A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... ( mean- ing the countries possessed by the Five Nations ) " have be- longed , and as they have not been given up , or made over to the English , belong still to the same Indian nations . " The court of Great Britain maintained in this ...
... ( mean- ing the countries possessed by the Five Nations ) " have be- longed , and as they have not been given up , or made over to the English , belong still to the same Indian nations . " The court of Great Britain maintained in this ...
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... means , insensible to the cradle of empire she possessed , extending from the Alleghany to the Mississippi . This is evinced by the eagerness with which she laid claim in her first constitution of June 29th , 1776 , to the extreme ...
... means , insensible to the cradle of empire she possessed , extending from the Alleghany to the Mississippi . This is evinced by the eagerness with which she laid claim in her first constitution of June 29th , 1776 , to the extreme ...
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... means , reduce the place to their possession ; or destroy its inhabitants , in detail . " " In the night , they will place themselves near the fort gate , ready to sacrifice the first person who shall appear in the morn- ing : in the ...
... means , reduce the place to their possession ; or destroy its inhabitants , in detail . " " In the night , they will place themselves near the fort gate , ready to sacrifice the first person who shall appear in the morn- ing : in the ...
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... mean time , killed sundry persons ; and destroyed most of the cattle round the stations . Of the settlers , however , it is to be said , that they acquired fortitude , and dexterity in proportion to the occasional pressure . In the most ...
... mean time , killed sundry persons ; and destroyed most of the cattle round the stations . Of the settlers , however , it is to be said , that they acquired fortitude , and dexterity in proportion to the occasional pressure . In the most ...
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... means to engage the Indians in the war ; that the people in the remote and exposed stations of Ken- tucky , might be destroyed for want of the supply , which he , a private individual , had sought at so much hazard and hardship for ...
... means to engage the Indians in the war ; that the people in the remote and exposed stations of Ken- tucky , might be destroyed for want of the supply , which he , a private individual , had sought at so much hazard and hardship for ...
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American appointed army arrived assembled attack bank battle Big Knife Boone Boonesborough British Burr Cahokia called Captain chief citizens Colonel Clark command commissioners Commonwealth confederacy Congress constitution convention council countrymen court creek detachment district elected encamped enemy expedition favor Fort Pitt Fort Stanwix French friends frontier gallant gentlemen George Rogers Clark Governor Harrison Harrodsburg history of Kentucky honorable Humphrey Marshall hundred Indians inhabitants Innes interests Jefferson John judge justice Kaskaskia Kentucky river killed land legislative legislature letter Licks Logan Marshall ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi mouth navigation negotiation officer Ohio river Orleans party passed patriotic peace political possession present President resolutions savages Sebastian session settlements Shelby side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Spain Spanish spirit territory tion town treaty tribes troops tucky United village Virginia warriors Wayne western country Wilkinson
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Seite 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Seite 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Seite 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Seite 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Seite 287 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Seite 287 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Seite 313 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Seite 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Seite 19 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Seite 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...