History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the Three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain, and the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement, and Extension of Civil Government by the United States, Until the Year 1846, Том 2Harper & brothers, 1848 Details the Spanish, French and British discovery, colonization, and history of the central United States to 1846. |
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... Defense of the West . - Person . al Characteristics of frontier Soldiers . - Athletic Form and Strength . - Patience of Toil and Privation . - Recuperative Powers of the System . - State of Feeling on the Frontiers . - Exterminating ...
... Defense of the West . - Person . al Characteristics of frontier Soldiers . - Athletic Form and Strength . - Patience of Toil and Privation . - Recuperative Powers of the System . - State of Feeling on the Frontiers . - Exterminating ...
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... Defense and Incidents of the Siege.- " Fort M'Intosh " erected . - Fort Laurens " erected . - Protracted Siege of Fort Laurens . - Court of Land Commissioners established in Kentucky , 1779. - First Settlement at Lexington , Bryant's ...
... Defense and Incidents of the Siege.- " Fort M'Intosh " erected . - Fort Laurens " erected . - Protracted Siege of Fort Laurens . - Court of Land Commissioners established in Kentucky , 1779. - First Settlement at Lexington , Bryant's ...
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... Defense of Fort Bowyer against British Fleet . - Expels the British Forces from Pensacola - Trib ute of Esteem to General Jackson . - Advance of white Population into the Indian Country . - Settlements north and south of Tennessee River ...
... Defense of Fort Bowyer against British Fleet . - Expels the British Forces from Pensacola - Trib ute of Esteem to General Jackson . - Advance of white Population into the Indian Country . - Settlements north and south of Tennessee River ...
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... Defense of Loui- siana against British Invasion . - Louisiana threatened by a powerful Armament.— General Jackson Commander - in - chief - He arrives at New Orleans . - His extra- ordinary Efforts for the effectual Defense of the City ...
... Defense of Loui- siana against British Invasion . - Louisiana threatened by a powerful Armament.— General Jackson Commander - in - chief - He arrives at New Orleans . - His extra- ordinary Efforts for the effectual Defense of the City ...
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... Defensive Measures adopted . — Indians exasperated at the unsuccessful Expedition of General Harmar . - Destruction ... Defenses.- Population of Southwestern Territory in 1794. — Population of the Territory in 1793. - Second Grade of ...
... Defensive Measures adopted . — Indians exasperated at the unsuccessful Expedition of General Harmar . - Destruction ... Defenses.- Population of Southwestern Territory in 1794. — Population of the Territory in 1793. - Second Grade of ...
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Страница 236 - 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.
Страница 235 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Страница 236 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Страница 583 - Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightly belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new state, to be called the State of Texas, with a Republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the states of this Union.
Страница 236 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress...
Страница 583 - Second. Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports, and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence belonging to said Republic of Texas...
Страница 583 - Republic ; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas ; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said state may direct, but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Страница 463 - That if any person or persons, owing allegiance to the United States of America shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort...
Страница 569 - Mexican forces should evacuate the territory of Texas, passing to the other side of the Rio Grande...
Страница 567 - We, therefore, the delegates, with plenary powers, of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and DECLARE, that our political connexion with the Mexican nation has for ever ended, and that the people of Texas, do now constitute a FREE, SOVEREIGN, and INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC...