A History of the United States for Families and LibrariesMason, 1860 - 672 Seiten |
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... body . Relatives uttered piercing cries and great lamentations during the burial , and they continued mourning many days . BURIAL - PLACE . Like that of the earlier nations of the world , their religion was simple , with- Out many ...
... body . Relatives uttered piercing cries and great lamentations during the burial , and they continued mourning many days . BURIAL - PLACE . Like that of the earlier nations of the world , their religion was simple , with- Out many ...
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... body of them became friends of the British during the Revolution . They were at the head of the confederacy of Western tribes who were crushed by Wayne in 1794 , and the following year they ceded all their lands on the Muskingum , and ...
... body of them became friends of the British during the Revolution . They were at the head of the confederacy of Western tribes who were crushed by Wayne in 1794 , and the following year they ceded all their lands on the Muskingum , and ...
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... body of the IROQUOIS Occupied almost the whole territory in Canada , south - west of the Ottowa River , between Lakes Ontario , Erie and Huron ; a greater portion of the State of New York , and a part of Pennsylvania and Ohio along the ...
... body of the IROQUOIS Occupied almost the whole territory in Canada , south - west of the Ottowa River , between Lakes Ontario , Erie and Huron ; a greater portion of the State of New York , and a part of Pennsylvania and Ohio along the ...
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... established . Many of the native Cherokees are now well educated , but the great body of the natives are in ig- norance . 4 Note 4. page 32 . CHAPTER VII . THE NATCHEZ . Of this once considerable 28 THE ABORIGINALS .
... established . Many of the native Cherokees are now well educated , but the great body of the natives are in ig- norance . 4 Note 4. page 32 . CHAPTER VII . THE NATCHEZ . Of this once considerable 28 THE ABORIGINALS .
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... body of their leader deep in the Mississippi , so that the Indians should not find it . 2 Page 33 . Page 46. While De Soto was engaged in this expedition , another , no less adventurous , was undertaken by Coronada , at the command of ...
... body of their leader deep in the Mississippi , so that the Indians should not find it . 2 Page 33 . Page 46. While De Soto was engaged in this expedition , another , no less adventurous , was undertaken by Coronada , at the command of ...
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Seite 611 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Seite 613 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Seite 78 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Seite 614 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of Ihe United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Seite 575 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Seite 587 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Seite 587 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Seite 545 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Seite 536 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Seite 483 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...