History of the Northwest Coast: 1543-1800History Company, 1890 - Northwest Coast of North America |
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Page 407 - By reason of these aqueous concatenations, this linking of lakes and rivers, one can travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean, almost wholly by water.
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Page 480 - Our Will and Pleasure is, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, WE DO grant unto the said Governor and Company, and...
Page 700 - I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
Page 471 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all state courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 471 - ... one body corporate and politic, in deed and in name, by the name of " The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay...
Page 35 - India, but after certaine dayes I found that the land ranne towards the North, which was to mee a great displeasure.
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Page 353 - November, 1788, the day before he was to set out for the head of the Nile ; on which day, however, he ended his career and life: and thus failed the first attempt to explore the western part of our Northern continent.
Page 471 - States," and shall so continue until the third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and by that name shall be, and are hereby, made able and capable, in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain, to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects, of...