 | George Bancroft - 1852 - 484 Seiten
...five hundred and seventy-two souls,5 — an account which is in harmony with the best traditions.0 The French dwelt on farms, which were about three or four acres wide upon the river, and eighty acres deep ; indolent in the midst of plenty, graziers as well as tillers... | |
 | Electa Maria Sheldon - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...parks stocked with butfaloes, deer, quails, partridges, and wild turkeys. Water-fowl of * Bancroft's description of Detroit — French population. delicious...fort, of which Gladwyn was commander, was a large stockafle, about twenty-five feet high, and twelve hundred yards in circumference, including perhaps... | |
 | Electa Maria Sheldon - 1856 - 448 Seiten
...five hundred men able to bear arms ; three or four hundred French families. Yet an enumeration in 176i proved them not so numerous, with only men enough...enriched by Indian traffic. "The English fort, of which Gladwyu was commander, was a large stockade, about twenty-five feet high, and twelve hundred yards... | |
 | 1856 - 732 Seiten
...reported but five hundred and seventy-two souls ; an account which is in harmony with the best traditions. The French dwelt on farms which were about three or...enriched by Indian traffic. " The English fort, of which Uladuyn was commander, was a large stockade, about twenty-five feet high, and twelve hundred yards... | |
 | 1856 - 792 Seiten
...reported but five hundred and seventy-two souls ; an account which is in harmony with the best traditions. The French dwelt on farms which were about three or...enriched by Indian traffic. "The English fort, of which Gladuyn was commander, was a large stockade, about twenty-five feet high, and twelve hundred yards... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1856 - 812 Seiten
...reported but five hundred and seventy-two souls ; an account which is in harmony with the best traditions. The French dwelt on farms which were about three or...of the soil, and enriched by Indian traffic. "The Jlnglish fort, of which Gladuyn was commander, was a large stockade, about twenty-five feet high, and... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 472 Seiten
...five hundred and seventy-two souls,5 — an account which is in harmony with the best traditions.6 The French dwelt on farms, which were about three or four acres wide upon the river, and eighty acres deep ; indolent in the midst of plenty, graziers as well as tillers... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 482 Seiten
...five hundred and seventy-two souls, 5 —an account which is in harmony with the best traditions. 6 The French dwelt on farms, which were about three or four acres wide upon the river, and eighty acres deep; indolent in the midst of plenty, graziers as well as tillers... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 614 Seiten
...families occupied both banks of the river, on farms, which were about three or four acres wide upon the river, and eighty acres deep; indolent in the...enriched by Indian traffic. The English fort, of which Gladwin was the commander, was a large stockade, about twenty feet high and twelve hundred yards in... | |
 | 1882 - 954 Seiten
...military companies ; while four years later, the census of the place, places the entire population at 572. The French dwelt on farms which were about three or four acres wide on the river front, and eighty acres deep. The fort, then under Major Gladwyn, did not vary much from that known... | |
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The French dwelt on farms which were about three or four acres wide on the river, and eighty acres deep ; indolent in the midst of plenty, graziers as well as tillers of the soil, and enriched by Indian traffic. " The English fort, of which... 
