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... sent out among the savages by his superior , or went voluntarily , at the call of con- science . Never , since the days of the Apostles , were such tasks assumed by mortal men . Unwelcome intrud- ers in the squalid wigwams of these ...
... sent out among the savages by his superior , or went voluntarily , at the call of con- science . Never , since the days of the Apostles , were such tasks assumed by mortal men . Unwelcome intrud- ers in the squalid wigwams of these ...
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... sent there , with fifty men . built a stockade at the west side of the Detroit Strait , whence he led a mongrel band of French and Indians , the scrapings of western posts , to help Denonville chas- tise the Senecas , or rather to ...
... sent there , with fifty men . built a stockade at the west side of the Detroit Strait , whence he led a mongrel band of French and Indians , the scrapings of western posts , to help Denonville chas- tise the Senecas , or rather to ...
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... sent La Hontan to relieve Du Lhut , at Detroit , but after wintering there , La Hon- tan set fire to his fort , upon hearing that Niagara had been abandoned . So this attempt proved a dismal fail- ure . Detroit ( The Strait ) , on the ...
... sent La Hontan to relieve Du Lhut , at Detroit , but after wintering there , La Hon- tan set fire to his fort , upon hearing that Niagara had been abandoned . So this attempt proved a dismal fail- ure . Detroit ( The Strait ) , on the ...
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... sent word that I was expected . He was a big , well - made man , badly disfigured by the loss of his nose , which they told me happened in some drunken carouse . When he heard that I was coming , 28 MIAMI AND POTTAWATOMIE VILLAGES.
... sent word that I was expected . He was a big , well - made man , badly disfigured by the loss of his nose , which they told me happened in some drunken carouse . When he heard that I was coming , 28 MIAMI AND POTTAWATOMIE VILLAGES.
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... sent there the very next year with men to begin the usual fort . The boundaries of this government were , some years later , fixed along the highlands of the Wabash , to which the French gave the so - descriptive name of Terre 32 FRENCH ...
... sent there the very next year with men to begin the usual fort . The boundaries of this government were , some years later , fixed along the highlands of the Wabash , to which the French gave the so - descriptive name of Terre 32 FRENCH ...
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Page 260 - 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 261 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 261 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and 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 260 - 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 262 - 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.
Page 258 - Governor, Legislative Council and House of Representatives shall have authority to make laws in all cases, for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this Ordinance, established and declared. And all bills having passed by a majority in the House, and by a majority in the Council, shall be referred to the Governor for his assent. But no bill or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The Governor shall have power to convene,...
Page 256 - ... release, or bargain and sale, signed sealed and delivered by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof 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...
Page 109 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of the white men.
Page 256 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original states, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances...
Page 258 - ... fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...