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... gave them the name of Iroquois ; the ALGONQUINS called them Mingoes . At what time the confederacy was formed , is not known . It was strong and powerful when the French discovered them , in 1609 , and they were then engaged in bloody ...
... gave them the name of Iroquois ; the ALGONQUINS called them Mingoes . At what time the confederacy was formed , is not known . It was strong and powerful when the French discovered them , in 1609 , and they were then engaged in bloody ...
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... gave him no meat ; if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed him not . " Then speaking of the cruelty of the white people , who , in cold blood had murdered his family , he said : " They have murdered all the relations of Logan ...
... gave him no meat ; if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed him not . " Then speaking of the cruelty of the white people , who , in cold blood had murdered his family , he said : " They have murdered all the relations of Logan ...
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... gave the white . people an apparent excuse for killing two or three warriors . Hatred was en- gendered , and the Cherokees soon afterward retaliated by spreading destruction I Page 170 . 2 Page 204 . In 1822 , a Catawba warrior made an ...
... gave the white . people an apparent excuse for killing two or three warriors . Hatred was en- gendered , and the Cherokees soon afterward retaliated by spreading destruction I Page 170 . 2 Page 204 . In 1822 , a Catawba warrior made an ...
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... gave birth to a child in America , to whom she gave the name of Snorre ; and it is further asserted that Ber- tel Thorwalsden , the great Danish sculptor , was a descendant of this early white American . The records of these voyages ...
... gave birth to a child in America , to whom she gave the name of Snorre ; and it is further asserted that Ber- tel Thorwalsden , the great Danish sculptor , was a descendant of this early white American . The records of these voyages ...
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... gave him , he prosecuted his plans with great ardor . He made a voyage to Iceland , and sailed a hundred leagues beyond , to the ice - fields of the polar cir- cle . He probably heard , there , vague traditions of early voyages to a ...
... gave him , he prosecuted his plans with great ardor . He made a voyage to Iceland , and sailed a hundred leagues beyond , to the ice - fields of the polar cir- cle . He probably heard , there , vague traditions of early voyages to a ...
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Page 611 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Page 613 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Page 78 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 614 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of Ihe United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Page 575 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 587 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Page 587 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Page 545 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Page 536 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 483 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...