History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio, Volume 1Munsell & Company, 1892 - Columbus (Ohio) |
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... Scioto River Alfred E. Lee . 281 Alfred E. Lee . 291 Alfred E. Lee . 301 Chapter XIX . From Trail to Turnpike Alfred E. Lee . 311 Chapter XX . The National Road Alfred E. Lee . 320 Chapter XXI . The Canal Alfred E. Lee . 330 Chapter ...
... Scioto River Alfred E. Lee . 281 Alfred E. Lee . 291 Alfred E. Lee . 301 Chapter XIX . From Trail to Turnpike Alfred E. Lee . 311 Chapter XX . The National Road Alfred E. Lee . 320 Chapter XXI . The Canal Alfred E. Lee . 330 Chapter ...
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... Scioto and the Miami , some of these men turned aside to explore the country north of the river and there found themselves im- mersed in Majestic woods , of every vigorous green , Stage above stage , high waving o'er the hills , Or to ...
... Scioto and the Miami , some of these men turned aside to explore the country north of the river and there found themselves im- mersed in Majestic woods , of every vigorous green , Stage above stage , high waving o'er the hills , Or to ...
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... Scioto Valley , through which he was conducted during his captivity , as " exceedingly fertile " and " remarkable for fine springs and streams of water . " Others speak of it as marshy and malarious . Smith's narrative contains the ...
... Scioto Valley , through which he was conducted during his captivity , as " exceedingly fertile " and " remarkable for fine springs and streams of water . " Others speak of it as marshy and malarious . Smith's narrative contains the ...
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... Scioto . " In his description of Lake Erie , about 1687 , La Hanton ( quoted by Professor Brayton ) says : " I cannot express what quantities of deer and turkeys are to be found in these woods and in the vast woods that lie on the south ...
... Scioto . " In his description of Lake Erie , about 1687 , La Hanton ( quoted by Professor Brayton ) says : " I cannot express what quantities of deer and turkeys are to be found in these woods and in the vast woods that lie on the south ...
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... Scioto , in considerable numbers , but the newly settled inhabitants , ascertaining that these serpents burrowed in a large stone mound a few miles northeastwardly from Circleville , after the serpents had gone into their winter ...
... Scioto , in considerable numbers , but the newly settled inhabitants , ascertaining that these serpents burrowed in a large stone mound a few miles northeastwardly from Circleville , after the serpents had gone into their winter ...
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acres Alum Creek appointed arrived Assembly bank borough Broad Street building built cabin canal Captain cents Chillicothe Cincinnati Colonel Columbus corner Creek deer Delaware dollars drygoods early east elected erected Erie February feet in diameter fifty forest four Franklin County Franklinton George Governor ground Harrison High Street horse hundred Indians Iroquois James Kilbourn John John Kerr Joseph Kentucky Kerr killed Lake land legislature Licking Lucas Sullivant March McElvain Meigs Messrs Miami miles mounds mouth Muskingum Neil Ohio River Ohio State Journal opposite passed permanent seat Pickaway Pickaway County pioneer present road Ross County Samuel Sandusky says Scioto River Scioto Valley seat of government senate settlement Shawnees side stone T. G. Jones Tavern territory thence Thomas thousand tion took town Township trees tribes Upper Sandusky Virginia wilderness William woods Worthington Wyandots yeas Zanesville
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Page 627 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 97 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 625 - That the unappropriated lands that may be ceded or relinquished to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States...
Page 618 - 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, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 110 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 621 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea,. west and northwest...
Page 627 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil from time immemorial, with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed ; and this was a restriction which those European potentates imposed on themselves, as well as...
Page 32 - Hither the inhabitants of the capital flocked, to witness the consummation of the ceremony. As the sad procession wound up the sides of the pyramid, the unhappy victim threw away his gay chaplets of flowers, and broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. On the summit he was received by six priests, whose long and matted locks flowed disorderly over their sable robes, covered with hieroglyphic scrolls of mystic import. They led him to the sacrificial...
Page 625 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure...
Page 321 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said State, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several States through which the road shall pass...