Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1L. L. Taylor S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913 - Appanoose County (Iowa) |
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... took formal possession of all the immense region watered by the great river and its tributaries from its source to its mouth , and named it Louisiana , in honor of his master , Louis XIV . The river he called " Colbert , " after the ...
... took formal possession of all the immense region watered by the great river and its tributaries from its source to its mouth , and named it Louisiana , in honor of his master , Louis XIV . The river he called " Colbert , " after the ...
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... took possession of the Louisiana Purchase , and raised the American flag over the newly acquired domain , at New Orleans . Spain , although it had by treaty ceded the province to France in 1801 , still held quasi possession , and at ...
... took possession of the Louisiana Purchase , and raised the American flag over the newly acquired domain , at New Orleans . Spain , although it had by treaty ceded the province to France in 1801 , still held quasi possession , and at ...
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... took a position among the Soap Creek Hills . " The Sacs and Foxes prior to the settlement of their village on Rock river had a fierce conflict with the Winnebagoes , subdued them and took possession of their lands . Their village on ...
... took a position among the Soap Creek Hills . " The Sacs and Foxes prior to the settlement of their village on Rock river had a fierce conflict with the Winnebagoes , subdued them and took possession of their lands . Their village on ...
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... took my band and went to take leave of our Spanish father . The Americans came to see him also . Seeing them approach , we passed out of one door as they entered another , and immediately started in our canoes for our village , on Rock ...
... took my band and went to take leave of our Spanish father . The Americans came to see him also . Seeing them approach , we passed out of one door as they entered another , and immediately started in our canoes for our village , on Rock ...
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... took part in it , seeming to be moved with the current of the rising storm . When the dance was over , he called the council to prepare for war . He made a speech , in which he admitted the justice of their complaints against the ...
... took part in it , seeming to be moved with the current of the rising storm . When the dance was over , he called the council to prepare for war . He made a speech , in which he admitted the justice of their complaints against the ...
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acres Appanoose county April August 20 August 9 bank became Black Hawk Black Hawk Purchase Bradley building built Burlington cabin captured at Mark's captured Mark's Mills Centerville Chaldea Chariton church Cincinnati citizens clerk Colonel commissioners Davis died disability discharged February Dubuque early elected enlisted August 12 enlisted February enlisted June 24 enlisted March enlisted October 11 enlisted September erected farm February 27 Franklin township George George W governor Henry Illinois Indians INFANTRY Iowa J. F. Stratton James John Joseph Judge July June 25 Keokuk land lieutenant located lodge Manson miles Mississippi Missouri Moines Moravia Moulton Ohio organized pioneer prairie present president railroad river Sacs and Foxes Samuel settled settlement settlers SHERIFF southern SUPERVISOR Taylor territory Thomas tion town township treasurer treaty Udell Unionville United Van Buren county veteranized January village wife William wounded
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Page 47 - Sioux river, according to said map, until it is intersected by the parallel of forty-three degrees and thirty minutes north latitude; thence east along said parallel of forty-three degrees and thirty minutes, until said parallel intersects the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi river, to the place of beginning.
Page 170 - Mountains and of such other parts of that State and the other States hereinbefore named as may maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution or may be from time to time occupied and controlled by forces of the United States...
Page 170 - 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 171 - States, and all proceeding to such State or section, by land or water, shall, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, be forfeited to the United States...
Page 17 - slept that night; all was gloom and discontent. In the morning, a canoe was seen ascending the river ; it soon arrived, bearing an express, who brought intelligence that a British trader had landed at Rock Island with two boats loaded with goods, and requested us to come up immediately, because he had good news for us, and a variety of presents. The express presented us with tobacco, pipes and wampum. The news ran through our camp like fire on a prairie. Our lodges were soon taken down, and all started...
Page 78 - Whereas particular towns have many things which concern only themselves, and the ordering of their own affairs, and disposing of business in their own town — It is, therefore, ordered, that the freemen of every town, or the major part of them, shall only have power to dispose of their own lands and woods, with all the...
Page 7 - ... of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the government shall have pursued, for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States ; — holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries, and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties.
Page 47 - Iowa remained a Territory from 1838 to 1846, during which the office of Governor was held by Robert Lucas, John Chambers and James Clarke. STATE ORGANIZATION. By an act of the Territorial Legislature of Iowa, approved February 12, 1844, the question of the formation of a State Constitution and providing for the election of Delegates to a convention to be convened for that purpose was submitted to the people, to be voted upon at their township elections in April following. The vote was largely in...
Page 44 - To aid them in making out their claims when the hour should arrive, the settlers had placed piles of dry wood on the rising ground, at convenient distances, and a short time before twelve o'clock of the night of the 30th of April, these were lighted, and when the midnight hour arrived, it was announced by the discharge of firearms.
Page 35 - ... of Judge Morgan. In the Winter of that year, they were driven off by the military from Rock Island, as intruders upon the rights of the Indians, and White's cabin was burnt by- the soldiers. He retired to Illinois, where he spent the Winter, and in the Summer, as soon as the Indian title was extinguished, returned and rebuilt his cabin. White was joined by his brother-in-law, Doolittle, and they laid out the original town of Burlington in 1834.