Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Volume 2State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1908 Vols. 1-4 include the annual report for 1906-[1910/1912]. |
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Page 10 - ... to catalogue the collections of said society for the more convenient reference of all persons who may have occasion to consult the same...
Page 10 - The regents of the university shall, as often as necessary, elect a president of the university. The president of the university and the superintendent of public instruction shall be ex-officio members of the board of regents, with the privilege of speaking but not of voting. The president shall preside at the meetings of the board and be the principal executive officer of the university. The board of regents shall have the general supervision of the university and the direction and control of all...
Page 10 - There shall continue to be a board of directors of said Society, to consist of as many members as the Society shall determine, and who shall have the same powers as the present board of directors.
Page 17 - River in the welfare, moral and religious instruction of its numerous followers and it being observed with much satisfaction that the influence of the Mission under the direction of The Right Revd. The Bishop of Juliopolis has been uniformly directed to the best interests of the Settlement and of the Country at large, it is Resolved 88.
Page 378 - The average velocity of its current has been estimated at three miles per hour, and this is very greatly increased during the flood season ; in contracted portions of the river frequently reaching five or six miles per hour, and forcing the most powerful steamers to use the towing line. The immediate valley of the river presents the same general characteristics throughout the greater part of its length. The stream winds through a narrow bottom of light alluvial formation, closely shut in by high...
Page 408 - Strong wind during the night, slightly abating before morning. Near this point, when going up, we found in abundance a plant used by the Indians to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. The stem is from two to four feet in length, and from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in diameter, the leaves long and slender, and from four to six inches apart, joining the stem along the line of a very oblique spiral. The stem is crowned by a yellow flower, about two inches in diameter, and having the appearance...
Page 10 - To prepare biennially for publication a report of its collections, and such other matters relating to the transactions of the society as may be useful to the public.
Page 11 - There is hereby further authorized to be appropriated the sum of $16,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any money in the Treasury...
Page 89 - Assiniboine; then due south from that point of intersection to the height of land which separates the waters running into Hudson's Bay from those of the Missouri and...
Page 412 - ... of recent date, and have become dangerous obstructions. The current is slowly eating into the upper bight of each bend, removing the flood deposit, and daily disclosing new snags. It is a peculiarity of the Missouri, due to its wide flood-bed and low bottom-lands, that when at flood-height the channel is cut across the sand points, making the bight of the bend low down and filling in above. As the water falls the channel gradually works out from the point: the bight is made further and further...