Illustrated School History of the United States and the Adjacent Parts of America: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time ...D. Appleton & Company, 1864 - 460 pages |
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... arms and ammunition . 19. The Dahkotahs , or Sioux , a widely extended family , lived mostly west of the Mississippi . Hence little was known about them by early settlers . One Dahkotah tribe , the Win - ne - bā ' - goes , migrated ...
... arms and ammunition . 19. The Dahkotahs , or Sioux , a widely extended family , lived mostly west of the Mississippi . Hence little was known about them by early settlers . One Dahkotah tribe , the Win - ne - bā ' - goes , migrated ...
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... arms being his only burden , he marched with great rapidity . On a warlike expedition , the chief led the way , and each of his followers trod noiselessly in his tracks , leaving as small a trail as pos- sible . When there was danger of ...
... arms being his only burden , he marched with great rapidity . On a warlike expedition , the chief led the way , and each of his followers trod noiselessly in his tracks , leaving as small a trail as pos- sible . When there was danger of ...
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... arms . Four years afterwards , Balboa was executed by order of Pedrarias [ pā - drah ' - re - as ] , who had superseded him as governor of Darien , professedly for treason , but real- ly on account of the jealousy inspired by his ...
... arms . Four years afterwards , Balboa was executed by order of Pedrarias [ pā - drah ' - re - as ] , who had superseded him as governor of Darien , professedly for treason , but real- ly on account of the jealousy inspired by his ...
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... arms had not at this period come into general use , and only thirteen muskets and ten small field - pieces could be procured . The arms of the greater part consisted of cross - bows , swords , and spears . Thus prepared , Cortez landed ...
... arms had not at this period come into general use , and only thirteen muskets and ten small field - pieces could be procured . The arms of the greater part consisted of cross - bows , swords , and spears . Thus prepared , Cortez landed ...
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... arms in a body against their oppressors ; and , with the view of appeasing them , Cortez compelled Montezuma to appear before them , and urge them to submission . When he showed himself on the battlements in his royal robes , the ...
... arms in a body against their oppressors ; and , with the view of appeasing them , Cortez compelled Montezuma to appear before them , and urge them to submission . When he showed himself on the battlements in his royal robes , the ...
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Page iv - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page ix - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page viii - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page iii - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country ; to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
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Page vi - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page vii - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
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Page 256 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page iii - ... contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...