Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains: 1540-42George Parker Winship A. Lovell, 1894 - 15 pages |
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... passed by all these on account of the small crops ; there was no corn the whole way , unless it was at this valley of Senora , where they collected a little , and be- sides this there was what he took from Culiacan , where he provided ...
... passed by all these on account of the small crops ; there was no corn the whole way , unless it was at this valley of Senora , where they collected a little , and be- sides this there was what he took from Culiacan , where he provided ...
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... passed on to the West five or six days , from which he returned for the reason that he did not find any water or vegetation , but only many stretches of sand ; and he had some fighting on his return to the river and its vicinity ...
... passed on to the West five or six days , from which he returned for the reason that he did not find any water or vegetation , but only many stretches of sand ; and he had some fighting on his return to the river and its vicinity ...
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... passed before this ; they do not have cloaks , nor cotton of which to make them , but use the skins of the cattle they kill , which they tan , because they are set- tled on a very large river among these . They eat the raw flesh like ...
... passed before this ; they do not have cloaks , nor cotton of which to make them , but use the skins of the cattle they kill , which they tan , because they are set- tled on a very large river among these . They eat the raw flesh like ...
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... passed by all these on account small crops ; there was no corn the whole way , unless at this valley of Senora , where they collected a little , a sides this there was what he took from Culiacan , whe provided himself for eighty days ...
... passed by all these on account small crops ; there was no corn the whole way , unless at this valley of Senora , where they collected a little , a sides this there was what he took from Culiacan , whe provided himself for eighty days ...
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... passing of such act , the House of Representatives that happens to be sitting within that time , or that shall be especially for that purpose con- vened , may and shall choose members for the Grand Council in the following proportion ...
... passing of such act , the House of Representatives that happens to be sitting within that time , or that shall be especially for that purpose con- vened , may and shall choose members for the Grand Council in the following proportion ...
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Page 6 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Page 7 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 19 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 20 - States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fif ty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...
Page 7 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 17 - This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of Government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.
Page 25 - ... endangered by the now incoming administration. I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given, will be cheerfully given to all the States, when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause, as cheerfully to one section as to another.
Page 20 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 8 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.