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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... Land - hunters - Inventing names for cities , 68-80 66 CHAPTER VIII . THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN PRESENTS AT MANITOULIN -GEORGIAN BAY . Physical aspect of Indians - A process of civilisation - Petit Courant- Interesting Sabbath ...
... Land - hunters - Inventing names for cities , 68-80 66 CHAPTER VIII . THE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN PRESENTS AT MANITOULIN -GEORGIAN BAY . Physical aspect of Indians - A process of civilisation - Petit Courant- Interesting Sabbath ...
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... Land in Minne- sota - An Indian wigwam , 128-142 CHAPTER XIII . THE CITY OF SUPERIOR - LAND SPECULATION . An invisible city - First settlers - A Far West greeting - First sensations— A cool inhabitant - Superior quarters - The Far West ...
... Land in Minne- sota - An Indian wigwam , 128-142 CHAPTER XIII . THE CITY OF SUPERIOR - LAND SPECULATION . An invisible city - First settlers - A Far West greeting - First sensations— A cool inhabitant - Superior quarters - The Far West ...
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... Land - Lake St Croix -Lake Pepin - The story of Winona - Burying - places of Indians- Scenery below Lake Pepin - Prairie La Crosse - Minnesota versus the World , . 283-292 CHAPTER XXV . ACROSS THE PRAIRIES - CHICAGO - NIAGARA . - An ...
... Land - Lake St Croix -Lake Pepin - The story of Winona - Burying - places of Indians- Scenery below Lake Pepin - Prairie La Crosse - Minnesota versus the World , . 283-292 CHAPTER XXV . ACROSS THE PRAIRIES - CHICAGO - NIAGARA . - An ...
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... land on the British side of the boundary line disappear . There is , therefore , every reason to hope that , if the great powers now wielded by the local legislatures be exercised with judgment , the prosperity of these provinces ...
... land on the British side of the boundary line disappear . There is , therefore , every reason to hope that , if the great powers now wielded by the local legislatures be exercised with judgment , the prosperity of these provinces ...
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... land . " The province is now intersected in all directions by about 800 miles of railways already completed , upon which upwards of ten millions sterling have been expended . The railway which connects Montreal with Quebec is part of ...
... land . " The province is now intersected in all directions by about 800 miles of railways already completed , upon which upwards of ten millions sterling have been expended . The railway which connects Montreal with Quebec is part of ...
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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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