The Mississippi Valley, and Prehistoric Events: Giving an Account of the Original Formation and Early Condition of the Great Valley ; of Its Vegetable and Animal Life ; of Its First Inhabitants, the Mound Builders, Its Mineral Treasures and Agricultural Developments ; All from Authentic SourcesR.T. Root, 1880 - 784 halaman |
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... remained enclosed , sometimes as an interior shallow sea , and at others as low - lying land . The surface of the Valley was always the most stable part of the Continent . After these liftings and some efforts at making mountains in a ...
... remained enclosed , sometimes as an interior shallow sea , and at others as low - lying land . The surface of the Valley was always the most stable part of the Continent . After these liftings and some efforts at making mountains in a ...
Halaman 127
... remained , after two or three thousand years of neglect and decay to show the true character of Aztec civilization and religious rites , notwith- standing that their monuments were of more durable material than the mounds of the Valley ...
... remained , after two or three thousand years of neglect and decay to show the true character of Aztec civilization and religious rites , notwith- standing that their monuments were of more durable material than the mounds of the Valley ...
Halaman 128
... remained , although the dry compact earth still retained the cast of the logs , and the frame of the corpse turned to ashes at the first touch of the air . Several hundred beads , made from shells and the ivory tusk of some animal , had ...
... remained , although the dry compact earth still retained the cast of the logs , and the frame of the corpse turned to ashes at the first touch of the air . Several hundred beads , made from shells and the ivory tusk of some animal , had ...
Halaman 143
... remained to our times of these very ancient products of industry and art represents but a small part of them when they stood in their full completeness . How little has remained to show the industry , the art , and the splendor of ...
... remained to our times of these very ancient products of industry and art represents but a small part of them when they stood in their full completeness . How little has remained to show the industry , the art , and the splendor of ...
Halaman 152
... remained forever uncovered ; the fortress , the sacred inclosure and the temple mound became suddenly solitary , and the forest proceeded to reassert its control over them . They must have been hotly pursued into the lower Valley for ...
... remained forever uncovered ; the fortress , the sacred inclosure and the temple mound became suddenly solitary , and the forest proceeded to reassert its control over them . They must have been hotly pursued into the lower Valley for ...
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Halaman 280 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Halaman 279 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Halaman 281 - ... 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.
Halaman 280 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Halaman 289 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; To establish a...
Halaman 280 - St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Halaman 280 - 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.
Halaman 276 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Halaman 278 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected...
Halaman 281 - 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.