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... head ; and of whole tribes who existed without eating . But when sober men penetrated the forests and became acquainted with the inhabitants , it was dis- covered that from the Gulf of Mexico to the country north of the chain of great ...
... head ; and of whole tribes who existed without eating . But when sober men penetrated the forests and became acquainted with the inhabitants , it was dis- covered that from the Gulf of Mexico to the country north of the chain of great ...
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... head of this chapter represents some Sioux Indians , in their winter and fanciful costumes . Wampum is yet in use , as money , among some of the Western tribes , and is manufactured , we believe , as an article of commerce on the sea ...
... head of this chapter represents some Sioux Indians , in their winter and fanciful costumes . Wampum is yet in use , as money , among some of the Western tribes , and is manufactured , we believe , as an article of commerce on the sea ...
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... head of this chapter ) , was asked his name in court , in compliance with a legal form . He was very indignant , and ... head a large portion of the skin . Suchems were the civil heads of nations or tribes ; chiefs were military leaders ...
... head of this chapter ) , was asked his name in court , in compliance with a legal form . He was very indignant , and ... head a large portion of the skin . Suchems were the civil heads of nations or tribes ; chiefs were military leaders ...
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... head waters of the James River in Virginia . All of these tribes were divided into cantons or clans , sometimes so small as to afford only a war party of forty bowmen . The KNISTENEAUX yet [ 1856 ] inhabit a domain extending across the ...
... head waters of the James River in Virginia . All of these tribes were divided into cantons or clans , sometimes so small as to afford only a war party of forty bowmen . The KNISTENEAUX yet [ 1856 ] inhabit a domain extending across the ...
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... head of one who endeavored to escape . He was murdered by some exasperated soldiers at Point Pleasant . When he perceived their intent , he calmly said to his son , who had just joined him , " My son , the Great Spirit has seen fit that ...
... head of one who endeavored to escape . He was murdered by some exasperated soldiers at Point Pleasant . When he perceived their intent , he calmly said to his son , who had just joined him , " My son , the Great Spirit has seen fit that ...
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Side 611 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Side 613 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Side 78 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Side 614 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of Ihe United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Side 575 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Side 587 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Side 587 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Side 545 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Side 536 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Side 483 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...