History of Cass County, IllinoisWilliam Henry Perrin O.L. Baskin & Company, 1882 - 357 Seiten |
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... Early Notes on Illinois - The French Travelers and Explorers - The Indians- Wars of the Iroquois and Kickapoos - Legend of Monsoela Different Owners of Illinois - Beards- town Mound - Purchase of the Country from the In- dians ...
... Early Notes on Illinois - The French Travelers and Explorers - The Indians- Wars of the Iroquois and Kickapoos - Legend of Monsoela Different Owners of Illinois - Beards- town Mound - Purchase of the Country from the In- dians ...
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... Early Settlement - Pioneer Hardships- First Mill , and other Improvements - Walnut Grove School - house - Present Schools - Churches - Old Princeton , and its Business Enterprise - Little In- CHAPTER XVI . - Richmond Precinct - Physical ...
... Early Settlement - Pioneer Hardships- First Mill , and other Improvements - Walnut Grove School - house - Present Schools - Churches - Old Princeton , and its Business Enterprise - Little In- CHAPTER XVI . - Richmond Precinct - Physical ...
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... EARLY NOTES ON ILLINOIS - THE FRENCH TRAVELERS AND EXPLORERS— THE INDIANS - WARS OF THE IROQUOIS AND KICKAPOOS - LEGEND OF MON- SOELA - DIFFERENT OWNERS OF ILLINOIS - BEARDSTOWN MOUND -PURCHASE OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE INDIANS ...
... EARLY NOTES ON ILLINOIS - THE FRENCH TRAVELERS AND EXPLORERS— THE INDIANS - WARS OF THE IROQUOIS AND KICKAPOOS - LEGEND OF MON- SOELA - DIFFERENT OWNERS OF ILLINOIS - BEARDSTOWN MOUND -PURCHASE OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE INDIANS ...
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... early " twenties , " have reached the northern part of Morgan County ( now Cass ) , and , enraptured with the view , unhitch the teams and look around . The land was surveyed and offered for sale by the government for the first time in ...
... early " twenties , " have reached the northern part of Morgan County ( now Cass ) , and , enraptured with the view , unhitch the teams and look around . The land was surveyed and offered for sale by the government for the first time in ...
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... early years of the white settlements here , wheat was not to be had , and corn meal , the only bread - stuff , was ... earliest settlers in the vicinity of Arenzville were Henry McKean , John Mc- Kean , Alexander Pitner , William Pitner ...
... early years of the white settlements here , wheat was not to be had , and corn meal , the only bread - stuff , was ... earliest settlers in the vicinity of Arenzville were Henry McKean , John Mc- Kean , Alexander Pitner , William Pitner ...
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acres afterward Arenz Arenzville Ashland attended Beards Beardstown began Bluff Springs building built cabin Cass County Chandler Chandlerville Charles clerk county of Cass county seat Creek daugh daughter David deceased Democrat died early elected Elizabeth emigrated engaged in farming entered Epler farmer by occupation father five children followed four George grain Grove Henry Illinois River Indian Jacksonville Jacob James John Joseph July June Kentucky land living located Louis M. E. Church March married Miss Mary Mason County Menard County merchant miles mill Monroe Precinct Morgan County mother native of Germany Ohio parents Petefish pioneer prairie present received his education Republican residence Robert Samuel Sangamon County Sarah school house Schuyler County Scott County Sept settled settlers seven children Skiles sold sons Springfield Thomas Thomas Beard timber tion town trade wife William
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Seite 186 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 105 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Seite 182 - Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.
Seite 141 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Seite 33 - All — but a few apostates, who are meddling With merchandise, pounds, shillings, pence, and peddling ; Or wandering through the southern countries, teaching The ABC from Webster's spelling-book ; Gallant and godly, making love and preaching, And gaining by what they call "hook and crook," And what the moralists call overreaching, A decent living.
Seite 173 - Of all the men Whom day's departing beam saw blooming there In proud and vigorous health ; of all the hearts That beat with anxious life at sun-set there ; How few survive, how few are beating now ! All is deep silence, like the fearful calm That slumbers in the storm's portentous pause ; Save when the frantic wail of widowed love Comes shuddering on the blast, or the faint moan With which some soul bursts from the frame of clay Wrapt round its struggling powers.
Seite 17 - The contractor will furnish, on the requisition of either of you, the rations that may be necessay for the supply of the Indians while attending the treaty. Your compensation will be at the rate of eight dollars per day for the time actually engaged in treating with the Indians; and that of the secretary, whom you are authorized to appoint, will be at the rate of five dollars a day. "I have the honor to be, with great respect, "Your obedient servant, "GEOHGE GRAHAM, "Acting Secretary of War.
Seite 102 - ... the principles of piety and justice and a sacred regard to truth; love of their country, humanity, and universal benevolence; sobriety, industry, and frugality; chastity, moderation, and temperance; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Seite 38 - Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented In the General Assembly, That all that tract of country within the following boundaries to wit: Beginning at a point in the...
Seite 183 - The sweet remembrance of the just, Like a green root, revives, and bears A train of blessings for his heirs, When dying nature sleeps in dust.