History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
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Side 15
Taking advantage of the claim of the American people , that the Mississippi
should be opened to them , in 1791 , the Spanish Government concocted a
scheme for the dismembership of the Union . The plan was to induce the Western
people to ...
Taking advantage of the claim of the American people , that the Mississippi
should be opened to them , in 1791 , the Spanish Government concocted a
scheme for the dismembership of the Union . The plan was to induce the Western
people to ...
Side 33
Althongh it was not the first portion of Iowa ceded to the United States by the Sacs
and Foxes , it was the first opened to actual settlement by the tide of emigration
that flowed across the Mississippi as soon as the Indian title was extinguished .
Althongh it was not the first portion of Iowa ceded to the United States by the Sacs
and Foxes , it was the first opened to actual settlement by the tide of emigration
that flowed across the Mississippi as soon as the Indian title was extinguished .
Side 43
The miners , however ; were reluctant about leaving the rich “ leads " they had
already discovered and opened , and were not disposed to obey the order to
remove with any considerable degree of alacrity . In due time , Col . Taylor
dispatched ...
The miners , however ; were reluctant about leaving the rich “ leads " they had
already discovered and opened , and were not disposed to obey the order to
remove with any considerable degree of alacrity . In due time , Col . Taylor
dispatched ...
Side 44
The Indians returned , and were encouraged to operate the rich mines opened by
the late white occupants . In June 1832 , the troops were ordered to the east side
to assist in the annihilation of the very Indians whose rights they had been ...
The Indians returned , and were encouraged to operate the rich mines opened by
the late white occupants . In June 1832 , the troops were ordered to the east side
to assist in the annihilation of the very Indians whose rights they had been ...
Side 56
By act of Congress of June 12 , 1838 , the lands which had been purchased of
the Indians were brought into , market , and land offices opened in Dubuque and
Burlington . Congress provided for military roads and bridges , which greatly
aided ...
By act of Congress of June 12 , 1838 , the lands which had been purchased of
the Indians were brought into , market , and land offices opened in Dubuque and
Burlington . Congress provided for military roads and bridges , which greatly
aided ...
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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 |