a Report Prepared for the Government of the Province in 1872, by David Mills and Afterwards Revised and Considerably Enlarged by the Author for the Purposes of the Arbitration Between the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario |
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... Islands , in the mouth of Green Bay . He was succeeded by the Rev. Claude Alouéz , who explored the shores of Lakes ... Island , was rebuilt , and a garrison of 30 soldiers kept here . The French were then at war with the Foxes , and it ...
... Islands , in the mouth of Green Bay . He was succeeded by the Rev. Claude Alouéz , who explored the shores of Lakes ... Island , was rebuilt , and a garrison of 30 soldiers kept here . The French were then at war with the Foxes , and it ...
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... Island . They also saw the Sauteux . M. Perrot was well acquainted with the Indian languages , and explained to them the purpose of their mission . He dispatched messengers to the various tribes in the vicinity of the Falls , inviting ...
... Island . They also saw the Sauteux . M. Perrot was well acquainted with the Indian languages , and explained to them the purpose of their mission . He dispatched messengers to the various tribes in the vicinity of the Falls , inviting ...
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... Island , and the River St. Louis , formerly called the Mississippi , from the sea shore to the Illinois , 1 together ... islands , we will , to be , and remain comprised under the name of the Government of Louisiana , which shall be ...
... Island , and the River St. Louis , formerly called the Mississippi , from the sea shore to the Illinois , 1 together ... islands , we will , to be , and remain comprised under the name of the Government of Louisiana , which shall be ...
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... islands belonging thereto on the left , unto the Cape or Promon- tory called Cape Breton . And to the south , by the great Atlantic Ocean , drawing to the south - west from the said Cape Breton by Cape Sable , taking in the island of ...
... islands belonging thereto on the left , unto the Cape or Promon- tory called Cape Breton . And to the south , by the great Atlantic Ocean , drawing to the south - west from the said Cape Breton by Cape Sable , taking in the island of ...
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... Island St. Helen , and other forts shall be treated in the same manner , and shall have the same honours ; and these troops shall go to Montreal or Three Rivers , or Quebec , to be there embarked for the first seaport in France , by the ...
... Island St. Helen , and other forts shall be treated in the same manner , and shall have the same honours ; and these troops shall go to Montreal or Three Rivers , or Quebec , to be there embarked for the first seaport in France , by the ...
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Page 39 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Page 112 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every port, place and harbour within the same...
Page 105 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods...
Page 66 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council...
Page 64 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby...
Page 29 - ... that a line drawn from the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Page 63 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source to the River Iberville.
Page 65 - And we do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sovereignty, Protection and Dominion, for the Use of the said Indians, all the Lands and Territories...
Page 34 - Assemblies can be called as aforesaid, all Persons Inhabiting in or resorting to our Said Colonies may confide in our Royal Protection for the Enjoyment of the Benefit of the Laws of our Realm of England...
Page 30 - British subjects with their goods and produce, shall be treated on the same footing as citizens of the United States; it being however always understood that nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing, or intended to prevent, the Government of the United States from making any regulations respecting the navigation of the said river or rivers, not inconsistent with the present treaty.