History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time, Volume 1Irving Berdine Richman S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911 - Muscatine County (Iowa) |
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From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. History of Muscatine County, Iowa Irving Berdine Richman, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Front Cover.
From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. History of Muscatine County, Iowa Irving Berdine Richman, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Front Cover.
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From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII . GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION ... Present member in congress also a Muscatine lawyer- Pioneer bench and bar - A fashionable quadrille and an Indian ...
From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. CONTENTS CHAPTER XIII . GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION ... Present member in congress also a Muscatine lawyer- Pioneer bench and bar - A fashionable quadrille and an Indian ...
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... present site of Montrose ; and the fourth was near the mouth of the Upper Iowa . The Foxes had three principal villages . One was on the west side of the Mississippi , six miles above the rapids of Rock river ; another was about twelve ...
... present site of Montrose ; and the fourth was near the mouth of the Upper Iowa . The Foxes had three principal villages . One was on the west side of the Mississippi , six miles above the rapids of Rock river ; another was about twelve ...
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From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. the war was declared between this country ... presents . The express presented us with pipes , tobacco and wampum . news ran through our camp like fire on the ...
From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time Irving Berdine Richman. the war was declared between this country ... presents . The express presented us with pipes , tobacco and wampum . news ran through our camp like fire on the ...
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... present town of Montrose , probably in 1799 , and resided there probably until 1805 , when his property passed into other hands . Indian traders had established them- selves at other points at an early date . Mr. Johnson , an agent of ...
... present town of Montrose , probably in 1799 , and resided there probably until 1805 , when his property passed into other hands . Indian traders had established them- selves at other points at an early date . Mr. Johnson , an agent of ...
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Page 120 - Secretary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States...
Page 120 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 25 - Auditor semi-annually to the several counties of the State, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years.
Page 120 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 21 - I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 12 - ... after his removal with his tribe to Kansas. In May, 1843, most of the Indians were removed up the Des Moines River, above the temporary line of Red Rock, having ceded the remnant of their lands in Iowa to the United States on the 21st of September, 1837, and on the llth of October, 1842. By the terms of the latter treaty, they held possession of the "New Purchase...
Page 11 - The body was placed in the middle of the grave, in a sitting posture, upon a seat constructed for the purpose. On his left side, the cane, given him by Henry Clay, was placed upright, with his right hand resting upon it. Many of the old warrior's trophies were placed in the grave, and some Indian garments, together with his favorite weapons.
Page 11 - River in a direct lino to the second or upper fork of the Des Moines River; thence in a direct line to the lower fork of the Calumet River, and down that river to its junction with the Missouri River.
Page 12 - Dodge, of Wisconsin Territory, it was ceded to the United States. The council was held on the banks of the Mississippi, above Davenport, and was the largest assemblage of the kind ever held by the Sacs and Foxes to treat for the sale of lands.
Page 316 - ... these cannot expire; — These shall resist the empire of decay, When time is o'er, and worlds have passed away; Cold in the dust the perished heart may lie, But that which warmed it once can never die.