A History of the United States for Families and LibrariesMason, 1860 - 672 strani |
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... to the pathway of an enemy or of game . The women bore all burdens during journeys ; spread the tents ; prepared food ; dressed skins for clothing ; wove mats for A WIGWAM . beds , made of the bark of 12 THE ABORIGINALS .
... to the pathway of an enemy or of game . The women bore all burdens during journeys ; spread the tents ; prepared food ; dressed skins for clothing ; wove mats for A WIGWAM . beds , made of the bark of 12 THE ABORIGINALS .
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... enemy in open fight . Ambush and secret attack were their favorite methods of gaining an advantage over an enemy . Their close personal encounters were fierce and bloody . They made prisoners , and tortured them , and the scalps of enemies ...
... enemy in open fight . Ambush and secret attack were their favorite methods of gaining an advantage over an enemy . Their close personal encounters were fierce and bloody . They made prisoners , and tortured them , and the scalps of enemies ...
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... enemies of the Esquimaux . The extensive domain occupied by these tribes and the Esquimaux , is claimed by the British , and is under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company . The orginal land of the OTTAWAS was on the west side of Lake ...
... enemies of the Esquimaux . The extensive domain occupied by these tribes and the Esquimaux , is claimed by the British , and is under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company . The orginal land of the OTTAWAS was on the west side of Lake ...
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... enemies of the United States . They have ceded their lands , and are now [ 1856 ] far beyond the Mississippi . The ILLINOIS formed a numerous tribe , twelve thousand strong , when dis- covered by the French . They were seated upon the ...
... enemies of the United States . They have ceded their lands , and are now [ 1856 ] far beyond the Mississippi . The ILLINOIS formed a numerous tribe , twelve thousand strong , when dis- covered by the French . They were seated upon the ...
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... enemy was repulsed , and the FIVE NATIONS became the terror of the Continent . Then Hi - a - watha said , " The Great Master of Breath calls me to go . I have patiently waited his summons . ready - farewell ! " I am Myriads of singing ...
... enemy was repulsed , and the FIVE NATIONS became the terror of the Continent . Then Hi - a - watha said , " The Great Master of Breath calls me to go . I have patiently waited his summons . ready - farewell ! " I am Myriads of singing ...
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Stran 611 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Stran 613 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Stran 78 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Stran 614 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of Ihe United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Stran 575 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Stran 587 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Stran 587 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.
Stran 545 - For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper...
Stran 536 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Stran 483 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...