Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Part 6 |
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... July upon them , and the danger of being picked up by Spanish adventurers imminent . They had passed below the point where De Soto had discovered and crossed the Mississippi in 1541 , which was one hundred and thirty - two years ...
... July upon them , and the danger of being picked up by Spanish adventurers imminent . They had passed below the point where De Soto had discovered and crossed the Mississippi in 1541 , which was one hundred and thirty - two years ...
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... July , 1684 , with 280 adventurers who en- listed in the service as emigrants , to form a colony in the wilds of America . Among them were artisans of various trades and a few young women . Several priests also accompanied the ex ...
... July , 1684 , with 280 adventurers who en- listed in the service as emigrants , to form a colony in the wilds of America . Among them were artisans of various trades and a few young women . Several priests also accompanied the ex ...
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... July 1st , in con- sequence of the scarcity of provisions , he concluded to intrench himself and await an attack . On the 3d , the advance of the French were seen at 11 o'clock a . m . , nine hundred strong . The positions of the ...
... July 1st , in con- sequence of the scarcity of provisions , he concluded to intrench himself and await an attack . On the 3d , the advance of the French were seen at 11 o'clock a . m . , nine hundred strong . The positions of the ...
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... July reached the Monongahela , at a point but fifteen miles from Ft . Duquesne . This was the advance of the main body , consisting of the two English regiments and a part of the Virginia forces , the lesser part of the army following ...
... July reached the Monongahela , at a point but fifteen miles from Ft . Duquesne . This was the advance of the main body , consisting of the two English regiments and a part of the Virginia forces , the lesser part of the army following ...
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... July , and once more the key to St. Law- rence was given up to the English . * 5637 prisoners , 221 can- non , 18 mortars , and large quantities of ammunition , were the results of this victory . The war prisoners were sent to England ...
... July , and once more the key to St. Law- rence was given up to the English . * 5637 prisoners , 221 can- non , 18 mortars , and large quantities of ammunition , were the results of this victory . The war prisoners were sent to England ...
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Page 148 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 671 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 671 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 318 - ... provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Page 174 - States ; that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit...
Page 105 - Englishman, your king has never sent us any presents, nor entered into any treaty with us, wherefore he and we are still at war ; and, until he does these things, we must consider that we have no other father, nor friend, among the white men, than the King of France...
Page 674 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time.
Page 105 - Englishman, our father, the king of France, employed our young men to make war upon your nation. In this warfare, many of them have been killed; and it is our custom to retaliate, until such time as the spirits of the slain are satisfied.
Page 95 - The paths of glory lead but to the grave " — must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning. At the close of the recitation Wolfe added, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Page 655 - All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate ; and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...