Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West: Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Country and Modes of Life, in the Western States and Territories of North America ... Volume I.Hubbard and Edmands, 1834 - 263 頁 |
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第 53 頁
... from the Missouri , he proceeded to the mouth of that river , and on his return fixed upon the site . Having win- tered at Fort Chartres , and gained some recruits at that place , Cahokia , and Ste . Genevieve , FRENCH SETTLEMENTS . 53.
... from the Missouri , he proceeded to the mouth of that river , and on his return fixed upon the site . Having win- tered at Fort Chartres , and gained some recruits at that place , Cahokia , and Ste . Genevieve , FRENCH SETTLEMENTS . 53.
第 55 頁
... proceeded to St. Louis with the troops , and assumed the reins of government . From this time St. Louis was considered as the capital of Upper Louisiana . Having organized a government , one of his first acts was to parcel the land to ...
... proceeded to St. Louis with the troops , and assumed the reins of government . From this time St. Louis was considered as the capital of Upper Louisiana . Having organized a government , one of his first acts was to parcel the land to ...
第 59 頁
... proceeded to in- close it with a kind of wall , about six feet high , formed of the trunks of small trees , planted in the ground , the interstices being filled with earth . It described a semicircle , resting upon the river , above and ...
... proceeded to in- close it with a kind of wall , about six feet high , formed of the trunks of small trees , planted in the ground , the interstices being filled with earth . It described a semicircle , resting upon the river , above and ...
第 83 頁
... is now not known , that the Ohio might be reached , at no great distance , by traveling in a northeastwardly direction , he proceeded on that course until he came to Big Sandy river , having SETTLEMENTS ON THE OHIO . 83.
... is now not known , that the Ohio might be reached , at no great distance , by traveling in a northeastwardly direction , he proceeded on that course until he came to Big Sandy river , having SETTLEMENTS ON THE OHIO . 83.
第 104 頁
... proceeded , is quite apparent in the easy impudence of the following letter from one of them to Governor Shelby , in which the wri- ter's facility in the use of the English language , seems to be about equal to his knowledge of the ...
... proceeded , is quite apparent in the easy impudence of the following letter from one of them to Governor Shelby , in which the wri- ter's facility in the use of the English language , seems to be about equal to his knowledge of the ...
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第 212 頁 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
第 213 頁 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
第 221 頁 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the General Assembly...
第 123 頁 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
第 213 頁 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
第 222 頁 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of the council shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner...
第 214 頁 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
第 223 頁 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to congress, who shall have a seat in congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.
第 215 頁 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
第 214 頁 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.