Proceedings and CollectionsNebraska State Historical Society, 1885 |
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Σελίδα 28
... say we took courage and retraced our steps . About 12 o'clock at night we reached the city , consisting of one tent and two small cabins covered with bark . Here we found Mr. John Young , an old acquaintance , who gave us tea and ...
... say we took courage and retraced our steps . About 12 o'clock at night we reached the city , consisting of one tent and two small cabins covered with bark . Here we found Mr. John Young , an old acquaintance , who gave us tea and ...
Σελίδα 30
... say courage , not I , for I had none . However , I got to the store by the ground not com- plying with my foolish wishes to open and swallow me up . What a task for me to ask an entire stranger to trust me for a set of tools . One of ...
... say courage , not I , for I had none . However , I got to the store by the ground not com- plying with my foolish wishes to open and swallow me up . What a task for me to ask an entire stranger to trust me for a set of tools . One of ...
Σελίδα 31
... say that . but if we could have been half as comfortable then as now , would have felt rich . I have occupied too much of time and the half is not told . your SUMMARY . Well , it gives me pleasure to look around on not only our own ...
... say that . but if we could have been half as comfortable then as now , would have felt rich . I have occupied too much of time and the half is not told . your SUMMARY . Well , it gives me pleasure to look around on not only our own ...
Σελίδα 36
... say that they cannot refrain from the habit of swearing . you have not thought of what a wicked thing profane ... says . If he did he would not be guilty of such blasphemy . Now , young gentle- men - you who think that you cannot ...
... say that they cannot refrain from the habit of swearing . you have not thought of what a wicked thing profane ... says . If he did he would not be guilty of such blasphemy . Now , young gentle- men - you who think that you cannot ...
Σελίδα 37
... say to those who assert that they cannot help swearing I will cease speaking for two minutes , so as to give time for any man who is now present who says that he cannot refrain from swearing to deliver him- self from some of those huge ...
... say to those who assert that they cannot help swearing I will cease speaking for two minutes , so as to give time for any man who is now present who says that he cannot refrain from swearing to deliver him- self from some of those huge ...
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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.