Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West: Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Country and Modes of Life, in the Western States and Territories of North America ... Volume I.Hubbard and Edmands, 1834 - 263 halaman |
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Halaman 58
... continued to perform official acts until 1770. It is inferred , that the reluctance of the inhabitants to submit to the change of rulers , was so great , that it was judged prudent to defer the assertion of the new authority , until the ...
... continued to perform official acts until 1770. It is inferred , that the reluctance of the inhabitants to submit to the change of rulers , was so great , that it was judged prudent to defer the assertion of the new authority , until the ...
Halaman 59
... continued for about fifteen years to live in perfect harmony with the In- dians , without molestation , and without any appre- hension of danger . The first hostilities do not ap- pear to have arisen out of any quarrel between the ...
... continued for about fifteen years to live in perfect harmony with the In- dians , without molestation , and without any appre- hension of danger . The first hostilities do not ap- pear to have arisen out of any quarrel between the ...
Halaman 82
... continued to increase steadily in numbers , and to spread gradually over the land . Although the war- fare of the Indians was of the most unsparing char- acter , accompanied with all the atrocities of the tomahawk 82 SETTLEMENTS ON THE ...
... continued to increase steadily in numbers , and to spread gradually over the land . Although the war- fare of the Indians was of the most unsparing char- acter , accompanied with all the atrocities of the tomahawk 82 SETTLEMENTS ON THE ...
Halaman 85
... continued to roam through these forests for two years . Once , himself and his companion were captured , and escaped ; more than once , their camp was plundered ; they were robbed of their arms and ammunition ; his companion was killed ...
... continued to roam through these forests for two years . Once , himself and his companion were captured , and escaped ; more than once , their camp was plundered ; they were robbed of their arms and ammunition ; his companion was killed ...
Halaman 86
... continued to rove through the forest , subsisting upon game , and eluding the Indians by cunning devices , until the return of his brother , in the July of the same year ; they ex- plored the country together during the remainder of ...
... continued to rove through the forest , subsisting upon game , and eluding the Indians by cunning devices , until the return of his brother , in the July of the same year ; they ex- plored the country together during the remainder of ...
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Halaman 212 - 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 bonafide purchasers.
Halaman 213 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Halaman 221 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the General Assembly...
Halaman 123 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Halaman 213 - 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...
Halaman 222 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of the council shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner...
Halaman 214 - 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.
Halaman 223 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to congress, who shall have a seat in congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.
Halaman 215 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Halaman 214 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.