The territory of the princes no less than that of the free nations was thickly inhabited; even the latter possessed a considerable number of fortified towns.
At the confluence of the Cabul and the Indus lay the city of Pushkala, of which the territory was called among the Greeks Penkelaotis (Pushkalavati), and the prince Astes.
The mightiest kingdom on this side of the Indus was the kingdom of Cashmere, whose princes had extended their territory over the mountains in the south, and the land of Abhisara.
The colonies of the Arians had advanced and their territory had been extended to the south both on the east and west.
In the north the territory of Porus was separated from that of the king of Cashmere by a few small tribes.
The territory of Porus extended to the east as far as the Asikni.
Chandragupta succeeded not only in breaking down the rule of the foreigner over the Indus, but in uniting the territory of India from the Indus to the Gulf of Bengal, from the Himalayas to the Vindhyas, into one mighty kingdom.
The number of the monasteries or viharas in the territory of Magadha was so great that the old name of the country was changed for a name derived from them; it was called the land of monasteries: Vihara (Behar).
The battles for the possession of the new territory were over, and the mutual pressure of the Arian tribes had come to an end.
In a paper, read before the Ethnological Society, on the Languages of the Oregon Territory (Dec.
Athabascan, the other languages of the Oregon Territory have affinities with the Eskimo.
The languages of the south-western districts of the Oregon territory are conveniently studied in the admirable volume upon the Philology of the United States Exploring Expedition, by Mr Hale.
Hence the ethnography of thatterritory begins with the Western Esquimaux.
Such are the vocabularies for the Oregon Territory of North America.
After a considerable delay, Dias was sent out as "Conquistador" of the territory recently visited by him.
The sobas of Ndombe, of whose territory he had possessed himself, naturally objected to the presence of these uninvited strangers, but they were compelled to submit after five defeats.
On again descending the Kwanza, he built a presidio in the territory of the chief Muchima, in Kisama (1559).
He, too, refers to the salt mines as a source of revenue, recommends the levying of a toll at river crossings, and the expropriation of the uncultivatedterritory around S.
Ndongo is the original name of the vast territory now known as Angola, from the name or title of its ruler (Ngola) when first the Portuguese became acquainted with it.
A further step in advance was taken in 1682, when the sergeant-major, Pedro da Silva, founded the presidio of Kakonda a velha, in the territory of the soba Bongo.
On the return of fine weather, Mbuilu was pursued into the territory of Ndamba and killed.
In Kisama, the territory of Nambua ngongo (Nabo angungo) was raided in the same year.
The Jagas are still buried sitting, and wives are sacrificed (Capello and Ivens, From Benguella to the Territory of the Iacca, vol.
There could be no extension ofterritory on the continent which would call for an increase of this force, but rather might such extension enable us to diminish it.
The Territory of Dakota has now a population greater than any of the original States (except Virginia) and greater than the aggregate of five of the smaller States in 1790.
We have a clear right to expect, therefore, that no European Government will seek to establish colonial dependencies upon the territory of these independent American States.
The increasing facilities of intercourse will easily bring the States, of which the formation in that part of our territory can not be long delayed, within the sphere of our federative Union.
The United States now enjoy the complete and uninterrupted sovereignty over the whole territory from St. Croix to the Sabine.
It secures to the United States a territory important in itself, and whose importance is much increased by its bearing on many of the highest interests of the Union.
A difference of opinion has arisen in regard to the point of time when the people of a Territory shall decide this question for themselves.
Those who would be our adversaries, we invite to a peaceful competition--not in conquering territory or extending dominion, but in enriching the life of man.
Our past history forbids that we shall in the future acquire territory unless this be sanctioned by the laws of justice and honor.
In the first year of the past Administration the proposition came up for the admission of Santo Domingo as a Territory of the Union.
At any rate, very considerable annexations of German territory by Belgium and France are now inevitable, and Holland must expect a much larger and stronger Belgium to the south of her, allied firmly to France and England.
With the exception of Bulgaria, who hoped to retain most of the Turkish territory won by the Balkan coalition, every one was dissatisfied with the way the London conference ended.
It also appears that cargoes of this character have been seized by the British authorities because of a belief that, though not originally so intended by the shippers, they will ultimately reach the territory of the enemies of Great Britain.
The department has had no specific case of the passage of convoys or troops across American territory brought to its notice.
Only one case raising the question of the transit of war material owned by a belligerent across United States territory has come to the department's notice.
Its plausibility is patent--Germany was already in close league with Turkey, and, looking forward to a war on England, she saw the advantage of owning territoryand a naval base within easy reach of the Suez Canal.
Metz to Thionville; to retain in front of them the greatest possible number of German army corps; to free as far as practicable, the national territory that had been invaded, especially in the Woevre region and around Verdun.
It is manifest that a submarine cable is incapable of becoming a means of direct communication with a warship on the high seas; hence its use cannot, as a rule, make neutral territory a base for the direction of naval operations.
The documents contain merely conversations between military officers in regard to a possible future co-operation of their armies in the event of violation of Belgian territory by Germany.
A cavalry division cleared the territory north of the city, and dispatched, simultaneously with our own advance, a company of Jaegers and a company of bicycle men against L.
Turkey, on one hand, was losing moreterritory than at first imagined, as the result of her defeat, and the loss of Adrianople was especially hard for every Turk.
The most tragic event in the history of the valley was the massacre of the provisional governor of the Territory of New Mexico, with a number of other Americans, shortly after its occupation by the United States.
The Indians had for some time been harassing not only the caravans of the citizen traders, but also those of the government, which carried supplies to the several military posts in the Territory of New Mexico.
The business of the place is considerable, many of the merchants here being wholesale dealers for the vast territory tributary.
Very few troops were in Santa Fe; in fact, the number remaining in the whole territory was very small, and these were scattered at Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and other distant points.
At this perilous juncture in New Mexico, there were but a thousand regulars all told, but the Territory furnished two regiments of volunteers, commanded by officers whose names had been famous on the border for years.
He introduced a bill which authorized the President to appoint a commission to survey a road from the Missouri River to the boundary line of New Mexico, and from thence on Mexican territory with the consent of the Mexican government.
These must not be hurt within the territory of such tribe; the natives will readily inform you which they are.
It may be worth while to tell briefly how this gentleman came to be wandering in Borneo--in the Sultan's territory also--at a date when Rajah Brooke had but just begun to establish order in his own little province.
An immense new territory has here been opened up to us in the realms of knowledge--a territory in which a series of most important problems, formerly held to be insoluble, has been answered in the most surprising manner.
The giants were considerate as well as kindly and they made the territory of the little people out of bounds.
Likewise, an after-dinner speaker can manage tolerably well with a limited supply of stories, if only they are elastic enough in interpretation and he covers a sufficiently wide range of territory in his dining rambles.
A slave of that name sued for his freedom on the ground that his master had taken him from Missouri to reside in the State of Illinois and the Territory of Wisconsin, where slavery was prohibited by law.
The Northern soldier took a sympathetic interest in the escaped slave, and as fast as he advanced into slave territory the greater that sympathy became.
Instead of overthrowing other powers to establish itself, the nation thus represented must arise in territory previously unoccupied, and grow up gradually and peacefully.
And, as we have seen, the nation must arise in territorypreviously unoccupied.
Thus the densely populated Cuzco basin has a vast mountain territory tributary to it and is itself within the limits of barley and wheat cultivation.
The rubber territory is difficult enough for men with capital; for men without capital it is impossible.
The Machigangas are now confined to the forest, but the limits of their territory were once farther upstream, where they were in frequent conflict with the plateau Indians.
An agent of one of the London companies accepted such a challenge and was promptly told that he would not leave the territory alive.
Their ancestors were formerly the rulers of the fort and territory of Kurar in Bundelkhand, when a Bundela Rajput came and settled there.
All the three places mentioned, Dantewara, Lanji and Chanda, are in a territory where tigers are still numerous, and certain points in the above legends favour the idea of this animal origin of the goddess.
Buffaloes or other animals which they steal are passed along from post to post and taken to foreign territory in an incredibly short space of time.
I have often met, generally in the territory of some Raja, bands of these naked Fakirs, hideous to behold.
It has hitherto been believed, at least in the Central Provinces, that both the Gonds and Baigas have been settled in this territory for an indefinite period, that is, from prior to any Aryan or Hindu immigration.
He fancied he felt the territory of France trembling and crumbling beneath his feet.
A distinction will in this case occur, between the number of hands which the stock of the society could employ, and the number which its territorycan maintain.
It is equally evident that from the great bulk of provisions and the amazing extent of her inland territory she could not in return import such a quantity as would be any sensible addition to the annual stock of subsistence in the country.
A wider and more extensive territorywas successively occupied.
Yet both these nations have moreterritory than they can efficiently develop.
Peru enjoys a vast territory in the same zone, and could well afford to take a generous outlook upon the wishes of her neighbour, thereby healing ancient quarrels and laying the foundation of future international stability and friendship.
It is to be recollected that the areas given to these countries themselves in some cases include territory claimed by their immediate neighbours, for there are unsettled boundaries and frontiers, especially in the Amazon Valley.
The English valued the newly acquired colony only as a naval station; they did not endeavour to extend the territory they occupied.
Had the English abandoned it to itself, the Boer territory would have been occupied by Basutos and the Zulus, and the Boers would have disappeared from the face of the earth.
President Pretorius having accepted it, the Boers deposed him, and continued to occupy the territory to which they laid claim.
His position is that of superintendent of the Canadian Express Company, which covers the territory and controls the express business between Detroit, Mich.
Its net-work covered the wholeterritory of the United States.
Again, after the Mexican War all parties were furious at the opposition shown to the annexation of the territory from Mexico.
Early in the summer each city and its surrounding territory was formed into a military district under the command of a general officer, who was subject to the orders of General Woods at Mobile.
The one numerically the largest and which embraced the mostterritory was the White Camelia.
Territory gained by northern arms was consideredterritory gained for the northern churches.
If out of the Union, were they conquered territories subject to no law but the will of the United States government, or were they United States territory with rights under the Constitution?
Now they acted on the principle thatterritory conquered for the United States was also conquered for the northern churches.
Expansion of territorywould come and would cause an increased demand for slaves.
The consequence was that Patton became provisional governor of a territory and not the constitutional governor of a state.
But no more negroes were needed; they were already increasing too fast and there was no territory for extension.
There was noterritory in which slavery could expand.
We think that the United States Surveyor of the Iowa Territory may be of great benefit to the Church, if it be the will of God to this end; and righteousness should be manifested as the girdle of our loins.
Bishop Knight, and Brother Alanson Ripley, visit Iowa Territory immediately, for the purpose of making a location for the Church.
Letter of Robert Lucas, Governor of the Territory of Iowa, Respecting the Manner in Which the Saints Might Hope to be Received and Treated in Iowa.
These principles I trust will ever be adhered to in the territoryof Iowa.
The slave holders of Missouri also sent settlers representing their faith and interests into the new territory in the hope of bringing it into the Union as a slave state.
Letters of Robert Lucas, Governor of the Territory of Iowa, Respecting the Manner in which the Saints Might Hope to be Received and Treated in Iowa.
Except for the state of Missouri alone, her southern boundary line was to mark the furthermost point northward beyond which slavery must not be extended into the territory of the United States.
The retreating ice continued to block the northward drainage until the vast lake, covering a greater territory than all of the present Great Lakes combined, was developed.
But Charleston was full of stock-rustlers and bad men that night, and when the members of the law-and-order party rode into the place they found themselves surrounded by a half a hundred of the worst men in the Territory of Arizona.
Travel was suspended; there was no ranching and nearly every mine in this portion of the territory was abandoned.
The Apaches were raiding throughout the southeastern part of the territory and the little town of adobes was getting new reports of murders from that section every day.
He asked his scouts for a man who could find where Cochise was hiding at the time and conduct him to the place, and they told him that there was only one man in the territory of Arizona, who stood a chance of doing this--Captain Jeffords.
I will despatch a messenger tonight to him at Berlin demanding leave to march through his territory to relieve Magdeburg.
For instance, to begin from the political standpoint, our acquirement of Texas and other territory once belonging to Mexico suggests the predatory methods of the Middle Ages rather than an aspiring and sensitive national public temper.
The magnificent resources of a hugeterritory have been developed during that period.
There is hardly a great measure of legislation with which his name is connected, and he seems to us now to have erred in judgment in a great many cases, especially in undervaluing the great territory on the Pacific.
