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... Miami settlements . - Where sta- tioned . Their behavior . - Attacked by the Indians at North Bend.- Major Mills severely wounded.- Villages laid out.- Donation lots.- Interview of Symmes with the Indians . — Settlement at Columbia plun ...
... Miami settlements . - Where sta- tioned . Their behavior . - Attacked by the Indians at North Bend.- Major Mills severely wounded.- Villages laid out.- Donation lots.- Interview of Symmes with the Indians . — Settlement at Columbia plun ...
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... Miami villages . - Fort Wayne built . - Kentucky volunteers dis- charged . - Residue of the army proceed to Greenville . - Note . - The number and tribes of the Indians engaged in the battle of the 20th of August . - Aid furnished them ...
... Miami villages . - Fort Wayne built . - Kentucky volunteers dis- charged . - Residue of the army proceed to Greenville . - Note . - The number and tribes of the Indians engaged in the battle of the 20th of August . - Aid furnished them ...
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... Miami Exporting Com- pany got up . Its objects . - Introduction of barges . - Schemes to im- prove the navigation of the Falls . - Canal attempted on the Indiana side . Operations of the Branch Bank of the United States at Cincin- nati ...
... Miami Exporting Com- pany got up . Its objects . - Introduction of barges . - Schemes to im- prove the navigation of the Falls . - Canal attempted on the Indiana side . Operations of the Branch Bank of the United States at Cincin- nati ...
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... Miami . - How produced . -Navigation of the Mississippi river . - Intrigues with the Spanish offi- cers . The territory of Mississippi established . - Introduction of Ameri- can Courts - Suits at law multiply . - Practice profitable ...
... Miami . - How produced . -Navigation of the Mississippi river . - Intrigues with the Spanish offi- cers . The territory of Mississippi established . - Introduction of Ameri- can Courts - Suits at law multiply . - Practice profitable ...
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... Miami coun- try , where his father had made a considerable investment . In the mean time he completed his professional studies— was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State , in the spring of 1796 - and proceeded without ...
... Miami coun- try , where his father had made a considerable investment . In the mean time he completed his professional studies— was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the State , in the spring of 1796 - and proceeded without ...
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Page 368 - 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 367 - 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...
Page 222 - I have now informed you of , the boundaries of the Miami nation, where the Great Spirit placed my forefather a long time ago, and charged him not to sell or part with his lands, but to preserve them for his posterity.
Page 177 - SIR, I have received your letter of this date, requiring from me the motives which have moved the army under my command to the position they at present occupy, far within the acknowledged jurisdiction of the United States of America. Without questioning the authority, or the propriety, sir, of your interrogatory, I think I may, without breach of decorum, observe to you, that were you...
Page 321 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 246 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 303 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...