An Historical, Topographical, and Statistical View of the United States of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 1J. Ridgway, 1819 - United States |
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... troops . In this expedi- tion , March 12 , 1494 , he difplayed all the pomp of military magnifi- cence that he could exhibit , in order to ftrike the imagination of the natives . He marched with colours flying , with martial mufic , and ...
... troops . In this expedi- tion , March 12 , 1494 , he difplayed all the pomp of military magnifi- cence that he could exhibit , in order to ftrike the imagination of the natives . He marched with colours flying , with martial mufic , and ...
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... troops accustomed to the difcipline , and provided with the inftruments of destruction known in the European art of war , the fituation of the Spaniards was far from being exempt from danger . The vaft fuperiority of the natives in ...
... troops accustomed to the difcipline , and provided with the inftruments of destruction known in the European art of war , the fituation of the Spaniards was far from being exempt from danger . The vaft fuperiority of the natives in ...
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... troops : but this can only hap pen when they have furprised them in the faftneffes of their forefts , where the covert of the wood may conceal them until they take their aim with their utmost certainty . After one fuch difcharge they ...
... troops : but this can only hap pen when they have furprised them in the faftneffes of their forefts , where the covert of the wood may conceal them until they take their aim with their utmost certainty . After one fuch difcharge they ...
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... troops . What men ! what events ! -It is confirmed by the depofitions of all historians , that the Spaniards entered the first time into Mexico without making one fingle discharge of their artillery . If the title of hero is applicable ...
... troops . What men ! what events ! -It is confirmed by the depofitions of all historians , that the Spaniards entered the first time into Mexico without making one fingle discharge of their artillery . If the title of hero is applicable ...
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... troops of the populous cities of the lakes ; fo that the army of the befiegers not only exceeded 200,000 , but amounted to 4,000,000 , according to the letter from Cortes ; and befides these , 3000 boats and canoes came to their ...
... troops of the populous cities of the lakes ; fo that the army of the befiegers not only exceeded 200,000 , but amounted to 4,000,000 , according to the letter from Cortes ; and befides these , 3000 boats and canoes came to their ...
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Page 210 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State, to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the year.
Page 134 - 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.
Page 134 - 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...
Page 221 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 208 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
Page 134 - 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 white men.
Page 464 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 175 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 207 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Page 176 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...