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100 fathoms 32-pound shot a. m. BOAT SOUNDING.-MR a. m. noon a. m.-Para river Abstract log Alexander Ramsey annuity Answer Barbot bottom chiefs Danels debts Deep sea soundings Depth Eastward Ed.b Farribault Fernando de Noronha Force of vapor Fort Snelling furled sail Governor Ramsey half-breeds Hugh Tyler Jack Frazer JANUARY June Knots per hour Latitude longitude 19 Mayo Med-a-wa-kan-toan Mendota November open council P. M. Intervals p. m. Surface p. m.-Latitude paid paper payment power of attorney present Question recollect Red Iron reef Renshaw running Samuel Phillips Lee sea-weed See-see-toan and Wah-pa-toan Sibley sign the receipt Sioux Indians Small fish line surface current surface water-Continued surveying brig Dolphin Temp took temperature soundings traders Transparency fathoms Traverse des Sioux treaty United States navy United States surveying vessel vigia Wa-ba-shaw Water surface West wind
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Page 21 - I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in the Department of State.
Page 199 - VIII, the Government of Canada shall pay to the Government of the United States the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000) in currency of the United States. Should this sum prove insufficient to cover the cost of such undertakings one-half...
Page 413 - ... all the public money collected by them,, or otherwise at any time placed in their possession and custody, till the same is ordered, by the proper department or officer of the government, to be transferred or paid out; and when such orders for transfer or payment are received, faithfully and promptly to make the same as directed, and...
Page 416 - ... the Treasury Department to be allowed in his favor any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the United States...
Page 417 - The provisions of the five preceding sections shall be construed to apply to all persons charged with the safekeeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public money, whether such persons be indicted as receivers or depositaries of the same.
Page 416 - ... and any officer or agent of the United States, and all persons advising or participating in such act, being convicted thereof before any court of the United States, of competent jurisdiction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not less than six months nor more than ten years, and to a fine equal to the amount of the money embezzled.
Page 414 - ... keep an accurate entry of each sum received and of each payment and transfer, and...
Page 41 - ... without further cost or expense to the United States; and in consideration of their subsisting themselves the first year after their removal, which they agree to do without further cost or expense on the part of the United States, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($275,000).
Page 41 - ... 1. To the chiefs of the said bands, to enable them to settle their affairs, and comply with their present just engagements; and in consideration of their removing themselves to the country set apart for them as above, which they agree to do within two years, or sooner if...