Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Part 6 |
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... elected their officers by ballot , and their choice fell upon William Crawford , a man who had been a companion of the youthful Washington , when he was only a backwoods surveyor , unmindful of his future destiny . Col. David Williamson ...
... elected their officers by ballot , and their choice fell upon William Crawford , a man who had been a companion of the youthful Washington , when he was only a backwoods surveyor , unmindful of his future destiny . Col. David Williamson ...
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... elected delegate to Congress -he being the first to represent the interests of the northwest at Washington . On the 13th of May , 1800 , he was appointed gov- ernor of the Territory of Indiana , which had been set off from the Northwest ...
... elected delegate to Congress -he being the first to represent the interests of the northwest at Washington . On the 13th of May , 1800 , he was appointed gov- ernor of the Territory of Indiana , which had been set off from the Northwest ...
Page 355
... Indians at Silver Lake , Shawnee County , Kansas , and Jesse Walker . " * His popularity was due to his frankness , whatever administrative pressure was used to elect him .— [ AUTHOR . · The following , from Hon . Wm . Bross '
... Indians at Silver Lake , Shawnee County , Kansas , and Jesse Walker . " * His popularity was due to his frankness , whatever administrative pressure was used to elect him .— [ AUTHOR . · The following , from Hon . Wm . Bross '
Page 365
... elected to office , and besides this he would be held responsible for any Indian outrages which the aggressive and captious spirit of the settlers on the frontier might provoke , and in the end the miserable Indians might be doubly ...
... elected to office , and besides this he would be held responsible for any Indian outrages which the aggressive and captious spirit of the settlers on the frontier might provoke , and in the end the miserable Indians might be doubly ...
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... elected as trustees . A log jail was built on the public square where the court house has since been erected . An estray pen was also built at an expense of $ 12.00 . * This was a straight scribe mark made along the entire length of a ...
... elected as trustees . A log jail was built on the public square where the court house has since been erected . An estray pen was also built at an expense of $ 12.00 . * This was a straight scribe mark made along the entire length of a ...
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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...