Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary Features of the Mackinac Country; Illustrated from Sketches, Drawings, Maps and Photographs, with an Original Map of Mackinac Island, Made Especially for this Work, Հատոր 1Macmillan, 1918 |
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... carry all his baggage . He wore a grand robe of China damask , all strewn with flowers and birds of many colours . No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled , at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both ...
... carry all his baggage . He wore a grand robe of China damask , all strewn with flowers and birds of many colours . No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled , at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both ...
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... carried over the southern portages would float to the At- lantic , the Mexican Gulf , or the South Sea . " We do not know what effect the story told by Nicolet on his return in 1635 may have had on the mind of Champlain . A few months ...
... carried over the southern portages would float to the At- lantic , the Mexican Gulf , or the South Sea . " We do not know what effect the story told by Nicolet on his return in 1635 may have had on the mind of Champlain . A few months ...
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... and that they all had intrenched themselves in a fort a league and a half in circumference , when the Iroquois elated at gaining a victory over three thousand men of that Nation , who had carried the war 18 HISTORIC MACKINAC.
... and that they all had intrenched themselves in a fort a league and a half in circumference , when the Iroquois elated at gaining a victory over three thousand men of that Nation , who had carried the war 18 HISTORIC MACKINAC.
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... carried the war even into the very country of the Agniehronnons - came and defeated them . " In short , the abundance of fish , and the excellence of the soil for raising Indian corn , have ever proved a very power- ful attraction for ...
... carried the war even into the very country of the Agniehronnons - came and defeated them . " In short , the abundance of fish , and the excellence of the soil for raising Indian corn , have ever proved a very power- ful attraction for ...
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... carrying the good tidings of salvation to the red men , entered the Straits of Mackinac through the western gateway , and beached his canoe at the old Indian town on what was then called Iro- quois Point . Here he planted the Cross and ...
... carrying the good tidings of salvation to the red men , entered the Straits of Mackinac through the western gateway , and beached his canoe at the old Indian town on what was then called Iro- quois Point . Here he planted the Cross and ...
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Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary ..., Հատոր 1 Edwin Orin Wood Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1918 |
Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary ..., Հատոր 1 Edwin Orin Wood Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1918 |
Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary ..., Հատոր 1 Edwin Orin Wood Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1918 |
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Allan Nevins American arrived Astor baptism Beaver British Burrows Brothers Company Canada Canadian canoe Captain capture chief church Colls command coureurs de bois Dablon Detroit dians enemy English Etherington expedition Father Du Jaunay Father Marquette feet Fort Mackinac France French Frontenac Fur Company fur trade garrison Governor Green Bay guns hands Henry Hist HONNYMAN hundred Ibid Ignace Illinois inac Indians Iroquois Jesuit Relations Joseph July June King Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior land Langlade Lieutenant Louis M'DOLE Mackinac country Mackinac Island Major Holmes Marquette's massacre Michilimackinac miles mission missionary Mississippi Montreal nations Nicolet Northwest officers Ojibways Old Mackinaw Ottawas Parkman Patrick Sinclair Pontiac present priest prisoners Quebec River Rogers Salle Sault savages says sent shore Sinclair soldiers Straits Straits of Mackinac Thwaites tion treaty tribes troops village voyageurs Wawatam West western winter Wisconsin
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Էջ 495 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Էջ 600 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Էջ 487 - Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Էջ 486 - Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Էջ 185 - The door was unlocked and opening, and the Indians ascending the stairs, before I had completely crept into a small opening which presented itself at one end of the heap. An instant after four Indians entered the room, all armed with tomahawks, and all besmeared with blood, upon every part of their bodies.
Էջ 188 - Wenniway ordered me downstairs, and there informing me that I was to be taken to his cabin, where, and indeed everywhere else, the Indians were all mad with liquor, death again was threatened, and not as possible only, but as certain. I mentioned my fears on this subject to M. Langlade, begging him to represent the danger to my master. M. Langlade in this instance did not withhold his compassion, and Wenniway immediately consented that I should remain where I was until he found another opportunity...
Էջ 165 - My children, you have forgotten the customs and traditions of your forefathers. Why do you not clothe yourselves in skins, as they did, and use the bows and arrows and the stone-pointed lances which they used? You have bought guns, knives, kettles, and blankets from the white men until you can no longer do without them, and, what is worse, you have drunk the poison fire-water, which turns you into fools. "'Fling all these things away; live as your wise forefathers lived before you.
Էջ 493 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Էջ 182 - Each party has its post, and the game consists in throwing the ball up to the post of the adversary. The ball, at the beginning, is placed in the middle of the course, and each party endeavours as well to throw the ball out of the direction of its own post, as into that of the adversary's.
Էջ 273 - ... the rivers in great state, like sovereigns making a progress : or rather like Highland chieftains navigating their subject lakes. They were wrapped in rich furs, their huge canoes freighted with every convenience and luxury, and manned by Canadian voyageurs, as obedient as Highland clansmen.