A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America: From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Day, Volume 3A. Constable and Company, 1819 - Indians of North America |
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... mouth of the Mis- Minerals ib . souri to the Rocky Moun- Forest trees ib . tains 108 Animals 75 Country south of the Missouri 114 Civil divisions , and population Country north of the Missouri 119 of each 76 Mountains 120 Diseases ib ...
... mouth of the Mis- Minerals ib . souri to the Rocky Moun- Forest trees ib . tains 108 Animals 75 Country south of the Missouri 114 Civil divisions , and population Country north of the Missouri 119 of each 76 Mountains 120 Diseases ib ...
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... mouth different general divisions 233 of the Columbia 175 Account of a subsequent jour- CHAP . XXXVI , ney to the Pacific Ocean 180 PUBLIC LANDS AND AGRICUL- TURE . CHAP . XXXIV . COLUMBIA DISTRICT AND CITY Extent of lands 237 Terms of ...
... mouth different general divisions 233 of the Columbia 175 Account of a subsequent jour- CHAP . XXXVI , ney to the Pacific Ocean 180 PUBLIC LANDS AND AGRICUL- TURE . CHAP . XXXIV . COLUMBIA DISTRICT AND CITY Extent of lands 237 Terms of ...
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... mouth of Pearl river to the en- trance of Mobile bay , the distance is about 100 miles . Twenty - five miles east of the former is the bay of St Louis , ten miles in length , and four in breadth . Its borders are sandy or marshy , and ...
... mouth of Pearl river to the en- trance of Mobile bay , the distance is about 100 miles . Twenty - five miles east of the former is the bay of St Louis , ten miles in length , and four in breadth . Its borders are sandy or marshy , and ...
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... mouth ; but its outlet , though broad , is so shallow , that it does not admit the entrance of vessels drawing more than four feet water . Pearl river , which sepa- rates this state from that of Louisiana , below the thirty- first ...
... mouth ; but its outlet , though broad , is so shallow , that it does not admit the entrance of vessels drawing more than four feet water . Pearl river , which sepa- rates this state from that of Louisiana , below the thirty- first ...
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... mouth of Biloxi bay , Round island , and others at the mouth of the Pascagoula . None of them are of much importance . Minerals . - Coal is said to be found on the Tombig- bee , Tennessee , Black Warrior , and other streams . Forest ...
... mouth of Biloxi bay , Round island , and others at the mouth of the Pascagoula . None of them are of much importance . Minerals . - Coal is said to be found on the Tombig- bee , Tennessee , Black Warrior , and other streams . Forest ...
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Page 374 - The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 285 - Straits ; whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting place in the progress of their victorious industry.
Page 375 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 320 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 371 - 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 of the district...
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