History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
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Side 10
... and , escorted by Pottawatomies , repaired on a mission of peace and
friendship to the Miamis , who occupied the region about the present location of
Chicago . In May , 1671 , a great council of Indians gathered at the Falls of St .
Mary , from ...
... and , escorted by Pottawatomies , repaired on a mission of peace and
friendship to the Miamis , who occupied the region about the present location of
Chicago . In May , 1671 , a great council of Indians gathered at the Falls of St .
Mary , from ...
Side 9
Although Spain claimed the territory by right of first discovery , she mode no effort
to occupy it ; by no permanent ... and therefore had forfeited it when , at a later
period , the Lower Mississippi Valley was re - discovered and occupied by
France ...
Although Spain claimed the territory by right of first discovery , she mode no effort
to occupy it ; by no permanent ... and therefore had forfeited it when , at a later
period , the Lower Mississippi Valley was re - discovered and occupied by
France ...
Side 10
... and , escorted by Pottawatomies , repaired on a mission of peace and
friendship to the Miamis , who occupied the region about the present location of
Chicago . In May , 1671 , a great council of Indians gathered at the Falls of St .
Mary , from ...
... and , escorted by Pottawatomies , repaired on a mission of peace and
friendship to the Miamis , who occupied the region about the present location of
Chicago . In May , 1671 , a great council of Indians gathered at the Falls of St .
Mary , from ...
Side 15
The people of the United States occupied and exercised juris - . diction over the
entire eastern valley of the Mississippi , embracing all the country drained by its
eastern tributaries ; they had a natural right , according to the accepted ...
The people of the United States occupied and exercised juris - . diction over the
entire eastern valley of the Mississippi , embracing all the country drained by its
eastern tributaries ; they had a natural right , according to the accepted ...
Side 18
According to the policy of the European nations , possession perfected title to any
territory . We have seen that the country west of the Mississippi was first
discovered by the Spaniards , but afterward , was visited and occupied by the
French .
According to the policy of the European nations , possession perfected title to any
territory . We have seen that the country west of the Mississippi was first
discovered by the Spaniards , but afterward , was visited and occupied by the
French .
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Side 68 - 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 101 - 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 96 - Company, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side...
Side 58 - ... 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 25 - 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 30 - 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 34 - ... 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 49 - 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 109 - 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 14 - ... 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.
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
| Forfatter | W. E. Alexander |
| Bidragsyter | Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa) |
| Utgiver | Western Publishing Company, 1882 |
| Original fra | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisert | 23. jan 2008 |
| Lengde | 738 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |