Proceedings and CollectionsNebraska State Historical Society, 1885 |
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Σελίδα 30
... things shipped from Muscatine , did not arrive until the following spring . Then the all important question arose as ... things as I stood most in need of , John said , is there any- thing else ? That sounded still better . I have always ...
... things shipped from Muscatine , did not arrive until the following spring . Then the all important question arose as ... things as I stood most in need of , John said , is there any- thing else ? That sounded still better . I have always ...
Σελίδα 31
... thing in a family where milk was scarce . In conclusion , Mr. President , you may think , to contrast eighteen years ago with the present , I am going to tell you that I am rich ; but I cannot say that . but if we could have been half ...
... thing in a family where milk was scarce . In conclusion , Mr. President , you may think , to contrast eighteen years ago with the present , I am going to tell you that I am rich ; but I cannot say that . but if we could have been half ...
Σελίδα 36
... thing profane swearing is . Perhaps Many young men have mistaken notions in regard to this practice . I may think it an accomplishment , while it is a shameful disgrace . It carries with it other evils that you would be ashamed to ...
... thing profane swearing is . Perhaps Many young men have mistaken notions in regard to this practice . I may think it an accomplishment , while it is a shameful disgrace . It carries with it other evils that you would be ashamed to ...
Σελίδα 38
... thing that occurred to in- terfere with our harmonious action was in the committee room of the committee on resolutions , Charles F. Holley , chairman . We played mock - congress from " dusky eve until early morn , " the committee be ...
... thing that occurred to in- terfere with our harmonious action was in the committee room of the committee on resolutions , Charles F. Holley , chairman . We played mock - congress from " dusky eve until early morn , " the committee be ...
Σελίδα 39
... thing to be taken into consideration . In order to get ahead of any one else , one Green , Johnson , and myself agreed to locate forthwith at Table Creek , or old Fort Kearney , as it was then called , but we agreed to call it Nebraska ...
... thing to be taken into consideration . In order to get ahead of any one else , one Green , Johnson , and myself agreed to locate forthwith at Table Creek , or old Fort Kearney , as it was then called , but we agreed to call it Nebraska ...
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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.