Historic Notes on the NorthwestH.H. Hill and Company, 1879 - 304 էջ |
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... hands of both - They defeat the Iroquois -They trade with the English , and incur the anger of the French ―Their bravery ― Their decline - Destructive effects of intemperance - Cession of their lands in Illinois , Indiana and Ohio ...
... hands of both - They defeat the Iroquois -They trade with the English , and incur the anger of the French ―Their bravery ― Their decline - Destructive effects of intemperance - Cession of their lands in Illinois , Indiana and Ohio ...
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... hands of the English and Indians - Fall of Fort Dearborn Siege of Forts Wayne and Harrison — Gen. Taylor's report of the attack on Fort Harrison - The naval engagement on Lake Erie - The battle of the Thames - Tecumseh had " fought it ...
... hands of the English and Indians - Fall of Fort Dearborn Siege of Forts Wayne and Harrison — Gen. Taylor's report of the attack on Fort Harrison - The naval engagement on Lake Erie - The battle of the Thames - Tecumseh had " fought it ...
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... hand of man , and says , con- cerning it , as follows : " The south fork of Chicago River takes its rise about six miles from the fort , in a swamp , which communicates also with the Desplaines , one of the head branches of the Illinois ...
... hand of man , and says , con- cerning it , as follows : " The south fork of Chicago River takes its rise about six miles from the fort , in a swamp , which communicates also with the Desplaines , one of the head branches of the Illinois ...
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... hand of man upon the hitherto arid plains of Kansas and Nebraska . Indeed , at an early day some portions of Illinois were considered as uninhab- itable as western Kansas and Nebraska were supposed , a few years ago , to be on account ...
... hand of man upon the hitherto arid plains of Kansas and Nebraska . Indeed , at an early day some portions of Illinois were considered as uninhab- itable as western Kansas and Nebraska were supposed , a few years ago , to be on account ...
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... hands , and , after five years , to erect a seminary , maintain ecclesiastics as missionaries and teachers , and also nuns as teachers and hospitalers . On its part the New France Company agreed to trans- port thirty settlers . The ...
... hands , and , after five years , to erect a seminary , maintain ecclesiastics as missionaries and teachers , and also nuns as teachers and hospitalers . On its part the New France Company agreed to trans- port thirty settlers . The ...
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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...