History of Kalamazoo County, MichiganEverts & Abbott, 1880 - 552 Seiten |
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1st Lieut 2d lieut 80 acres acres unimproved April Battle Creek Brady Bronson building Burdick Capt Charles church Climax Company Comstock Corp court Creek Curtenius Daniel David Detroit died of disease disability disch district dollars Eldred elected end of service Epaphroditus Ransom erected farm feet Frank Little Galesburg George Governor Grand Harrison head of stock held Henry Hiram Hiram Moore hundred Indians Isaac James John Joseph July July 25 June June 24 Kala Kalamazoo County Kalamazoo River Lake Lake Michigan land located Lovell March mazoo Michigan miles Mills Niagara Ohio Ojibwas organized Oshtemo oxen pioneer Portage Pottawattomies Prairie Ronde Ransom regiment residence River Salle Samuel school-house Schoolcraft Sept Sergt settlers Sheldon Smith Street Territory Thomas Titus Bronson town township veteran village William
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Seite 53 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Seite 236 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free, Thy name I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills : My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Seite 230 - The moonshine, stealing o'er the scene, Had blended with the lights of eve; And she was there, my hope, my joy, My own dear Genevieve!
Seite 114 - evidence." in legal acceptation, includes all the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to investigation, is established or disproved.
Seite 53 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Seite 49 - ... been run as the southern boundary of the state of Pennsylvania; and the first line, running east and west, shall begin at the same point, and shall extend throughout the whole territory; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed, as fixing the western boundary of the state of Pennsylvania. The geographer shall designate the townships, or fractional parts of townships, by numbers progressively from south to north ; always beginning each range with No.
Seite 45 - Lawrence; thence westerly to a fork of that branch of the great Miami river running into the Ohio, at or near which fork stood Loromie's store, and where commences the portage between the Miami of the Ohio, and St. Mary's river, which is a branch of the Miami, which runs into Lake Erie; thence a westerly course to Fort Recovery...
Seite 75 - She seized a stable fork and assaulted one miserable victim who lay groaning and writhing in the agony of his wounds, aggravated by the scorching beams of the sun. With a delicacy of feeling scarcely to have been expected under such circumstances, Wau-bee-nee-mah stretched a mat across two poles between me and this dreadful scene. I was thus spared, in some degree, a view of its horrors, although I could not entirely close my ears to the cries of the sufferer. The following night five more of the...
Seite 49 - The plats of the townships respectively, shall be marked by subdivisions into lots of one mile square or 640 acres, in the same direction as the external lines, and numbered from 1 to 36...
Seite 53 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it - expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.