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... Indian War , that is , even up to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century , Detroit was the key to the control of the whole of the Old Northwest Territory . No other place in America has had so many vicissitudes of history or changed ...
... Indian War , that is , even up to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century , Detroit was the key to the control of the whole of the Old Northwest Territory . No other place in America has had so many vicissitudes of history or changed ...
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... Indians . — Parkman , The Pioneers of France in the New World ( Boston , 1885 ) . Samuel de Cham- plain and His Associates , chapters I. , IX . , X. , XI . , XII . , XIII . , XIV . , XV . , XVII ; The Jesuits in North America ; La Salle ...
... Indians . — Parkman , The Pioneers of France in the New World ( Boston , 1885 ) . Samuel de Cham- plain and His Associates , chapters I. , IX . , X. , XI . , XII . , XIII . , XIV . , XV . , XVII ; The Jesuits in North America ; La Salle ...
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... Indian village of Stadaconé ; and on an island below the rapids , at the foot of a mountain he called Mont Real , he found the great Iroquois town of Hochelaga . From this remarkable voyage of dis- covery there 12 Government of Michigan.
... Indian village of Stadaconé ; and on an island below the rapids , at the foot of a mountain he called Mont Real , he found the great Iroquois town of Hochelaga . From this remarkable voyage of dis- covery there 12 Government of Michigan.
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... Indians at Hochelaga Cartier heard wonderful stories of a land of gold and rubies , on farther to the west , and of people white like the French . China must be a little beyond , and Cartier and explorers who came after him were anxious ...
... Indians at Hochelaga Cartier heard wonderful stories of a land of gold and rubies , on farther to the west , and of people white like the French . China must be a little beyond , and Cartier and explorers who came after him were anxious ...
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... Indians that the French trade lay , even the distant Hurons coming each summer to the St. Law- rence , and so in the summer of 1609 Champlain joined them in an expedition up Lake Champlain . The Frenchman and his allies inflicted a ...
... Indians that the French trade lay , even the distant Hurons coming each summer to the St. Law- rence , and so in the summer of 1609 Champlain joined them in an expedition up Lake Champlain . The Frenchman and his allies inflicted a ...
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Page 265 - ... they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : I do solemnly swear, (or affirm...
Page 250 - The legislatures of those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in congress assembled, nor with any regulations congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 266 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas...
Page 254 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 258 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
Page 245 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children, and the descendants of a deceas'ed child, in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grand-child to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree ; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased...
Page 259 - ... the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the journals of each house respectively...
Page 247 - After the general assembly shall be organized, the powers and duties of magistrates and other civil officers shall be regulated and defined by the said assembly; but all magistrates and other civil officers, not herein otherwise directed shall, during the continuance of this temporary government, be appointed by the governor.
Page 254 - Every person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no laws shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press.
Page 250 - ... to be apportioned on them by congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other states...