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... lands . In 1742 they granted to the province of Pennsyl- vania certain lands on the west side of the Susquehannah , having formerly done so on the east side . In 1744 they released to Maryland and Virginia certain lands claimed by them ...
... lands . In 1742 they granted to the province of Pennsyl- vania certain lands on the west side of the Susquehannah , having formerly done so on the east side . In 1744 they released to Maryland and Virginia certain lands claimed by them ...
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... land between the Ohio and Monongahela . They claimed and sold the land on the north side of the Kentucky River . ” This is a skillful statement of the grounds for the Iroquois claim , and was doubtless compiled by the learned writer ...
... land between the Ohio and Monongahela . They claimed and sold the land on the north side of the Kentucky River . ” This is a skillful statement of the grounds for the Iroquois claim , and was doubtless compiled by the learned writer ...
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... land lying principally on the Muskingum . Here they flourished and became a very powerful tribe . From 1765 to 1795 , they were at the height of their influ- ence , but the treaty of Greenville , and the disasters sustained by the ...
... land lying principally on the Muskingum . Here they flourished and became a very powerful tribe . From 1765 to 1795 , they were at the height of their influ- ence , but the treaty of Greenville , and the disasters sustained by the ...
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... land north of the peninsula of Michigan . In 1673 , Marquette , accompanied by Joliet , a trader of Quebec , and five other Frenchmen , with a number of Indian guides , paddled up Green Bay in birch bark canoes , ascended Fox River to ...
... land north of the peninsula of Michigan . In 1673 , Marquette , accompanied by Joliet , a trader of Quebec , and five other Frenchmen , with a number of Indian guides , paddled up Green Bay in birch bark canoes , ascended Fox River to ...
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... Land by the River Niagara , about two Leagues farther down than the great Fall ; for which two Leagues the people are oblig'd to carry their Goods over - land ; but the way is very good and the Trees are but few and they chiefly Firr ...
... Land by the River Niagara , about two Leagues farther down than the great Fall ; for which two Leagues the people are oblig'd to carry their Goods over - land ; but the way is very good and the Trees are but few and they chiefly Firr ...
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Page 522 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 522 - 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.
Page 482 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 450 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Page 521 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 521 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 519 - 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...
Page 518 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...
Page 521 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 521 - Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent...