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 |
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Determined to learn the truth , he sent forward horsemen ; in eight days they
advanced only thirty miles . The news sank deep into the stout heart of the
disappointed warrior . His men and horses were wasting around him ; the Indians
near by ...
Determined to learn the truth , he sent forward horsemen ; in eight days they
advanced only thirty miles . The news sank deep into the stout heart of the
disappointed warrior . His men and horses were wasting around him ; the Indians
near by ...
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These Indians cooked in and eat from earthen ware , and were amiable and
unceremonious , each man helping himself from the dish and passing it to his
neighbor . From this point Joliet and our writer determined to return to the North ,
as ...
These Indians cooked in and eat from earthen ware , and were amiable and
unceremonious , each man helping himself from the dish and passing it to his
neighbor . From this point Joliet and our writer determined to return to the North ,
as ...
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Here he built a fort and remained for nearly a month , when hearing nothing from
his Griffin , he determined to push on before it was too late . On the 3d of
Deceinber , therefore , having mustered all his men , thirty working men and three
...
Here he built a fort and remained for nearly a month , when hearing nothing from
his Griffin , he determined to push on before it was too late . On the 3d of
Deceinber , therefore , having mustered all his men , thirty working men and three
...
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On the contrary , he determined that , while he was on his return , a small party
should go down to the Mississippi and explore that stream towards its sources ;
and that Tonti , with the few men that remained , should strengthen and extend
his ...
On the contrary , he determined that , while he was on his return , a small party
should go down to the Mississippi and explore that stream towards its sources ;
and that Tonti , with the few men that remained , should strengthen and extend
his ...
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At last , La Salle , out of patience , determined to land some of his men , and go
along the shore toward the point where he believed the mouth of the Mississippi
to be , and Joutel was appointed one of the commanders of this exploring party .
At last , La Salle , out of patience , determined to land some of his men , and go
along the shore toward the point where he believed the mouth of the Mississippi
to be , and Joutel was appointed one of the commanders of this exploring party .
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Page 289 - ... 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...
Page 251 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude...
Page 256 - ... 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...
Page 223 - Resolved, 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 286 - 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...
Page 286 - There shall be appointed from time to time, by congress, a secretary whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office...
Page 98 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians, as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Page 286 - ... duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskies, Saint Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have heretofore professed themselves citizens of Virginia, their laws and customs now in force among them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property.
Page 286 - There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a...
Page 223 - 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...
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| Title | 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 Issue 32169 of CIHM/ICMH microfiche series |
| Author | James Handasyd Perkins |
| Publisher | J.R. Albach, 1846 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 591 pages |
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