Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of Those Territories; an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to EmigrantsMichigan Publishing, 1854 - 264 strani |
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Stran 52
... road passes through their country , and the temptation which the emigration gives to their stealing propensities seems to afford their principal occupation . They are a wild , roving people , wholly careless of civilized arts . " I am ...
... road passes through their country , and the temptation which the emigration gives to their stealing propensities seems to afford their principal occupation . They are a wild , roving people , wholly careless of civilized arts . " I am ...
Stran 71
... road for the Elkhorn , where we arrived ( thirty miles ) in good camp time , after passing over a most delight- ful country for nearly the whole distance . There is , how- ever , quite a scarcity of timber , which may only be found upon ...
... road for the Elkhorn , where we arrived ( thirty miles ) in good camp time , after passing over a most delight- ful country for nearly the whole distance . There is , how- ever , quite a scarcity of timber , which may only be found upon ...
Stran 73
... road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole " divide " between the Kanzas ... roads now followed become muddy and difficult of travel , but in this respect , says Major Cross , in his report , it ...
... road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole " divide " between the Kanzas ... roads now followed become muddy and difficult of travel , but in this respect , says Major Cross , in his report , it ...
Stran 74
... road in the whole country . The traders often prefer crossing it with their goods to the more circuit- ous and tedious route by boat up the Missouri river . The immediate valley of the Nebraska is a rich bottom soil . In 1842 , Col ...
... road in the whole country . The traders often prefer crossing it with their goods to the more circuit- ous and tedious route by boat up the Missouri river . The immediate valley of the Nebraska is a rich bottom soil . In 1842 , Col ...
Stran 77
... road to Fort Laramie is wholly level . A gentle rolling country then begins . It is upon these sandy plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort ...
... road to Fort Laramie is wholly level . A gentle rolling country then begins . It is upon these sandy plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort ...
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appointed Arkansas river beautiful Bent's Fort bill bluffs boundary Bridger's Pass buffalo Capt Congress cotton-wood court Creek crossed Dahcotah described district dollars east eastern Eli Thayer Emigrant Aid Company encamped fertile Fort Kearney Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley Fremont further enacted governor grass groves hills House hundred and fifty hundred miles Indian tribes Iowa Kanzas and Nebraska Kanzas river land Laramie latitude legislative assembly limestone Mandans Mississippi Missouri Compromise Missouri river mouth Nebraska and Kanzas Nebraska river northern officers Ojibwas Osage Pacific Pawnees pines plains Platte prairie railroad region Republican Fork ridge road Rocky Mountains route sandy Santa Fé Senate settlement settlers Shawnees side slavery slaves soil souri southern stream summit territory of Kanzas territory of Nebraska thence thousand three hundred timber tion treaties tributaries United valley village vote western westward wood Wyandots
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Stran 195 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Stran 200 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Stran 210 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Stran 170 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Stran 204 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Stran 206 - States, to support the Constitution of the United States and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices...
Stran 213 - Kanzas ; and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Stran 206 - Territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts when exercising their jurisdiction as Circuit and District Courts of the United States ; he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as the Marshal of the District Court of the United States...
Stran 206 - That the governor, secretary, chief justice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the president of the United States. The governor and secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits...
Stran 202 - That the judicial power of said territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice, and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of...