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... tion . " His broken nation sought refuge with the French , and their descendants may yet [ 1856 ] be found in Canada . 66 Those two once powerful tribes , the CHIPPEWAS and POTTAWATOMIES , were closely allied by language and friendship ...
... tion . " His broken nation sought refuge with the French , and their descendants may yet [ 1856 ] be found in Canada . 66 Those two once powerful tribes , the CHIPPEWAS and POTTAWATOMIES , were closely allied by language and friendship ...
Page 37
... tion of the earth . A deep religious sentiment imbued the whole being of Columbus , and he became strongly impressed with the idea that there were people beyond the waste of waters westward , unto whom he was commissioned by heaven to ...
... tion of the earth . A deep religious sentiment imbued the whole being of Columbus , and he became strongly impressed with the idea that there were people beyond the waste of waters westward , unto whom he was commissioned by heaven to ...
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... tion- " I do not this as unto Spaniards or mariners , but unto traitors , robbers , and murderers . " Too weak to brave the vengeance of Melendez , who was at St. Augustine , De Gourges immediately left the coast , and returned to ...
... tion- " I do not this as unto Spaniards or mariners , but unto traitors , robbers , and murderers . " Too weak to brave the vengeance of Melendez , who was at St. Augustine , De Gourges immediately left the coast , and returned to ...
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... tion for a renewal of their charter . More extensive operations were in contem- plation ; and on the 3d of June , 1621 , the States General of Holland ' incorporated the Dutch West India Company , and invested it with almost regal ...
... tion for a renewal of their charter . More extensive operations were in contem- plation ; and on the 3d of June , 1621 , the States General of Holland ' incorporated the Dutch West India Company , and invested it with almost regal ...
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... tion , but a code of wholesome regulations for the people of the colony . He soon afterward obtained by grant and purchase [ Aug. 1682 ] the domain of the present State of Delaware , which the Duke of York claimed , notwithstanding it ...
... tion , but a code of wholesome regulations for the people of the colony . He soon afterward obtained by grant and purchase [ Aug. 1682 ] the domain of the present State of Delaware , which the Duke of York claimed , notwithstanding it ...
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