Missouri Historical Review, المجلد 9Francis Asbury Sampson, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker State Historical Society of Missouri., 1915 |
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الصفحة 1 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
الصفحة 7 - Against The Political System Adopted By Congress For Them," and was communicated to the Senate December 31, 1804. Am. State Papers, Misc., I. 396ff. This petition was placed in the hands of a committee appointed by the House of Representatives. On January 25, 1805, the committee closed its reports with a resolution "that provision ought to be made by law for extending to the inhabitants of Louisiana the right of self-government.
الصفحة 74 - Here lies buried Robert Carter, Esq.. an honourable man, who by noble endowments and pure morals gave lustre to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary, he sustained that institution in its most trying times. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses, and Treasurer under the most serene Princes, William. Anne, George I and II. Elected by the House its Speaker six years, and Governor of the Colony for more than a year, he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom. Possessed of ample...
الصفحة 11 - If our legislature dispose of it with the wisdom we have a right to expect, they may make it the means of tempting all our Indians on the east side of the Mississippi to remove to the west, and of condensing instead of scattering our population.
الصفحة 185 - ... going off upon an expedition to shoot game, or to fight their enemies, or when they hear some bad news, or have lost some friend or relative. In warm weather, the men go quite in a state of nature, except a cloak around their waists. Many, and indeed most of their little children, are seen going abroad naked, even at this cold season of the year, notwithstanding the thermometer has sometimes stood below zero, and the ground is frozen six or eight inches deep. Their villages are nothing more than...
الصفحة 180 - We continued on the river till eleven o'clock, when there was a violent shock, which seemed to affect us as sensibly as if we had been on land. The trees on both sides of the river were most violently agitated, and the banks fell in, in several places...
الصفحة 74 - Possessed of ample wealth, blamelessly acquired, he built and endowed, at his own expense, this sacred edifice — - a signal monument of his piety toward God. He furnished it richly. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host.
الصفحة 179 - I ordered them to go upon the island and make a fire, and desired Mr. Bridge and the patron to follow them ; and as it now occurred to me that the preservation of the boat in a great measure depended on the depth of the river, I tried with a sounding pole, and to my great joy, found it did not exceed eight or ten feet. Immediately after the shock we noticed the time, and found it was near two o'clock. It was now nearly half past, and I determined to go ashore myself, after securing some papers and...
الصفحة 92 - ... lashed to a piece of board and leaned against a tree. The Indian had recently killed a deer, which they purchased of him, for one dollar and fifty cents — one-third more than is usually paid to white hunters. They afterwards met with another encampment, where were several families. These Indians have very little acquaintance with the English language, and appeared reluctant to use the few words they knew.
الصفحة 3 - this change has caused the greatest anger among these habitans, who live here, and especially on the day of surrender, during the ceremonies of which they have expressed the greatest grief.' 4" (Ibid., p. 363. The footnote No. 4 gives the authority for the foregoing as follows: "General Archives of the Indies, Seville — Report of La Vallee to the Marquis de Casa Calvo and Don Manuel de...