Proceedings and CollectionsNebraska State Historical Society, 1885 |
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... council and the majority were in- clined to recede . I was consulted as the senior . My reply was , " On , Stanley , on , ' we are this far , let us see the elephant . " Had my family been along , my decision might have been different ...
... council and the majority were in- clined to recede . I was consulted as the senior . My reply was , " On , Stanley , on , ' we are this far , let us see the elephant . " Had my family been along , my decision might have been different ...
Σελίδα 42
... Council Bluffs , built in 1819 , I think I can answer satisfactorily . During the years 1838 and 1839 I resided opposite what is now called the city of Omaha . In 1839 I stood on the bluff on which the old fort was built in 1819 ; some ...
... Council Bluffs , built in 1819 , I think I can answer satisfactorily . During the years 1838 and 1839 I resided opposite what is now called the city of Omaha . In 1839 I stood on the bluff on which the old fort was built in 1819 ; some ...
Σελίδα 43
... Council Bluffs . All I could learn on the subject is : several years after the last missionary among the Pottawatomies left that location he was applied to by the Catholic bishop of Dubuque , and ceded to him all the right to the ...
... Council Bluffs . All I could learn on the subject is : several years after the last missionary among the Pottawatomies left that location he was applied to by the Catholic bishop of Dubuque , and ceded to him all the right to the ...
Σελίδα 44
... Council Bluffs city . Fourth . " Do you know of either soldiers or Indians ever hav- ing resided on the Omaha plateau ? " I do not know . A noted trader by the name of T. B. Roye had a trading post from 1825 till 1828 , established on ...
... Council Bluffs city . Fourth . " Do you know of either soldiers or Indians ever hav- ing resided on the Omaha plateau ? " I do not know . A noted trader by the name of T. B. Roye had a trading post from 1825 till 1828 , established on ...
Σελίδα 46
... afterward Fort Calhoun , and formerly Old Council Bluffs , in 1818 , and re- mained there until 1823. During that time he said there were two marriages and two births , but did not inform me 46 NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY .
... afterward Fort Calhoun , and formerly Old Council Bluffs , in 1818 , and re- mained there until 1823. During that time he said there were two marriages and two births , but did not inform me 46 NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY .
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Σελίδα 200 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Σελίδα 171 - That the Legislature of said State, by a Solemn Public Act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said fundamental condition...
Σελίδα 171 - Approved, April 19th, 1864. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect except upon the fundamental condition, that within the state of Nebraska, there shall be no denial •of the elective franchise, or of any other right, to any person, by reason of race or color, •excepting Indians not taxed...
Σελίδα 34 - to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate to appoint ambassadors...
Σελίδα 183 - Pekitanoui, following the account which the Indians have given me; for from them I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake...
Σελίδα 171 - ... the assent of the said state to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the president of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act, upon the receipt whereof the president, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of said state into the Union shall be considered as complete...
Σελίδα 183 - As we were discoursing of them, sailing gently down a beautiful, still, clear water, we heard the noise of a rapid into which we were about to fall. I have seen nothing more frightful ; a mass of large trees...
Σελίδα 183 - I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake, which is the source of another deep river, running to the west, where it empties into the sea....
Σελίδα 199 - Their masters have no other riches nor substance; of them they eat, they drink, they apparel, they...
Σελίδα 183 - I have seen nothing more frightful; a mass of large trees, entire, with branches, real floating islands, came rushing from the mouth of the river Pekitanoui, so impetuously, that we could not, without great danger, expose ourselves to pass across.