Minnesota and the Far West, Volum 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1855 - 306 sider Oliphant acted as secretary to Lord Elgin during the negotiation at Washington of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. He then accompanied Lord Elgin to Quebec. There he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairsE, and made a journey to Lake Superior and back by the Mississippi to Chicago. |
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... journey— A multitude of counsellors - Yankee promptitude , 156-166 PART III - MINNESOTÁ . CHAPTER XV . CAMPING OUT ON THE ST LOUIS . Fond du Lac - An Indian tomahawked — A striking view - Immense burdens borne by Indians - Culinary ...
... journey— A multitude of counsellors - Yankee promptitude , 156-166 PART III - MINNESOTÁ . CHAPTER XV . CAMPING OUT ON THE ST LOUIS . Fond du Lac - An Indian tomahawked — A striking view - Immense burdens borne by Indians - Culinary ...
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... journey from Montreal to Boston will be made this summer in fourteen hours . The distance from Portland to the Canadian frontier is about a hundred and fifty miles . This portion of the line has been leased by the Grand Trunk Railway ...
... journey from Montreal to Boston will be made this summer in fourteen hours . The distance from Portland to the Canadian frontier is about a hundred and fifty miles . This portion of the line has been leased by the Grand Trunk Railway ...
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... journey into Upper Canada by steamboat is tedious in the extreme . The beauty of the Lake of the Thousand Islands , and the occasionally picturesque scenery upon the banks of the St Lawrence , scarcely compensate for the delays at the ...
... journey into Upper Canada by steamboat is tedious in the extreme . The beauty of the Lake of the Thousand Islands , and the occasionally picturesque scenery upon the banks of the St Lawrence , scarcely compensate for the delays at the ...
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... journey . There is so much of anticipation in it , so many speculations as to what is likely to be wanted , such a delightful uncertainty attending every pur- chase , such delicate discrimination required in choos- ing the most ...
... journey . There is so much of anticipation in it , so many speculations as to what is likely to be wanted , such a delightful uncertainty attending every pur- chase , such delicate discrimination required in choos- ing the most ...
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... journey , as it was through a country likely before long to attract considerable attention , as affording the most profitable field for emigration in Upper Canada . Even then nothing could exceed the avidity with which the land in the ...
... journey , as it was through a country likely before long to attract considerable attention , as affording the most profitable field for emigration in Upper Canada . Even then nothing could exceed the avidity with which the land in the ...
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