Minnesota and the Far WestW. 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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... deep and capacious bay studded with green islets ; these , while they are a most charming feature of the scenery , form an admirable breakwater , and are so numerous as entirely to shut out a view of the sea from the town . From the ...
... deep and capacious bay studded with green islets ; these , while they are a most charming feature of the scenery , form an admirable breakwater , and are so numerous as entirely to shut out a view of the sea from the town . From the ...
Side 22
... deep , and during summer the broad bosom of the St Lawrence affords accommodation to a forest of masts and a desert of rafts . In the upper , people live so close together that the most distant party is round the corner ; and it does ...
... deep , and during summer the broad bosom of the St Lawrence affords accommodation to a forest of masts and a desert of rafts . In the upper , people live so close together that the most distant party is round the corner ; and it does ...
Side 33
... deep , 16 feet wide , and about 7000 feet in length ; supported at intervals of about 260 feet by towers of stone , and open at both ends to ad- mit of trains passing through it , and made of suffi- cient strength to carry six times the ...
... deep , 16 feet wide , and about 7000 feet in length ; supported at intervals of about 260 feet by towers of stone , and open at both ends to ad- mit of trains passing through it , and made of suffi- cient strength to carry six times the ...
Side 34
... and thriving population , and add to the attractions of nature the agreeable accompaniments of civilised life ; now a deep bay runs far into the interior , and the numerous THE LAKE OF THE MOUNTAIN . 35 white sails with.
... and thriving population , and add to the attractions of nature the agreeable accompaniments of civilised life ; now a deep bay runs far into the interior , and the numerous THE LAKE OF THE MOUNTAIN . 35 white sails with.
Side 52
... deep bend in the river , in which we discovered a tempting rapid , and we took advantage of its seclusion to make the experi- ment of shooting the canoe down the foaming waters ; the excitement which in all cases attends this pro ...
... deep bend in the river , in which we discovered a tempting rapid , and we took advantage of its seclusion to make the experi- ment of shooting the canoe down the foaming waters ; the excitement which in all cases attends this pro ...
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Side 245 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the United States to the State for the support of a university, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called "The University Fund...
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