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  Republic of Indian Stream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Indian Stream was a small, unrecognized, self-declared, constitutional republic in North America that existed from July 9, 1832 to 1835.
Described as Indian Stream Territory so-called by the U.S. census taker in 1830, the area was named for Indian Stream, a small river, and had an organized, elected government and constitution, which served about 300 citizens.
Still described as Indian Stream at the time of the 1840 U.S. Census taken June 1, 1840, the local population totalled 315.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_of_Indian_Stream   (633 words)

  
 The Republic of Indian Stream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The region, known as Indian Stream, encompassed approximately 200,000 acres on the border between New Hampshire and Canada.
Emboldened by their success in rescuing Blanchard the Indian Stream citizens were not content to stop with their rescue but in a heated discussion at the store talked themselves into entering Canada to kidnap Rea, which they did.
The Indian Stream Republic was incorporated into the town of Pittsburg without dispute of Canadian authorities, although it would be 1842 before the boundary line was officially set and the land recognized as belonging to New Hampshire with the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842.
www.heartofnh.com /LegendsLore/IndianStream/Index.html   (1310 words)

  
 Stream Report - Indian Creek
Indian Creek is a fourth-order tributary of the Youghiogheny River.
The stream originates in the Forbes State Forest, in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and flows approximately 28.1 miles in a southwesterly direction to its mouth (Figure 1).
The entire Indian Creek basin drains approximately 125 square miles of the South Western Appalachians between the eastern facing slope of Chestnut Ridge and the western facing slope of Laurel Hill in the Unglaciated Allegheny High Plateau sub-ecoregion.
www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/DEPUTATE/watermgt/Wqp/WQStandards/StreamStatus/Indian_Creek.htm   (1931 words)

  
 Indian Territory. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
The Indian Territory included present-day Okla. N and E of the Red R., as well as parts of Kansas and Nebr.; the lands were delimited in 1854, however, by the creation of the Kansas and Nebr. territories.
With the opening of W Okla. to whites in 1889 the way was prepared for the extinction of the territory, achieved in 1907 with the entrance of Okla. into the Union.
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 exchanged Indian lands in SE U.S. for land W of Miss.
www.bartleby.com /69/27/I01127.html   (247 words)

  
 Stream Report - Indian Creek
Indian Spring Run flows through Chester and Lancaster Counties and is a tributary to Pequea Creek in the Susquehanna River watershed (Figure 1).
Grab samples were collected at 4 stations in the Indian Spring Run basin during the February 2001 survey (Tables 1 and 2).
Rock Run (01591) was used as the reference stream because it has a protected use designation of EV, is a tributary to French Creek (01548) located in Chester County, and has a comparable drainage area to Indian Spring Run.
www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/deputate/watermgt/wqp/wqstandards/StreamStatus/Indian_Spring.htm   (974 words)

  
 Kamat's Potpourri: Stream of Devotion
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The Indian way of life has been known as sanatana dharma (immortal duty) which later on was renamed as Hinduism.
Indian society is an amalgam of many races and creeds.
Urdu, the language of the courts and the literati was born on Indian soil, combining Arabic, Persian, Hindi and Sanskrit.
www.kamat.com /indica/alamkara/8.htm   (1383 words)

  
 INDIAN PHILOSOPHY / HINDUISM
This course is meant to be an introduction to the diverse mosaic of Indian culture, philosophy and religion.
The stream of Indian philosophy, religion, and culture has been a continuum of 5000 years of constant ebb and flow.
Indian culture comprises of at least a score of languages and a thousand dialects.
www.cas.usf.edu /philosophy/syllabi/sp2002syllabi/phi4930rel4333indianphihinduismpadmanabhan.htm   (377 words)

  
 SARAI Hindi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The difference between the pagan consciousness (that is, the Indian consciousness) and the non-pagan consciousness (that is, the western) is the difference between tragedy and comedy.
The Indian mind is a pagan mind which knows that the pleasures of the senses are enjoyed by Indra, and what remains as one's own is the thing that is swelling and rotting in water, the thing that is to be thrown into fire.
It is in this sense that the Indian narrative is a tragedy.
www.sarai.net /language/popularculture/essyas/indra.htm   (10067 words)

  
 Indian Sari,Indian Sarees,Indian Saris,Indian Saree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Indian dressing styles are marked by many variations, both religious and regional with a wide choice of textures and styles.
The Indian saree with its long history is one of the most ancient dresses that have been designed since ages.
However, the first proof that the Indian saree was worn was found with the small statues of Sumer that goes back to 3000-3000 B.C. This was the time of the Indus valley civilization.
www.utsavsarees.com /pages/indiansari.htm   (1286 words)

  
 LaGrand/Indian Metropolis. Chapter 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Indian people who migrated to Chicago in the 1950s were from various backgrounds and came at different times in their lives and for different reasons.
Many Indian people in the Upper Midwest and on the Northern Plains continued the patterns of mobility their parents and grandparents had established in the late nineteenth century.
Indian migration was often influenced by social and family problems as well as by economic motivation.
www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/lagrand/ch3.html   (7519 words)

  
 The Theory Of Indian Dances,Discover Indians,Lord Shiva - When he dances he called Nataraja - the Lord of Dance...,The ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
So, while the South Indian dance forms used verse written in the South Indian languages, the North Indian dances used the North Indian languages, Sanskrit was the only common language.
Lastly, all the dance forms in India are accompanied by either one of the two classical streams of music prevalent in the country.
The North Indian stream of music is called the Hindustani form and the South Indian stream of music is called the Carnatak Form.
www.4to40.com /discoverindia/index.asp?article=discoverindia_indiandance   (1329 words)

  
 The Indian Stream Republic
The area, known as Indian Stream, involved 200,000 acres on the Canadian/ New Hampshire border.
Neither government was happy with the situation and continued to attempt enforcing its laws on the citizenry of the Indian Stream Republic.
John Tyler, a pro Canadian resident of the Indian Stream Republic was arrested by a New Hampshire deputy sheriff.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/new_hampshire/46113   (616 words)

  
 Butler County Storm Water District
This portion of Indian Creek was targeted for the project after discovering a large amount of trash and other waste from the U.S. 27 bridge in Millville.
Stream clean-ups such as these are labor intensive, yet simple best management practices (BMPs) to improve water quality in urban and suburban settings.
Stream clean-ups are an excellent method to allow local citizens a chance to see and experience their rivers and streams, while at the same time providing citizens with the opportunity to see the destruction and impairment that a few local citizens are placing on water quality in their communities.
www.stormwaterdistrict.org /Events/041019_indiancrkcleanup.html   (338 words)

  
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The valleys of Indian stream and Connecticut river seem to have formed the principal camping-grounds of the tribe during their annual visits, relics of which are not infrequently found even now.
The streams and ponds are abundantly stocked with trout, "lunge," and various other kinds of edible fish, while through its forests moose, deer and caribou roamed in such numbers as had never been found in any of the more southerly portions of the state.
During the existence of the "Indian Stream Government," at this humble institution of learning, men, now holding prominent positions at the bar, in the pulpit, in the medical profession, and in mercantile life, received their early elementary education.
www.nh.searchroots.com /documents/History_Pittsburg_NH.txt   (5041 words)

  
 Indian Stream Republic - BANH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Indian Stream Republic: Settling A New England Frontier, 1785-1842
The frontier settlers of what would become known as the Indian Stream declared themselves to be a republic, established a constitution, legislature, courts, laws, and a militia.
This previously unpublished work on the Indian Stream Republic was found among the late author's papers, and has been edited by his daughter, Ruth Doan McDougall.
www.state.nh.us /nhsl/nhbooks/indians.html   (83 words)

  
 Indian Creek Watershed - The Watershed
Often the stream is channelized, that is, straight, deep channels have been dug that are lined with steel sheet piling, concrete or other hard edges.
At the most extreme, the stream may be reduced to a completely concrete channel, as in the case of the Los Angeles River, or may run through a culvert or pipe, like the headwaters of the Skokie River.
The Indian Creek Watershed is located in central Lake County, Illinois or in the northeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area.
www.indiancreekwp.org /indian.htm   (906 words)

  
 About Us
The Indian Creek Watershed Project is comprised of watershed stakeholders dedicated to the preservation, protection, and improvement of the Indian Creek sub-watershed of the Des Plaines River.
The Indian Creek Watershed Project, Ltd. is a non-profit organization formed in the summer of 2000 to promote water quality education and improve conditions in the Indian Creek watershed and beyond.
The Indian Creek Watershed Project Ltd. is a non-profit 503(c)3 organization which was formed in July of 2000 for the benefit of the Indian Creek watershed.
www.indiancreekwp.org /aboutus.htm   (2412 words)

  
 The Hindu : Girls come up trump over boys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the matriculation branch, the pass percentage among girls was 92 (87 for boys) and in the Anglo Indian stream, it was 98 per cent (95.5 for boys).
Of this, the majority of students were in the SSLC stream - 6,89,743; 70,858 students wrote the matriculation stream and 4,806 students the Anglo Indian stream and 1000 odd students were part of the OSLC branch.
The experiment which had been tried with the Anglo Indian stream, because of the comparatively lower number of candidates appearing for the exam, had proved to be `highly successful'.
www.hinduonnet.com /2000/06/22/stories/04222231.htm   (573 words)

  
 Fishing: Proposed quarry could harm Indian Creek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Indian Creek in Westmoreland COunty is a natural trout stream.
Specifically at issue is New Enterprise's plan for disposing of sediment-laden storm water and other runoff in the Henderson quarry, which is fewer than 100 yards from the headwaters of the stream, where populations of wild trout have been documented.
Indian Creek is part of the gateway to the Laurel Highlands, adjacent to state forestland.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05303/597407.stm   (645 words)

  
 Prince George's County Greenways
Indian Creek originates south of Laurel and flows through the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and Berwyn Heights.
Piscataway Creek stream valley park is also planned for a multi-use (hiker/biker/equestrian) trail.
Although most of the stream’s headwater region is heavily developed, M-NCPPC owns a substantial amount of the lower corridor.
www.dnr.state.md.us /greenways/pg.html   (1946 words)

  
 KRIS Bibliographic Resources - Navarro River Basin
Indian Creek (Navarro River tributary) stream survey, August 1962.
Indian Creek (Navarro River tributary) water temperatures, summer 1964.
Indian Creek (Navarro River tributary) stream survey, 8 July 1969.
www.krisweb.com /biblio/biblio_navarro.htm   (2341 words)

  
 Midwest Driftless Area Initiative
Located in the Zumbro watershed of southeastern Minnesota, West Indian Creek is 13 miles in length, of which 7.4 miles is a designated trout stream.
Preliminary results from riparian corridor surveys conducted at West Indian Creek show that boxelder, a type of invasive tree commonly found along streams, is the dominant vegetation.
West Indian Creek is a Minnesota designated trout stream located in the Zumbro River watershed of Wabasha County.
www.fws.gov /midwest/lacrossefisheries/projects/RiparianCorridor.html   (403 words)

  
 A Stream Runs Through It - Indian Rock Tree Farm and Fly Fishing
It’s Indian Rock Tree Farm Christmas trees that you see decorated at the K Street Mall and in front of places like the Hard Rock Café in downtown Sacramento.
Sure you’ve got your American and Consumnes Rivers where planted trout are abundant, but according to the Hyders, their fish are native to the stream at Indian Rock Tree Farm.
Indian Rock Tree Farm and Fly Fishing is located at 3800 North Canyon Rd in Camino.
www.visit-eldorado.com /farm_trails_visitors_guide_05_06/astreamrunsthroughit.html   (716 words)

  
 The World's Fastest Indian, Trailer Stream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
The World's Fastest Indian is a script based on Burt Munro's journeys to Bonneville during the 1960's.
The World's Fastest Indian captures Munro with all his power, his determination, his creativity, his charm, his eccentricity -- told through the eyes of a director who knew the man personally, and has never wavered from his own dream of making Munro's story.
www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/theworldsfastestindianx07x02x06   (427 words)

  
 NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Indian Head completed its first Executive Planning Session (EPS) with the support of the Task Force Lean contractor team determining the Value Streams they would pursue first.
The first value stream identified was the MK 125, which will be the immediate focus.
A value stream, simply stated, is all the actions (both value added and non-value added) required to bring a product from raw material to the customer.
www.navsea.navy.mil /newswire_content.asp?txtDataID=11280&txtTypeID=2   (331 words)

  
 Northern Forest - Source to the Sea
The settlers formed their own local government, and about 1829, the section became known as Indian Stream Territory (named after a small stream whose source is in the northern tip of the state).
On July 9,1832, the inhabitants organized the "Republic of Indian Stream," with a written constitution, council, assembly, and courts.
The tiny State existed for three years...when after a dispute with the Canadian authorities the territory was occupied by New Hampshire Militia.
www.wgby.org /edu/source/northern/indianrepublic.html   (353 words)

  
 shadowstreams
At Westborough in 1822, Polly Johns, "an Indian woman one of the Grafton tribe so-called…found sick, in a hut by the side of a swamp…wholly destitute of any necessaries of life—and unable to help herself," was cared for by a town resident until her death.
The American Antiquarian Society, in its formative years, clearly endorsed notions of Indian extinction, furthering the discourse of disappearance in arguing that 19th century Indians were fading away and rendering Indians people without history by disconnecting them from an imagined earlier "race" conquered and overwhelmed by the Natives encountered by Europeans.
I want some crania from your mounds--- The skulls of the mound Indian, you know, may be easily distinguished from the common Indian by the Palate bone (I have forgot you Doctor’s word for it.) In the Mound skull it is a third larger than in the other---This is a curious fact.
geocities.com /quinnips/history/shadowstreams.html   (11543 words)

  
 The California Report: Audio Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Some of Indian gambling's most loyal supporters are seniors, many of whom take chartered buses to the casinos.
Indian gaming brings billions of dollars into tribes throughout California each year.
California Indian tribes have become one of the most powerful special interests in state politics.
www.californiareport.org /domains/californiareport/archive/R306201630   (408 words)

  
 Vermont's Northland Journal - Philip, Abenaki Indian Chief, and Philip’s Grant
In 1796 Philip, older and tired, was living in the Indian Stream Republic area and traveling to Memphremagog and the central Connecticut River valley.
But, the inhabitants were claiming independence from both and had formed the Indian Stream Republic with their own government: a constitution, bill of rights, courts and judges, and a code of laws.
It was not until 1840 that the town of Pittsburg was organized by the State of NH, which included the Indian Stream Republic and that portion of Philip’s Grant.
www.thekingdomhistorical.com /stories2.html   (987 words)

  
 RDM:Indian Str Rep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, while governments, politicians, and entrepreneurs argued about the boundary between northern New England and British Canada, a group of hardy individuals were otherwise occupied, carving a life in the wooded frontier that would come to be known as Indian Stream.
For nearly 60 years residents of this wild northern outpost were caught in a dispute that rendered both land titles and international boundaries uncertain.
In 1832, they declared themselves the independent Indian Stream Republic, establishing a constitution, a bicameral legislature, courts, laws, and a militia.
www.ruthdoanmacdougall.com /ISR/index.html   (297 words)

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