Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Part 6 |
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... council of Indian nations , composed of delegations from all the tribes of the adjacent countries , among whom were representatives from the Illinois tribe , which is the first mention made of them . In Father Alouez , they beheld a ...
... council of Indian nations , composed of delegations from all the tribes of the adjacent countries , among whom were representatives from the Illinois tribe , which is the first mention made of them . In Father Alouez , they beheld a ...
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... councils and challenged due homage from the whole tribe . By these qualifications in gradations of political power ... council at the Chippewa village on Lake Superior in 1665 ; yet no record is made of such information by either Shea ...
... councils and challenged due homage from the whole tribe . By these qualifications in gradations of political power ... council at the Chippewa village on Lake Superior in 1665 ; yet no record is made of such information by either Shea ...
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... council till spring , when I should be at their village ; they gave us for a fathom of tobacco three fine buffalo robes , which have done us good service this winter . Being thus relieved , we said the mass of the Conception . Since the ...
... council till spring , when I should be at their village ; they gave us for a fathom of tobacco three fine buffalo robes , which have done us good service this winter . Being thus relieved , we said the mass of the Conception . Since the ...
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... Council with the Western Tribes - La Salle's Plans Resumed - Success . The journey of Marquette and Joliet had outlined a work far beyond the comprehension of any one at that time , and to utilize it was too heavy an undertaking even ...
... Council with the Western Tribes - La Salle's Plans Resumed - Success . The journey of Marquette and Joliet had outlined a work far beyond the comprehension of any one at that time , and to utilize it was too heavy an undertaking even ...
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... council with the Iroquois , at the outlet of Lake Ontario , to obtain permission of them to build a fort . In this he was successful , and the fort was constructed at once , and named Ft . Catarauqui . This was a great point gained by ...
... council with the Iroquois , at the outlet of Lake Ontario , to obtain permission of them to build a fort . In this he was successful , and the fort was constructed at once , and named Ft . Catarauqui . This was a great point gained by ...
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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...