A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 sider |
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... party of men , who came into collision with Mr. Marshall or his friends , in the exciting and exasperating scenes of Kentucky story , have been essentially and profoundly misrepresented by him , however unintentionally , and insensibly ...
... party of men , who came into collision with Mr. Marshall or his friends , in the exciting and exasperating scenes of Kentucky story , have been essentially and profoundly misrepresented by him , however unintentionally , and insensibly ...
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... party through the north - eastern portion of the State and gave the name of Cumberland , after the " Bloody Duke , " of that name , to the present river , formerly called Shawanee river , and likewise Louisa , to the Big Sandy river on ...
... party through the north - eastern portion of the State and gave the name of Cumberland , after the " Bloody Duke , " of that name , to the present river , formerly called Shawanee river , and likewise Louisa , to the Big Sandy river on ...
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... party continued " hunting with great success until the 22d of December follow- ing . " Soon after this , John Stewart was killed , the first victim , as far as is known , in the hecatombs of white men , offered by the Indians to the god ...
... party continued " hunting with great success until the 22d of December follow- ing . " Soon after this , John Stewart was killed , the first victim , as far as is known , in the hecatombs of white men , offered by the Indians to the god ...
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... party , led on by Col. James Knox , reached Ken- tucky ; and , from the time they were absent from home , they " obtained the name of the Long Hunters . " This expedition reached " the country south of the Kentucky river , " and became ...
... party , led on by Col. James Knox , reached Ken- tucky ; and , from the time they were absent from home , they " obtained the name of the Long Hunters . " This expedition reached " the country south of the Kentucky river , " and became ...
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... party conducted ' in ' by Boone ; he afterwards returned in 1775 , settled six miles from the Falls , at what was called Floyd's sta- tion on the middle fork of Beargrass creek ; he afterwards dis- tinguished himself in the history of ...
... party conducted ' in ' by Boone ; he afterwards returned in 1775 , settled six miles from the Falls , at what was called Floyd's sta- tion on the middle fork of Beargrass creek ; he afterwards dis- tinguished himself in the history of ...
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Side 306 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Side 285 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Side 136 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Side 283 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Side 285 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Side 311 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Side 339 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Side 17 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Side 392 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...
Side 197 - Wilkinson to rush forward with the first battalion. The order was executed with promptitude, and this detachment gained the bank of the river just as the rear of the enemy had embarked...