History of Louisa County, Iowa, from Its Earliest Settlement to 1912, Volume 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 - Louisa County (Iowa) |
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... thence- forward to strange lands . " It is evident from Marquette's narrative that at this time , if not before , they recognized the gravity , if not the importance , of their undertaking , for he says : " The guides returned , leaving ...
... thence- forward to strange lands . " It is evident from Marquette's narrative that at this time , if not before , they recognized the gravity , if not the importance , of their undertaking , for he says : " The guides returned , leaving ...
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... thence down the Mississippi , probably on both sides of it to the mouth of the Des Moines , and up that river across Iowa to the Missouri . There has come down an interesting story of the chivalry of this tribe which is worth preserving ...
... thence down the Mississippi , probably on both sides of it to the mouth of the Des Moines , and up that river across Iowa to the Missouri . There has come down an interesting story of the chivalry of this tribe which is worth preserving ...
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... of the treaty of Prairie du Chien , of the fifteenth of July , one thousand eight hundred and thirty , strikes said river ; thence , up said boundary line to a point fifty miles from the Mississippi HISTORY OF LOUISA COUNTY 31.
... of the treaty of Prairie du Chien , of the fifteenth of July , one thousand eight hundred and thirty , strikes said river ; thence , up said boundary line to a point fifty miles from the Mississippi HISTORY OF LOUISA COUNTY 31.
Page 32
... thence , in a right line to the nearest point on the Red Cedar of the Ioway , forty miles from the Mississippi river ; thence , in a right line to a point in the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri , fifty miles , measured ...
... thence , in a right line to the nearest point on the Red Cedar of the Ioway , forty miles from the Mississippi river ; thence , in a right line to a point in the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri , fifty miles , measured ...
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... thence south- west along the Indian boundary line nine miles and thirty - seven and seventeen hundredths chains , thence south 29 degrees east 42 miles and 30 chains , to a point a little south of latitude 41 degrees ; thence 67.
... thence south- west along the Indian boundary line nine miles and thirty - seven and seventeen hundredths chains , thence south 29 degrees east 42 miles and 30 chains , to a point a little south of latitude 41 degrees ; thence 67.
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74 north amount appointed April Black Hawk building Burlington church Clark clerk Columbus City Columbus Junction commissioners Company F Congress corporal county judge creek David district early Eighth Infantry election Eleventh Infantry February Fifth Infantry Francis Springer Fredonia Fredonia township George Grandview Grandview township Harrison held Henry Hurley Indian Iowa City Iowa river Isett Jacob James January Jefferson Jefferson township John Gilliland Joseph July June Keokuk laid land Levi line dividing located Louisa county March Marshall Marshall township miles Mississippi river Moines county Morning Sun Muscatine Nineteenth Infantry Oakland Oakland township organized plat Port Louisa quarter of section range 4 west record Rinearson road Samuel settlers sheriff Sixteenth Infantry Smith supervisors territory Thirty-fifth Infantry Thomas Toolesboro town township 73 north township 74 Twenty-fifth Infantry vote Wapello Wapello township William L William Milligan Wisconsin
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Page 419 - River; thence from the point aforesaid north along the said meridian line to the intersection of the parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the river Des Moines, making the said line to correspond with the Indian boundary line; thence east from the point of intersection last aforesaid along the said parallel of latitude to the middle of the channel 'of the main fork of the said river Des Moines...
Page 25 - But what is the right of a huntsman to the forest of a thousand miles over which he has accidentally ranged in quest of prey...
Page 420 - That the Inhabitants of the said Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio...
Page 418 - ... thence west, along the same, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the middle of the mouth of the Kansas river...
Page 416 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 147 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 419 - An act to provide for the government of the territory Northwest of the river Ohio...
Page 19 - I thank thee, Blackgown, and thee, Frenchman," addressing M. Jollyet, "for taking so much pains to come and visit us ; never has the earth been so beautiful, nor the sun so bright, as to-day; never has our river been so calm, nor so free from rocks, which your canoes have removed as they passed; never has our tobacco had so fine a flavour, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we behold it to-day.
Page 433 - Des Moines River, thence up the middle of the main channel of the said Des Moines River, to a point on said river where the Northern boundary line of the State of Missouri — as established by the constitution of that State...
Page 433 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.