History of the Border Wars of Two Centuries: Embracing a Narrative of the Wars with the Indians from 1750 to 1874C.A. Wall, 1874 - 608 Seiten |
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... warriors were threading the fu- neral labyrinth of an ancient pine forest , they heard , amid its blackest depths , a hoarse voice chanting in measured cadence ; and following the sound , they saw , seated among the trees , a monster of ...
... warriors were threading the fu- neral labyrinth of an ancient pine forest , they heard , amid its blackest depths , a hoarse voice chanting in measured cadence ; and following the sound , they saw , seated among the trees , a monster of ...
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... warriors sought to ensure victory for their arms . When these singular performances had been con- cluded , they began their secret progress towards the defenseless white settlement . Soon followed the news of some bloody massacre which ...
... warriors sought to ensure victory for their arms . When these singular performances had been con- cluded , they began their secret progress towards the defenseless white settlement . Soon followed the news of some bloody massacre which ...
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... warriors of the Six Nations , and when the Quakers first came among them , they offered but few evidences of military skill or courage . But as civilization pushed them westward , beyond the reach and power of the Iroquois , they ...
... warriors of the Six Nations , and when the Quakers first came among them , they offered but few evidences of military skill or courage . But as civilization pushed them westward , beyond the reach and power of the Iroquois , they ...
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... warriors and orators belonged to the Algonquin nation . Even Pontiac and Tecumseh , the sub- jects of this work , boasted its blood and language . A point that has not failed to elicit attention , however , is that with the advance of ...
... warriors and orators belonged to the Algonquin nation . Even Pontiac and Tecumseh , the sub- jects of this work , boasted its blood and language . A point that has not failed to elicit attention , however , is that with the advance of ...
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... warriors . These fierce Indians levelled all the principal Wyandot villages to the ground , and slaughtered men , women and children without mercy . The few conquered savages who survived this onslaught , fled in terror , and the whole ...
... warriors . These fierce Indians levelled all the principal Wyandot villages to the ground , and slaughtered men , women and children without mercy . The few conquered savages who survived this onslaught , fled in terror , and the whole ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Americans arms army arrived artillery attack band battery battle Black Hawk Blackfeet brave British Brothers buffalo camp canoes Capt captured Carson cavalry chief Clark Colonel command commenced council Creek Delawares detachment Detroit encamped enemy enemy's English expedition fire force Fort Pitt Fort Washington Fort Wayne Fremont French frontier garrison Governor guns hand horses hostile hundred Indians infantry Iroquois Kaskaskia Keokuk killed Kit Carson lake lands Lieut massacre Mexican Mexico Miami miles Mississippi morning mountain murdered nation night officers Ohio Ojibwas ordered Ottawas party passed peace Pontiac possession Pottawatomies prairie prisoners reached rear received regiment retreat river Rock river Saltillo Sandusky savages says scalped Seminoles sent settlements settlers Shawanoes side Sir William Johnson soldiers soon Tecumseh territory thousand tion took town treaty tribes troops United village Wabash warriors western whole wounded Wyandots
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 196 - Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Seite 195 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Seite 193 - Governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress ; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. ^' There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked...
Seite 195 - Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as aforesaid; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council by death or removal from office, the house of representatives shall nominate two persons qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names...
Seite 194 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished, into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature.
Seite 194 - The representatives thus elected, shall serve for the term of two years; and, in case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead, to serve for the residue of the term. The general assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives.
Seite 195 - And the governor, legislative council, and house of representatives shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills, having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent ; but no bill, or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The governor shall have power...
Seite 193 - ... by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department, and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months, to the secretary of congress.
Seite 193 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Seite 196 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways> and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.