Illustrated School History of the United States and the Adjacent Parts of America: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time ... |
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... carried into captivity , and uniting with their conquerors lost all separate exist- ence as a nation . But there were some , who , we are told in Esdras , " took this counsel among themselves , that they was first reached ? In Solomon's ...
... carried into captivity , and uniting with their conquerors lost all separate exist- ence as a nation . But there were some , who , we are told in Esdras , " took this counsel among themselves , that they was first reached ? In Solomon's ...
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... carried out their design by crossing into America , and there to have become the progenitors of the Indian race . History tells us that they advanced as far as Media . Be- yond this , we know nothing of their travels ; nor is there any ...
... carried out their design by crossing into America , and there to have become the progenitors of the Indian race . History tells us that they advanced as far as Media . Be- yond this , we know nothing of their travels ; nor is there any ...
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... carried on many years ago . Similar discoveries have been made at other salt springs , and vessels have been dug up of a shape and strength suitable for evaporating water , as is now done in making salt . Well - burnt bricks , laid in ...
... carried on many years ago . Similar discoveries have been made at other salt springs , and vessels have been dug up of a shape and strength suitable for evaporating water , as is now done in making salt . Well - burnt bricks , laid in ...
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... carried the baggage on a march . It was characteristic of the Indians never to provide much food at a time , and therefore they often suffered from hunger . But trials of this kind they were trained to endure without a murmur . When ...
... carried the baggage on a march . It was characteristic of the Indians never to provide much food at a time , and therefore they often suffered from hunger . But trials of this kind they were trained to endure without a murmur . When ...
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... carried on by small parties , whose object was to surprise the enemy , to kill as many as possible , and to return home in safety with the scalps of their victims . To be complete in their eyes , a victory had to be obtained by ...
... carried on by small parties , whose object was to surprise the enemy , to kill as many as possible , and to return home in safety with the scalps of their victims . To be complete in their eyes , a victory had to be obtained by ...
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Page ii - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
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Page 516 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
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