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... built , and the race who built them vanished from the face of the earth , ages before the Indians occupied the land , but their date must probably forever baffle human skill and ingenuity . It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the ...
... built , and the race who built them vanished from the face of the earth , ages before the Indians occupied the land , but their date must probably forever baffle human skill and ingenuity . It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the ...
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... built by them , judging from the ruins of broken columns , fallen arches and crumbling walls of temples , palaces and pyramids , which in some places for miles bestrew the ground , must have been of great extent , magnificent and very ...
... built by them , judging from the ruins of broken columns , fallen arches and crumbling walls of temples , palaces and pyramids , which in some places for miles bestrew the ground , must have been of great extent , magnificent and very ...
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... built a chapel in 1671 , and continued to teach the Indians until his death . In 1673 , in company with Louis Joliet , Father Marquette received orders from Gov. Frontenac to proceed west and explore the Mis- sissippi , which they did ...
... built a chapel in 1671 , and continued to teach the Indians until his death . In 1673 , in company with Louis Joliet , Father Marquette received orders from Gov. Frontenac to proceed west and explore the Mis- sissippi , which they did ...
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... built a fort at the outlet of the lake into the St. Clair . About the same time an expedition was planned against the Senecas , and the Chevalier Tonti , commanding La Salle's forts , of St. Louis and St. Joseph of Lake Michigan , and ...
... built a fort at the outlet of the lake into the St. Clair . About the same time an expedition was planned against the Senecas , and the Chevalier Tonti , commanding La Salle's forts , of St. Louis and St. Joseph of Lake Michigan , and ...
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... built a small fort on its bank , near the lake shore . The principal station of the mission for the instruction of the Miamis was established on the borders of this river . The first French post within the territory of the Miamis was at ...
... built a small fort on its bank , near the lake shore . The principal station of the mission for the instruction of the Miamis was established on the borders of this river . The first French post within the territory of the Miamis was at ...
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Page 184 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 185 - Now Know Ye, That the United States of America, in consideration of the Premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided...
Page 185 - Hundredths of an acre, according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said David McGee.
Page 99 - ... circumstances on the health of the people. They shall, when required, or when they deem it best, advise officers of the government, or other State boards, in regard to the location, drainage, water supply, disposal of excreta, heating, and ventilation of any public institution or building.
Page 185 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 258 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 186 - Vandeveer, of the county and state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name...
Page 21 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 186 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, place, and stead, to...
Page 185 - To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said ISAAC WALKER and to his heirs and assigns forever.