Memoirs, Official and Personal: With Sketches of Travels Among the Northern and Southern Indians : Embracing a War Excursion, and Descriptions of Scenes Along the Western Borders, Volúmenes1-2Paine and Burgess, 1846 - 136 páginas |
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... took charge of the department , to respond to my calls . But to make way for the new and appropriate supplies , it was necessary for me to get rid of the old and unsuitable ; when I ordered the old stock to be got rid MEMOIRS , & c ...
... took charge of the department , to respond to my calls . But to make way for the new and appropriate supplies , it was necessary for me to get rid of the old and unsuitable ; when I ordered the old stock to be got rid MEMOIRS , & c ...
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... took up a paper , one morning , and read , in substance , what follows : - " Whenever Colonel McKenney's accounts ... took them ? " Mr. Rich , always , except on one oc- casion , when he being sick , I took them myself . " I lost no time ...
... took up a paper , one morning , and read , in substance , what follows : - " Whenever Colonel McKenney's accounts ... took them ? " Mr. Rich , always , except on one oc- casion , when he being sick , I took them myself . " I lost no time ...
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... took into it . It is not only the personal suffering which an assault upon one's good name causes , but a suffering coming from the sympathy of friends which combines with it , as well as the effects which are not unfrequently seen to ...
... took into it . It is not only the personal suffering which an assault upon one's good name causes , but a suffering coming from the sympathy of friends which combines with it , as well as the effects which are not unfrequently seen to ...
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... took it in hand ; and so was the General Post- Office , when Mr. M'Lean succeeded to its management . Both rose out of this chaos into order , and harmony , and usefulness . I have recorded this anecdote , if it may be called one , for ...
... took it in hand ; and so was the General Post- Office , when Mr. M'Lean succeeded to its management . Both rose out of this chaos into order , and harmony , and usefulness . I have recorded this anecdote , if it may be called one , for ...
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... took it with me to Mr. Secre- tary Eaton , and asked if it was intended to apply to the correspondence of the Indian department . " Why not ? " he inquired . Because , I answered , much of that corres- pondence has to traverse the ...
... took it with me to Mr. Secre- tary Eaton , and asked if it was intended to apply to the correspondence of the Indian department . " Why not ? " he inquired . Because , I answered , much of that corres- pondence has to traverse the ...
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Página 22 - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Página 120 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 45 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Página 32 - ... is affectionate to his children, careful of them, and indulgent in the extreme; that his affections comprehend his other connections, weakening, as with us, from circle to circle, as they recede from the centre; that his friendships are strong and faithful to the uttermost extremity...
Página 255 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Página 45 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Página 236 - Being deeply impressed with the opinion that the removal of the Indian tribes from the lands which they now occupy within the limits of the several States and Territories to the country lying westward and northward thereof, within our acknowledged boundaries, is of very high importance to our Union, and may be accomplished on conditions...
Página 255 - States, forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment not exceeding twelve months...
Página vii - I know of no people, among whom there is such a uniformity of features (except the Chinese, the Jews, and the Negroes) as among the Asiatic Tartars. They are distinguished, indeed, by different tribes ; but this is only nominal. Nature has not acknowledged the distinction, but, on the contrary, marked them, wherever found, with the indisputable stamp of Tartars. Whether in Nova Zembla, Mongolia, Greenland, or on the banks of the Mississippi, they are the same people, forming the most numerous, and,...
Página 29 - On that day, when our chieftains lay dead — lay dead, On that day when our chieftains lay dead, I fought hand to hand, at the head of my band, And here, on my breast, have I bled, And here, on my breast, have I bled.