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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... inhabitant - Superior quarters - The Far West as a field for invest- ment - Land speculation - Eligibility of Superior : its future prospects— Bright visions , 143-155 CHAPTER XIV . WISCONSIN - BED AND BOARD IN THE FAR WEST . Wisconsin ...
... inhabitant - Superior quarters - The Far West as a field for invest- ment - Land speculation - Eligibility of Superior : its future prospects— Bright visions , 143-155 CHAPTER XIV . WISCONSIN - BED AND BOARD IN THE FAR WEST . Wisconsin ...
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... An interesting traveller - Warren - Chicago - The oldest inhabitants of Chicago - Once more upon British ground - Listening to the Falls of Niagara , 293-306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FALLS OF ST ANTHONY , -Frontispiece.
... An interesting traveller - Warren - Chicago - The oldest inhabitants of Chicago - Once more upon British ground - Listening to the Falls of Niagara , 293-306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FALLS OF ST ANTHONY , -Frontispiece.
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... inhabitants . After " the stranger " has followed the advice of the newspaper , and been to inspect the shipping , and the instincts of his own nature by going to look at the view , there still remains an inducement for him to linger a ...
... inhabitants . After " the stranger " has followed the advice of the newspaper , and been to inspect the shipping , and the instincts of his own nature by going to look at the view , there still remains an inducement for him to linger a ...
Side 6
... inhabitants ; while the line itself must benefit extensively , by affording so ready a mode of conveyance to the sea , of timber from the interior . Indeed these results are no longer matter of specu- lation . Already the magic ...
... inhabitants ; while the line itself must benefit extensively , by affording so ready a mode of conveyance to the sea , of timber from the interior . Indeed these results are no longer matter of specu- lation . Already the magic ...
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... inhabitants of Quebec , of course , are English ; but the blending of the two races , which has resulted from this mixed population , has only served to bring out more strongly the favourable points in each , and to create a society of ...
... inhabitants of Quebec , of course , are English ; but the blending of the two races , which has resulted from this mixed population , has only served to bring out more strongly the favourable points in each , and to create a society of ...
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