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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... Scenery about Lake Simcoe - A first experiment at shooting the rapids- Camping for the night - Dressed for dinner - A poetical effusion - Disen- chantment : John Storm - An Indian warrior's story - The Falls of the Severn - A dismal ...
... Scenery about Lake Simcoe - A first experiment at shooting the rapids- Camping for the night - Dressed for dinner - A poetical effusion - Disen- chantment : John Storm - An Indian warrior's story - The Falls of the Severn - A dismal ...
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... its rapid growth - Magnificent scenery surrounding the Falls of the Mississippi - Fort Snelling - The capital of Minnesota- Highly esteemed citizens - Low water , 243-251 CONTENTS . xiii CHAPTER XXII . ST PAUL - LOCOMOTIVE.
... its rapid growth - Magnificent scenery surrounding the Falls of the Mississippi - Fort Snelling - The capital of Minnesota- Highly esteemed citizens - Low water , 243-251 CONTENTS . xiii CHAPTER XXII . ST PAUL - LOCOMOTIVE.
Side xiii
... Scenery around St Paul -Valley of the St Peter's River - Projected railways : St Paul and New Orleans scheme : St Paul and Superior railway - A new channel of com- merce The North Pacific scheme - Rapidity of railway extension in the ...
... Scenery around St Paul -Valley of the St Peter's River - Projected railways : St Paul and New Orleans scheme : St Paul and Superior railway - A new channel of com- merce The North Pacific scheme - Rapidity of railway extension in the ...
Side 2
... scenery with an eye for the practical , as well as the picturesque ; when gazing on a lovely valley or extensive plain , he dis- cerns at a glance the best line for a railway ; and never sees a waterfall without remembering that it is a ...
... scenery with an eye for the practical , as well as the picturesque ; when gazing on a lovely valley or extensive plain , he dis- cerns at a glance the best line for a railway ; and never sees a waterfall without remembering that it is a ...
Side 3
... scenery , form an admirable breakwater , and are so numerous as entirely to shut out a view of the sea from the town . From the highest point of the pro- montory , however , a most enchanting prospect is obtained . On the one side a ...
... scenery , form an admirable breakwater , and are so numerous as entirely to shut out a view of the sea from the town . From the highest point of the pro- montory , however , a most enchanting prospect is obtained . On the one side a ...
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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...
Side 309 - There is no map in this noble Atlas upon which we might not be tempted to write largely. Almost every one suggests a volume of reflection, and suggests it by presenting, in a few hours, accurate truths which it would be the labour of a volume to enforce in words, and by imprinting them, at the name time, upon the memory with such distinctness that their outlines are not likely afterwards to be effaced. The