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... held for torture or ransom . The traditions of many families run back to King Philip's war , some of the women and children escaping by being placed in an out - of - door brick oven before which wood was piled when the men were called ...
... held for torture or ransom . The traditions of many families run back to King Philip's war , some of the women and children escaping by being placed in an out - of - door brick oven before which wood was piled when the men were called ...
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... held the passage from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie , Detroit closed the entrance to Lake Huron , and Michilimackinac guarded the point where Lake Huron is joined by lakes Michigan and Superior , while the fort called La Baye , at the head ...
... held the passage from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie , Detroit closed the entrance to Lake Huron , and Michilimackinac guarded the point where Lake Huron is joined by lakes Michigan and Superior , while the fort called La Baye , at the head ...
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... held on the Sheyenne . They at first appeared reconciled to each other , but the Sioux took guns and ammunition away from the Chippewa giving them in return bows and arrows ; to some bows without arrows , and to some arrows without bows ...
... held on the Sheyenne . They at first appeared reconciled to each other , but the Sioux took guns and ammunition away from the Chippewa giving them in return bows and arrows ; to some bows without arrows , and to some arrows without bows ...
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... held with us a friendly talk , The hollow peace tree fell beneath their tomahawk . " -The Oneida Chief to the Planter - Campbell . RICHES OF THE INDIANS The herds of buffalo afforded the chief means of subsistence of the Indians while ...
... held with us a friendly talk , The hollow peace tree fell beneath their tomahawk . " -The Oneida Chief to the Planter - Campbell . RICHES OF THE INDIANS The herds of buffalo afforded the chief means of subsistence of the Indians while ...
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... held by Spain , and April 14 , 1684 , he was appointed commandant of all the country from Fort St. Louis . to the mouth of the Mississippi . He then , on August 1st , headed an expedition of four ships with 280 colonists to go by sea to ...
... held by Spain , and April 14 , 1684 , he was appointed commandant of all the country from Fort St. Louis . to the mouth of the Mississippi . He then , on August 1st , headed an expedition of four ships with 280 colonists to go by sea to ...
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Page 39 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 99 - 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.
Page 245 - Like a mighty army Moves the Church of God ! Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod ; We are not divided, All one Body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity.
Page 262 - That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 127 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 131 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 127 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 3 - 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 168 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think : They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 265 - That the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Nebraska shall hold its first session at such time and place in said Territory as the Governor thereof shall appoint and direct; and at said first session, or as soon thereafter as they shall deem expedient, the Governor and Legislative Assembly shall proceed to locate and establish the seat of government for said Territory at such place as they may deem eligible; which place, however, shall thereafter be subject to be changed by the said Governor...