Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago, Teil 1R. Blanchard & Company, 1881 - 768 Seiten |
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... interest , both religious and secular . Canada at that time , was oppressed by the burdens of impolitic legislation , such as the banishment of Huguenots and onerous restrictions on the fur trade , and her Statesmen beheld with ...
... interest , both religious and secular . Canada at that time , was oppressed by the burdens of impolitic legislation , such as the banishment of Huguenots and onerous restrictions on the fur trade , and her Statesmen beheld with ...
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... interest in it , nor did they by implication or otherwise , show any signs of preference for their own God , the Great Spirit . Marquette was delighted at the prospect that a nation might be born in a day , especially when they listened ...
... interest in it , nor did they by implication or otherwise , show any signs of preference for their own God , the Great Spirit . Marquette was delighted at the prospect that a nation might be born in a day , especially when they listened ...
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... interest . The renegades took the advantage of a brief absence of Tonty to accomplish the work ; and , ere his return , they had robbed the place of everything of value which could be carried away , and threw into the river what they ...
... interest . The renegades took the advantage of a brief absence of Tonty to accomplish the work ; and , ere his return , they had robbed the place of everything of value which could be carried away , and threw into the river what they ...
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... interests on the prai- ries , as well as a relinquishment of his plans for a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi ... interest , a stock of goods for barter with them , and a few Frenchmen to do military duty , were ne- cessary ...
... interests on the prai- ries , as well as a relinquishment of his plans for a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi ... interest , a stock of goods for barter with them , and a few Frenchmen to do military duty , were ne- cessary ...
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... interest in their every - day routine or catered to the nar- row - gauge ideas with which the average mind in a state of na- ture was occupied , but because in him was personified a true nobility of character which perforce subordinates ...
... interest in their every - day routine or catered to the nar- row - gauge ideas with which the average mind in a state of na- ture was occupied , but because in him was personified a true nobility of character which perforce subordinates ...
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Seite 149 - Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to...
Seite 175 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Seite 208 - Lawrence ; thence westerly to a fork of that branch of the great Miami river running into the Ohio, at or near which fork stood Loromie's store, and where commences the portage between the Miami of the Ohio, and St. Mary's river, which is a branch of the Miami, which runs into Lake Erie; thence a westerly course to Fort Recovery...
Seite 104 - 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.
Seite 94 - 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.
Seite 194 - Money to us is of no value; and to most of us unknown; and, as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children, we hope we may be allowed to point out a mode by which your settlers may be easily removed, and peace thereby obtained.
Seite 23 - We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
Seite 175 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Seite 149 - 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 the white men.
Seite 105 - France; but for you we have taken into consideration that you have ventured your life among us in the expectation that we should not molest you. You do not come armed with an intention to make war; you come in peace to trade with us and supply us with necessaries of which we are in much want.