Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County: Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties, Volume 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918 |
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... become grown and so strong that he could pull up huge fir trees and toss them around like straws , he felt that his time had come . Going up the river he slept one night near the stream now called the Satus , and a curious depression in ...
... become grown and so strong that he could pull up huge fir trees and toss them around like straws , he felt that his time had come . Going up the river he slept one night near the stream now called the Satus , and a curious depression in ...
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... become manifest as our story proceeds . In the great semicircle of one hundred and fifty miles in which Snake River borders our four counties , there are frequent profound canons through which the snow - crested mountains from which the ...
... become manifest as our story proceeds . In the great semicircle of one hundred and fifty miles in which Snake River borders our four counties , there are frequent profound canons through which the snow - crested mountains from which the ...
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... become their slaves . " They were numerous and powerful ; we were few , and weak . Our hearts were as the hearts of little children ; we could not fight like warriors , and were driven like deer about the plains . When the thunders ...
... become their slaves . " They were numerous and powerful ; we were few , and weak . Our hearts were as the hearts of little children ; we could not fight like warriors , and were driven like deer about the plains . When the thunders ...
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... become useless , and we should again be driven from our lands , and the lands of our fathers , to wander like deer and wolves in the midst of the woods and plains . I therefore say the white men must not be injured ! They have offered ...
... become useless , and we should again be driven from our lands , and the lands of our fathers , to wander like deer and wolves in the midst of the woods and plains . I therefore say the white men must not be injured ! They have offered ...
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... become adulterated . It is difficult to get the Indians to talk freely , even with those whom they like and trust . Educated Indians seem to be ashamed of their native lore , and will generally avoid talking about it with whites at all ...
... become adulterated . It is difficult to get the Indians to talk freely , even with those whom they like and trust . Educated Indians seem to be ashamed of their native lore , and will generally avoid talking about it with whites at all ...
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Page 287 - That the people inhabiting said proposed states do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 287 - State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use.
Page 36 - Lewis's rivers, are in person stout, portly, well-looking men: the women are small, with good features, and generally handsome, though the complexion of both sexes is darker than that of the Tushepaws. In dress they resemble that nation, being fond of displaying their ornaments. The buffalo or elk-skin robe decorated with beads, sea-shells, chiefly mother-of-pearl, attached to an otter-skin collar and hung in the hair...
Page 34 - From the foot of one of the lowest of these mountains, which rises with a gentle ascent of about half a mile, issues the remotest water of the Missouri.
Page 287 - That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
Page 287 - But nothing herein, or in the ordinances herein provided for, shall preclude the said states from taxing as other lands are taxed any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations, and has obtained from the United States or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any act of congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation...
Page 75 - Oregon, which will serve to mark permanently the route of larger numbers each succeeding year, while they have practically demonstrated that wagons drawn by horses or oxen can cross the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River, contrary to all the sinister assertions of all those who pretended it to be impossible.
Page 287 - States, or from any person, a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation : but said ordinances shall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by said States so long and to such extent as such act of Congress may prescribe.
Page 287 - Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents thereof...
Page 626 - ... sundries, and his trade has reached gratifying proportions, bringing him a substantial annual income. Mr. Long exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, with which he has been connected since attaining his majority.