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Stran 342
... Chickasaw Bluffs , all on the east side of the river , were more strongly fortified . Armed galleys patrolled the river . Land grants were freely made in the disputed district , and surveyors were actually engaged in running out such ...
... Chickasaw Bluffs , all on the east side of the river , were more strongly fortified . Armed galleys patrolled the river . Land grants were freely made in the disputed district , and surveyors were actually engaged in running out such ...
Stran 350
... Chickasaw Bluffs the commandant received Ellicott courteously , but appeared embarrassed and surprised at his arrival . Several circumstances conspired to strengthen suspicions that had already arisen in Ellicott's mind . The Spanish ...
... Chickasaw Bluffs the commandant received Ellicott courteously , but appeared embarrassed and surprised at his arrival . Several circumstances conspired to strengthen suspicions that had already arisen in Ellicott's mind . The Spanish ...
Stran 354
... declined a proposition to spirit the governor away into the Chickasaw Nation . In consequence of the new turn of affairs , the officer com- manding thought best to strengthen the escort by enlisting a 354 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
... declined a proposition to spirit the governor away into the Chickasaw Nation . In consequence of the new turn of affairs , the officer com- manding thought best to strengthen the escort by enlisting a 354 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
Stran 355
... Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations that for eight months Spanish agents had been seeking to turn them " Lieut . Pope's descending the river was certainly a fortunate circum- stance for the United States , though in doing it he did not ...
... Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations that for eight months Spanish agents had been seeking to turn them " Lieut . Pope's descending the river was certainly a fortunate circum- stance for the United States , though in doing it he did not ...
Stran 422
... Chickasaw Nation ; five hun- dred warriors from each were to join them ; they were to pass up and take North Carolina and Virginia in the rear ; another army was to appear on the coast , and between these two mill- stones were the ...
... Chickasaw Nation ; five hun- dred warriors from each were to join them ; they were to pass up and take North Carolina and Virginia in the rear ; another army was to appear on the coast , and between these two mill- stones were the ...
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Stran 185 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Stran 172 - Men being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
Stran 301 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Stran 224 - ... your collectors and comptrollers, and of all the slaves that adhered to them. Such would, and, in no long time, must be, the effect of attempting to forbid as a crime, and to suppress as an evil, the command and blessing of Providence,
Stran 200 - American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character.
Stran 137 - Gladstone, a not too friendly critic, has said that " as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Stran 235 - Resolved therefore, that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases.
Stran 227 - What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States directly, and to the nations of Europe more remotely.
Stran 315 - The governor shall not lay any taxes or ympositions upon the colony, their lands or commodities, other way than by the authority of the general assembly, to be levyed and ymployed as the said assembly shall appoynt.
Stran 382 - Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States.