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  • If there is any good in it; if, as the Senator from Indiana says, as a matter of right women should be entitled to the franchise, that right should be co-extensive with the whole country, and not be limited to the little Territory of Pembina, which is not yet organized.

    History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

  • On a level plain at a place called Pembina, three days out from Red River, the whole camp squatted down; the roll was called, and rules and regulations for the journey were agreed upon and settled.

    The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood 1859

  • North-western borders, called Pembina, at a great expense, but on one of our engineers, Major Long, visiting that spot, in his tour of exploration, shortly afterwards and taking an observation for its latitude, he found it was two minutes or so within our boundary line.

    Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1844

  • Among the low bushes and shrubs there were rose and wild raspberry; there were apple and plum trees, and whole thickets of the "Pembina" (_Viburnum oxycoccos_).

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • The common "snowball bush" of our gardens is a plant of the same genus, and very like the "Pembina" both in leaf and flower.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • This has been corrupted by the fur-traders and voyageurs into "Pembina;" hence, the name of a river which runs into the Red, and also he name of the celebrated but unsuccessful settlement of "Pembina," formed by Lord Selkirk many years ago.

    The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

  • This has been corrupted by the fur-traders and voyageurs into "Pembina;" hence, the name of a river which runs into the Red, and also the name of the celebrated but unsuccessful settlement of "Pembina," formed by Lord

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • The 2010 capital program will focus on resource-play potential in the Cardium formation in areas such as Pembina, Willesden Green and others; the light-oil resource in the Lower Amaranth of Waskada in southwest Manitoba; shale gas in the Cordova Embayment of northeast British Columbia; and ongoing redevelopment projects in the light-oil pools of the Viking formation at Dodsland.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The 2010 capital program will focus on resource-play potential in the Cardium formation in areas such as Pembina, Willesden Green and others; the light-oil resource in the Lower Amaranth of Waskada in southwest Manitoba; shale gas in the Cordova Embayment of northeast British Columbia; and ongoing redevelopment projects in the light-oil pools of the Viking formation at Dodsland.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • /CNW/- Pembina Pipeline Corporation ( "Pembina"), a wholly-owned subsidiary

    WN.com - Articles related to Health bill a milestone -- or a mistake? 2010

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