The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Količina 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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... City of Portland , entitled " Portland and its Builders , " which received such a flattering support from the citizens of Portland , they were encouraged thereby to undertake the greater and more important work of the History of the ...
... City of Portland , entitled " Portland and its Builders , " which received such a flattering support from the citizens of Portland , they were encouraged thereby to undertake the greater and more important work of the History of the ...
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... City is now located . Three men had joined the party at Mandan , including the French trapper , Charboneau , together with his Shoshone wife- Sacajawea , now represented in the bronze statue in the Portland City Park . They were now far ...
... City is now located . Three men had joined the party at Mandan , including the French trapper , Charboneau , together with his Shoshone wife- Sacajawea , now represented in the bronze statue in the Portland City Park . They were now far ...
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... city of Portland , is uncertain . The probability is very strong that they did camp on the river flat in front of the town of St. Johns , which is a suburb of that city , and it is certain that members of the party came up the river as ...
... city of Portland , is uncertain . The probability is very strong that they did camp on the river flat in front of the town of St. Johns , which is a suburb of that city , and it is certain that members of the party came up the river as ...
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... City , Iowa . The only miscarriage of justice was the neglect of the brave and patient little Indian heroine , Sacaja- wea , who received no reward whatever . Both Lewis and Clark , so far as words could go , recognized the great ...
... City , Iowa . The only miscarriage of justice was the neglect of the brave and patient little Indian heroine , Sacaja- wea , who received no reward whatever . Both Lewis and Clark , so far as words could go , recognized the great ...
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... City . From the Catholic mission the Wilkes party extended its trip farther south to the Methodist mission which was then located about twelve miles north of the present city of Salem . Here the party was entertained by Abernethy ...
... City . From the Catholic mission the Wilkes party extended its trip farther south to the Methodist mission which was then located about twelve miles north of the present city of Salem . Here the party was entertained by Abernethy ...
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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.