Stories of IndianaAmerican book Company, 1898 - 296 páginas |
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American animal army arrows became began boat built cabin called canal cents Christopher Harrison civilization Clark coal Colonel copperhead deer doubtless early Elder Thompson feet fight fire flatboat FORT VINCENNES French Gatling Geologist Governor Hannegan Harmony horse Indiana Indiana Territory Indianapolis Johonnot's journey Kentucky killed labor land Lincoln lived Logansport looked Maclure ment miles milk-sick mind Morgan mound mound builders natural gas never night Ohio River Owen passed person pioneer plants prairies preacher Rafinesque Rappites reached Reader RICHARD JORDAN GATLING rifle roads Robert Dale Owen rock savages seems side sketch slavery slaves soon Spencer County steamboat stood Stories stream strong Suttonfield teacher Territory thought tion took town trees trouble turned Vincennes Wabash Wabash River Whitcomb wild wilderness William Maclure wood young
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Página 232 - Knowledge and learning generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Página 110 - I can say what scarcely one woman — a mother — can say in a thousand: Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused, in fact or appearance, to do anything I requested him. I never gave him a cross word in all my life. . . . His mind and mine — what little I had — seemed to run together.
Página 229 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Página 121 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this State, otherwise than for the punishment, of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...
Página 83 - HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled...
Página 232 - ... being highly conducive to this end, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the improvement of such lands as are, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States to this state for the use of schools, and to apply any funds which may be raised from such lands, or from any other quarter, to the accomplishment of the grand object for which they are or may be intended...
Página 261 - Calico was the staple article of appropriation — each man (who could get one) tied a bolt of it to his saddle, only to throw it away and get a fresh one at the first opportunity. They did not pillage with any sort of method or reason — it seemed to be a mania, senseless and purposeless. One man carried a bird-cage, with three canaries in it, for two days.
Página 209 - The internal improvement of the State forms a subject of greatest importance and deserves the most serious attention. Roads and canals are calculated to afford facilities to the commercial transactions connected with the exports and imports of the country, by lessening the expenses and time attendant, as well on the transportation of the bulky articles which compose our exports, as on the importation of articles, the growth and manufactures of foreign countries, which luxury and habit have rendered...