| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1823 - 636 pages
...Arkansas, will only be stopped at the very borders of the sterile desert, which (to use his words) 'is well calculated to serve as a barrier to prevent too great an extension of population westward.' Some of the American statesmen, however, lose all patience at the mention of... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 498 pages
...infinite importance to tlu1 I'liited States, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as :i barrÍL-r to prevent too great an extension of our population westward, and secure us against the machinations »r incursions of ¡in enemy that might otherwise be disposed to annoy us in that quarter." Tiu-se... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 488 pages
...and other wild game, incalculable multitudes of which find ample pasturage and subsistence upon it. This region, however, viewed as a frontier, may prove of infinite importance to the United Stules, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as a barrier to prevent too great an extension of our... | |
| Religion - 1835 - 1040 pages
...character."* This region, however, in another aspect, may prove of great importance to the Indians, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as a barrier to prevent the extension of the white population westward, and their excursions into the Indian country.-}* Long's... | |
| Theology - 1835 - 516 pages
...character."* This region, however, in another aspect, may prove of great importance to the Indians, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as a barrier to prevent the extension of the white population westward, and their excursions into the Indian country.f * Long's... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 924 pages
...other wild game, incalculable multitudes of which find ample pasturage and subsistence upon it." " This region, however, viewed as a frontier, may prove...machinations or incursions of an enemy, that might be disposed to annoy us in that quarter." There is no part of the valuable work before me, said Mr.... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 930 pages
...and other wild game, incalculable multitudes of whicli find ample pasturage and subsistence upon it." "This region, however, viewed as a frontier, may prove...westward, and secure us against the machinations or incur«ions of an enemy, that might be disposed to annoy us in that quarter." There is no part of the... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 772 pages
...and other wild game, incalculable multitudes of which find ample pasturage and subsistence upon it. "This region, however, viewed as a frontier, may prove...machinations or incursions of an enemy, that might be disposed to annoy us in that quarter." It would seem that nature had secured this last refuge to... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 774 pages
..."Thia region, however, viewed as a frontier, nay prove of infinite importance to the United Sutes, inasmuch as it is calculated to serve as a barrier...machinations or incursions of an enemy, that might be disposed to annoy us in that quarter." It would seem that nature had secured this last refuge to... | |
| 1899 - 998 pages
...they now enjoy, and a vast deal more this side of the Rocky Mountains ! Viewed as a frontier, it might prove of infinite importance to the United States,...serve as a barrier to prevent too great an extension ot our population westward. But as the home of the civilized white man it was of no value." Let the... | |
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