The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Količina 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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Stran xi
... British . ) The settlement of Old Oregon , embracing all the territory west of the Rocky Mountains , north of California and up to Alaska , being the result of a long series of explorations by sea and land covering three hundred years ...
... British . ) The settlement of Old Oregon , embracing all the territory west of the Rocky Mountains , north of California and up to Alaska , being the result of a long series of explorations by sea and land covering three hundred years ...
Stran xvii
... British naval officer , and the Northwest Company succeeding the Pacific Fur Company through the treachery of some of the Scotch partners . Fifty bushels of potatoes from the start of 1811 . 1814 Ship Isaac Todd arrives at Astoria . On ...
... British naval officer , and the Northwest Company succeeding the Pacific Fur Company through the treachery of some of the Scotch partners . Fifty bushels of potatoes from the start of 1811 . 1814 Ship Isaac Todd arrives at Astoria . On ...
Stran xxii
... British line after Perry's flag - ship had been disabled ; and Perry himself was a relative of John Perry , the great - grandfather of the author of this history . Dr. Joseph Gaston dying prior to the birth of his son , he was reared in ...
... British line after Perry's flag - ship had been disabled ; and Perry himself was a relative of John Perry , the great - grandfather of the author of this history . Dr. Joseph Gaston dying prior to the birth of his son , he was reared in ...
Stran xxv
... British army at Yorktown . As Columbus left no explanation of his studies of the great problem of sail- ing westward from Europe to find the east coast of Asia the world is left to judge him by contemporaneous events . That Columbus did ...
... British army at Yorktown . As Columbus left no explanation of his studies of the great problem of sail- ing westward from Europe to find the east coast of Asia the world is left to judge him by contemporaneous events . That Columbus did ...
Stran xxxvii
... British government afterwards set up to Oregon . If Drake , on that voyage , did actually reach Oregon , then according to the inter- national law of that period , the English had a right to Oregon from discovery . But the British ...
... British government afterwards set up to Oregon . If Drake , on that voyage , did actually reach Oregon , then according to the inter- national law of that period , the English had a right to Oregon from discovery . But the British ...
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acres American arrived in Oregon Astor Astoria Bank born British California Captain Catholic Champoeg church citizens claim Columbia river committee Congress Dalles discovery dollars elected emigrants England expedition farm fur trade George gold governor governor of Oregon honor Hudson's Bay Company hundred immigration Indians island James Jason Lee John John McLoughlin Joseph killed Lake land Lane Lane county legislature Lewis and Clark lived located McLoughlin Methodist miles mill mission missionaries Missouri National native Nez Perces Northwest Northwest Company Old Oregon Oregon City Oregon country Oregonian organized Pacific coast party passed pioneer Polk Portland President Provisional Government railroad reached region road Rocky mountains Rogue River sailed Salem settled settlement settlers ship territory thousand tion town treaty tribes United States senator Vancouver wagons Walla Washington Whitman Willamette river Willamette valley William Yamhill Yamhill county
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Stran 640 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land ; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Stran 614 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Stran 182 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Stran 153 - There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants.
Stran 218 - ... that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Stran 181 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Stran xxvii - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! " Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson:
Stran 265 - The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union. The Executive, in seizing the fugitive occurrence which so much advances the good of their country, have done an act beyond the Constitution.
Stran 614 - Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; Time's tragedy is in that aching stoop; Through this dread shape humanity betrayed, Plundered, profaned and disinherited, Cries protest to the Judges of the World, A protest that is also prophecy.
Stran 640 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.