Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique du Nord: exécuté pendant les années 1832, 1833 et 1834, Volum 3

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Pàgina 340 - Moines, passing to said high lands along the dividing ridge between the forks of the Grand river ; thence along said high lands or ridge separating the waters of the Missouri from those of the Des Moines, to a point opposite the source of the Boyer river, and thence in a direct line to the upper fork of the Des Moines, the place of beginning.
Pàgina 339 - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING...
Pàgina 339 - Commissioners on behalf of the United States on the one part, and the undersigned deputations of the confederated tribes of the Sacs and Foxes, the Medawah-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wahpelon, and Sissetong bands or tribes of Sioux, the Omahas, loways, Ottoes, and Missourias, on the other part.
Pàgina 343 - We send greeting to all mankind! Be it known unto all nations, that the most ancient, most illustrious, and most numerous tribes of the redskins, lords of the soil from the banks of the great waters unto the tops of the mountains, upon which the heavens rest...
Pàgina 341 - Demoine, the place of beginning. But it is understood that the lands ceded and relinquished by this Treaty, are to be assigned and allotted under the direction of the President of the United States, to the Tribes now living thereon, or to such other Tribes as the President may locate thereon for hunting, and other purposes.
Pàgina 344 - Medecin, when, conforming to all ancient customs and ceremonies, and observing the due mystical signs enjoined by the great medicine lodges, a treaty of peace and friendship was entered into by the said high contracting parties, and is testified by their hands and seals hereunto annexed, hereafter and forever to live as brethren of one large, united, and happy family ; and may the Great Spirit who watcheth over us all approve our conduct and teach us to love one another.
Pàgina 339 - Missourias on the other part. THE said Tribes being anxious to remove all causes which may hereafter create any unfriendly feeling between them, and being also anxious to provide other sources for supplying their wants besides those of hunting, which they are sensible must soon entirly fail them ; agree with the United States on the following Articles.
Pàgina 343 - ... of the soil from the banks of the great waters unto the tops of the mountains, upon which the heavens rest, have entered into a solemn league and covenant to make, preserve and cherish a firm and lasting peace, that so long as the water runs, or the grass grows, they may hail each other as brethren, and smoke the calumet in friendship and security. "On the vigil of St. Andrew in the year 1831, the powerful and distinguished nation of the Blackfeet, Piegan, and Blood Indians by their ambassadors...
Pàgina 145 - Robedoux et son fils étaient alors absents ; quelques engagés grossiers que j'y trouvai ne purent donc pas me procurer les provisions fraîches que je désirais, ni me faciliter les moyens de visiter les Indiens du voisinage, en me prêtant des chevaux.
Pàgina 145 - ... s'étendait au-devant, brillaient de la plus riante verdure, tandis que ces collines aux formes bizarres étaient couronnées de forêts de grands arbres. Les deux maisons qui se trouvent en cet endroit sont peintes en blanc, de sorte que, loin de la rivière, elles se détachent sur la verdure qui les environne, ce qui leur donne un air riant. Derrière ces habitations, entre les collines et sur leur penchant, il ya de grands champs de mais enclos, et de beaux bœufs paissaient dans la plaine.

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