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Chronicles of Oklahoma (7897 words) |
 | It is often incorrectly stated that Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the proposed eastern terminus of this route, and it is forgotten that the selection of the route actually recommended would have benefited equally all parts of the south. |
 | The desire to maintain the balance in the senate between free and slave states was of course a great reason for the southern objection to new territories from which slavery was excluded, for of course new territories meant new states. |
 | It was stated in the New York Evening Post of November 15, 1853, that intrigues were on foot to keep “Nebraska out of the sisterhood of Territories, and of course out of the Union as long as possible.” Quoted by Ray, Repeal of the Missouri compromise, its origin and authorship, 181. |
| Woman Muslim Leaders throughout the Times (7621 words) |
 | She was leader of the Qagans Mongolian Dynasty which ruled most of China and surrounding territories, during the reigns of Irinjibal (1332) and Toghon Temur (1333-70). |
 | The state mainly consisted of oases in the Sahara Desert, and the population is largely Arab, with Berber and fl African influence. |
 | The state was annexed by the Russian 1681 and she died the same year. |