Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... Fathers , with crucifix and altar , bearing the truths of Chris- tianity to distant and savage tribes . Along these routes passed the Coureurs - de - bois and the Voyageurs , ―gay and happy sons of France - with knives , guns , blankets ...
... Fathers , with crucifix and altar , bearing the truths of Chris- tianity to distant and savage tribes . Along these routes passed the Coureurs - de - bois and the Voyageurs , ―gay and happy sons of France - with knives , guns , blankets ...
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... Fathers on the southern shore of Lake Superior , in 1660 , and extending down to 1800 , but little is known of the country lying north and west of the Ohio river ; and the meagre material is only to be found in antiquated books and maps ...
... Fathers on the southern shore of Lake Superior , in 1660 , and extending down to 1800 , but little is known of the country lying north and west of the Ohio river ; and the meagre material is only to be found in antiquated books and maps ...
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... Father Mar- quette desires to explore it - The French government determine on its explora- tion - Theories as to whether the Mississippi emptied into the Sea of Califor- nia , the Gulf of Mexico , or the Atlantic - Joliet and Marquette ...
... Father Mar- quette desires to explore it - The French government determine on its explora- tion - Theories as to whether the Mississippi emptied into the Sea of Califor- nia , the Gulf of Mexico , or the Atlantic - Joliet and Marquette ...
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... Father Hennepin and the merit of his writings - La Salle reaches the Niagara River in Decem- ber , 1678 , builds the ship Griffin and proceeds up Lake Erie , and reaches Mackinaw in August , 1679 ... 54 CHAPTER IX . La Salle's Voyage ...
... Father Hennepin and the merit of his writings - La Salle reaches the Niagara River in Decem- ber , 1678 , builds the ship Griffin and proceeds up Lake Erie , and reaches Mackinaw in August , 1679 ... 54 CHAPTER IX . La Salle's Voyage ...
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... fathers — Not inclined to their teachings - They kill one missionary and retain another in captiv- ity On the Maumee in 1712 - In southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois - Migrate to the Wabash - Derivation of the name Mascoutin ...
... fathers — Not inclined to their teachings - They kill one missionary and retain another in captiv- ity On the Maumee in 1712 - In southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois - Migrate to the Wabash - Derivation of the name Mascoutin ...
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Algonquin American band British called Canada canoes Capt Charlevoix Chicago chief Clark colonies command coureur des bois Creek Croghan Delawares Detroit early enemies English Father fire Fort Frontenac Fort Wayne France French Frontenac fur trade governor Harrison Hennepin History hundred Huron Illinois River implements Indian tribes inhabitants Iroquois Jesuit Joseph Kankakee Kaskaskia Kickapoos killed Lake Erie Lake Michigan land leagues letter Louisiana Mackinaw Marquette Mascoutins Maumee Memoirs Miamis miles mission Mississippi mouth Narrative Journal nation northwest Ohio Ottawas Ouiatanon Paris Documents party passed peace Peoria Peoria Lake Piankeshaws portage possession Pottawatomies prairies Quebec Salle Salle's savages says sent settlements Shawnees side Sieur stream Tecumseh territory thence tion Tippecanoe Tonti town treaty treaty of Greenville trees United Vermilion county village Vincennes voyage Wabash Wabash tribes warriors Wayne western westward
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Էջ 263 - ... the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Էջ 231 - Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Էջ 263 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Էջ 175 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Էջ 47 - I thank thee, Blackgown, and thee, Frenchman," addressing M. Jollyet, "for taking so much pains to come and visit us ; never has the earth been so beautiful, nor the sun so bright, as to-day; never has our river been so calm, nor so free from rocks, which your canoes have removed as they passed; never has our tobacco had so fine a flavour, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we behold it to-day.
Էջ 276 - Money, to us, is of no value, and to most of us unknown : and as no consideration whatever can induce us to sell the lands on which we get sustenance for our women and children, we hope we may be allowed to point out a mode by which your settlers may be easily removed, and peace thereby obtained.
Էջ 262 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Էջ 285 - The great spirit said he gave this great island to his red children. He placed the whites on the other side of the big water, they were not contented with their own, but came to take ours from us. They have driven us from the sea to the lakes, we can go no farther.
Էջ 263 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Էջ 92 - Crozat to carry on a trade in all the lands possessed by us, and bounded by New Mexico and by the...