The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912, Količina 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 |
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Stran xi
... 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 from 1506 to 1806 ...
... 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 from 1506 to 1806 ...
Stran xiii
... settlement of Oregon was exceptional and extraordinary , made so by the conditions and surroundings of the time and place ; and its history cannot be judged by the rules and principles applicable to the history of states in general ...
... settlement of Oregon was exceptional and extraordinary , made so by the conditions and surroundings of the time and place ; and its history cannot be judged by the rules and principles applicable to the history of states in general ...
Stran xxii
... settlement , three brothers , John , William and Alexander Gaston , emigrated to America in the year 1700 , establishing their home in the Carolinas . From this Carolina stock came Alexander Gaston , born in Charleston , South Carolina ...
... settlement , three brothers , John , William and Alexander Gaston , emigrated to America in the year 1700 , establishing their home in the Carolinas . From this Carolina stock came Alexander Gaston , born in Charleston , South Carolina ...
Stran xxv
... settlement of this last and most distant portion of the United States was clearly the result of that world - wide racial impulse to move west on isother- mal lines , take possession of new lands and colonize the North American con ...
... settlement of this last and most distant portion of the United States was clearly the result of that world - wide racial impulse to move west on isother- mal lines , take possession of new lands and colonize the North American con ...
Stran 13
... settlement at Nootka sound . Back and under the whole trouble was the strife to get furs from the Indians . The Spaniards had never made any settlement in the coun- try or left a single priest to convert the heathen . Neither had the ...
... settlement at Nootka sound . Back and under the whole trouble was the strife to get furs from the Indians . The Spaniards had never made any settlement in the coun- try or left a single priest to convert the heathen . Neither had the ...
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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.