History of the Border Wars of Two Centuries: Embracing a Narrative of the Wars with the Indians from 1750 to 1874C.A. Wall, 1874 - 608 páginas |
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... Fort Pitt , the remnant of a Shawnoe village at the mouth of the Sciota , and an occasional hamlet or solitary wigwam along the luxuriant banks , he would discern no trace of human habitancy through all this vast extent . " The body of ...
... Fort Pitt , the remnant of a Shawnoe village at the mouth of the Sciota , and an occasional hamlet or solitary wigwam along the luxuriant banks , he would discern no trace of human habitancy through all this vast extent . " The body of ...
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... fort . The next to share this horrifying fate were the neighboring forts of Le Boeuf and Venango . These posts were poorly garrisoned , and fell an easy prey to the savages in their vicinity . But still farther south , around Fort Pitt ...
... fort . The next to share this horrifying fate were the neighboring forts of Le Boeuf and Venango . These posts were poorly garrisoned , and fell an easy prey to the savages in their vicinity . But still farther south , around Fort Pitt ...
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... FORT PITT SLAUGHTER OF TRADERS NARROW ESCAPE OF A GARRISON DESTRUCTION OF FORTS - THE WAR RAGING TO THE HIGHEST PITCH DANGER THICKENING AROUND FORT PITT . - WHILE the clouds of Indians were blackening around Detroit , a tempest was ...
... FORT PITT SLAUGHTER OF TRADERS NARROW ESCAPE OF A GARRISON DESTRUCTION OF FORTS - THE WAR RAGING TO THE HIGHEST PITCH DANGER THICKENING AROUND FORT PITT . - WHILE the clouds of Indians were blackening around Detroit , a tempest was ...
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... Fort Pitt in 1759 , upon the ruins of Fort Duquesne , which General Forbes had destroyed . It is needless to say that the walls of this strong fort have long since been leveled to the ground , and that on its site has arisen the ...
... Fort Pitt in 1759 , upon the ruins of Fort Duquesne , which General Forbes had destroyed . It is needless to say that the walls of this strong fort have long since been leveled to the ground , and that on its site has arisen the ...
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... Fort Pitt , descending the banks of the Alle- ghany , with pack horses . They encamped on the bank of the river till daybreak on the twenty - eighth , when they all crossed over to the fort . They brought with them a great quantity of ...
... Fort Pitt , descending the banks of the Alle- ghany , with pack horses . They encamped on the bank of the river till daybreak on the twenty - eighth , when they all crossed over to the fort . They brought with them a great quantity of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Americans arms army arrived artillery attack band battery battle Black Hawk Blackfeet brave British Brothers buffalo camp canoes Capt captured Carson cavalry chief Clark Colonel command commenced council Creek Delawares detachment Detroit encamped enemy enemy's English expedition fire force Fort Pitt Fort Washington Fort Wayne Fremont French frontier garrison Governor guns hand horses hostile hundred Indians infantry Iroquois Kaskaskia Keokuk killed Kit Carson lake lands Lieut massacre Mexican Mexico Miami miles Mississippi morning mountain murdered nation night officers Ohio Ojibwas ordered Ottawas party passed peace Pontiac possession Pottawatomies prairie prisoners reached rear received regiment retreat river Rock river Saltillo Sandusky savages says scalped Seminoles sent settlements settlers Shawanoes side Sir William Johnson soldiers soon Tecumseh territory thousand tion took town treaty tribes troops United village Wabash warriors western whole wounded Wyandots
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Página 196 - 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.
Página 195 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Página 193 - Governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress ; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. ^' There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked...
Página 195 - Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as aforesaid; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council by death or removal from office, the house of representatives shall nominate two persons qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names...
Página 194 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished, into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature.
Página 194 - The representatives thus elected, shall serve for the term of two years; and, in case of the death of a representative, or removal from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead, to serve for the residue of the term. The general assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives.
Página 195 - And the governor, legislative council, and house of representatives shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills, having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent ; but no bill, or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The governor shall have power...
Página 193 - ... by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department, and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months, to the secretary of congress.
Página 193 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Página 196 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways> and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.