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... five shillings of white ; and double that amount in black . A fathom of white was worth about two dollars and a half , and black about five dollars . They were of less value at the time of our War for Independence . The engraving shows ...
... five shillings of white ; and double that amount in black . A fathom of white was worth about two dollars and a half , and black about five dollars . They were of less value at the time of our War for Independence . The engraving shows ...
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... Five Nations ( see Sec . III . ) was divided into several tribes , designated The Wolf , The Bear , The Turtle , etc. , and their respective totums were rude representations of these an- imals . When they signed treaties with the white ...
... Five Nations ( see Sec . III . ) was divided into several tribes , designated The Wolf , The Bear , The Turtle , etc. , and their respective totums were rude representations of these an- imals . When they signed treaties with the white ...
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... FIVE NATIONS in 1650 , and suffered ' much . " The Hurons were almost destroyed , and the OTTAWAS were much reduced in numbers . Some of them , with the Huron remnant , joined the Chippewds , and finally the whole tribe returned to ...
... FIVE NATIONS in 1650 , and suffered ' much . " The Hurons were almost destroyed , and the OTTAWAS were much reduced in numbers . Some of them , with the Huron remnant , joined the Chippewds , and finally the whole tribe returned to ...
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... FIVE NATIONS and the English . Of all the Western tribes , these have ever been the most active enemies of the United States . They have ceded their lands , and are now [ 1857 ] far beyond the Mississippi . 6 8. The ILLINOIS formed a ...
... FIVE NATIONS and the English . Of all the Western tribes , these have ever been the most active enemies of the United States . They have ceded their lands , and are now [ 1857 ] far beyond the Mississippi . 6 8. The ILLINOIS formed a ...
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... FIVE NATIONS , in 1672. Suffering defeat , the Shawnees fled to the coun- try of the Catawbas , but were soon driven out , and found shelter with the Creeks . They finally returned to Ohio , and being joined by their Pennsyl- vania ...
... FIVE NATIONS , in 1672. Suffering defeat , the Shawnees fled to the coun- try of the Catawbas , but were soon driven out , and found shelter with the Creeks . They finally returned to Ohio , and being joined by their Pennsyl- vania ...
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Page 365 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually Invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 194 - Mr. President — Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 363 - Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him,, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. SECTION.
Page 354 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 358 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Page 351 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a state...
Page 193 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 146 - London, duty free ; but prohibited the erection or continuance of any mill, or other engine, for slitting or rolling iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt-hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in the colonies, under the penalty of two hundred pounds.
Page 351 - What constitutes a state? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 62 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.