History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, IowaWestern Publishing Company, 1882 - 738 sider |
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Side 33
... five beef cattle , twelve bushels of salt , thirty barrels of pork , fifty barrels of flour and six thousand bushels of corn . This territory is known as the " Black Hawk Purchase . " Al- though it was not the first portion of Iowa ...
... five beef cattle , twelve bushels of salt , thirty barrels of pork , fifty barrels of flour and six thousand bushels of corn . This territory is known as the " Black Hawk Purchase . " Al- though it was not the first portion of Iowa ...
Side 35
... five hundred dollars ; and to the Otoes and Missouris , two thousand five hundred dollars- to be paid annually for ten successive years . In addition to these annuities , the Government agreed to fur- nish some of the tribes with ...
... five hundred dollars ; and to the Otoes and Missouris , two thousand five hundred dollars- to be paid annually for ten successive years . In addition to these annuities , the Government agreed to fur- nish some of the tribes with ...
Side 36
... five miles . " This piece of land was twenty - five miles wide in the middle , and ran off to a point at both ends , lying directly back of the Black Hawk Purchase , and of the the same length . 14. Treaty of Relinquishment . - At the ...
... five miles . " This piece of land was twenty - five miles wide in the middle , and ran off to a point at both ends , lying directly back of the Black Hawk Purchase , and of the the same length . 14. Treaty of Relinquishment . - At the ...
Side 48
... five miles above Omaha , at a place now called Florence . Some of them had reached the eastern bank of the river the Spring before , in season to plant a crop . In the Spring of 1847 , Young and a portion of the colony pursued their ...
... five miles above Omaha , at a place now called Florence . Some of them had reached the eastern bank of the river the Spring before , in season to plant a crop . In the Spring of 1847 , Young and a portion of the colony pursued their ...
Side 57
... descent from the said " Anglo - Saxons . But the early settler was not always able to pay even this dollar and twenty - five cents per acre for his land . Many of the settlers had nothing to begin with , HISTORY OF IOWA . 57.
... descent from the said " Anglo - Saxons . But the early settler was not always able to pay even this dollar and twenty - five cents per acre for his land . Many of the settlers had nothing to begin with , HISTORY OF IOWA . 57.
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acres acres of land Allamakee County appointed April Atkinson August born in Norway building built Burdick Burr Oak Calmar Capt church Clayton Clayton County clerk commenced county seat Court House Creek died District Dubuque elected emigrated engaged enlisted erected established farmer father Fort Atkinson Frankville held Henry Hesper Indians Iowa James John July June land valued Lansing lived located March married Miss married to Miss miles mill Mississippi Moines Norway Ohio organized Ossian P. O. Decorah Paint Creek parents pioneer plat postmaster Postville Prairie du Chien present farm purchased railroad regiment remained residence River Rock served settled settlement settlers sold Spillville spring Territory thence tion town township trade treaty Trustees Upper Iowa River village vote wife William Winnebago Winneshiek County Wisconsin Yellow River
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Side 70 - State, but all acts, rules and regulations of said Board may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly ; and when so altered, amended, or repealed, they shall not be re-enacted by the Board of Education.
Side 103 - The interest on these loans is apportioned by the State Auditor semi-annually to the several counties of the State, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. The counties also levy an annual tax for school purposes, which is apportioned to the several district townships in the same way.
Side 98 - Company, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side...
Side 60 - ... middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi river, to the place of beginning.
Side 27 - British trader had landed at Rock Island with two boats loaded with goods, and requested us to come up immediately, because he had good news for us, and a variety of presents. The express presented us with tobacco, pipes and wampum. The news ran through our camp like fire on a prairie.
Side 32 - By this treaty, the Sacs and Foxes ceded to the United States a strip of land on the eastern border of Iowa, fifty miles wide, from the northern boundary of Missouri to the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, containing about six million acres. The western line of the purchase was parallel with the Mississippi. In consideration...
Side 36 - ... understood that the points of termination for the present cession shall be the northern and southern points of said tract as fixed by the survey made under the authority of the United States, and that a line shall be drawn between them so as to intersect a line extended westwardly from the angle of said tract nearly opposite to Rock Island, as laid down in the above survey, so far as may be necessary to include the number of acres hereby ceded, which last mentioned line, it is estimated, will...
Side 51 - The organic act provided for a Governor, whose term of office should be three years, and for a Secretary, Chief Justice, two Associate Justices, and Attorney and Marshal, who should serve four years, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The act also provided for the election, by the white male inhabitants, citizens of the United States, over twenty-one years of age, of a House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-six members, and a Council, to consist...
Side 111 - While awaiting an answer to this request, he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments. In a short time, he was notified that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the Second and Third Regiments (which was near the close of May), the Adjutant General of the State reported that upward of one hundred and seventy companies had been tendered to the Governor to serve against the enemies of the Union. " Much difficulty and considerable...
Side 16 - ... of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the government shall have pursued, for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States ; — holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries, and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties.