The Early History of Michigan, from Its First Settlement to 1815A.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 409 Seiten |
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... furs found -Other proofs of their guilt - Cause of Cadillac's arrest CHAPTER VIII . 142 M. Cadillac's defense continued - Count Pontchartrain investigates the conduct of Cadillac's accusers - Questions Cadillac concerning the price and ...
... furs found -Other proofs of their guilt - Cause of Cadillac's arrest CHAPTER VIII . 142 M. Cadillac's defense continued - Count Pontchartrain investigates the conduct of Cadillac's accusers - Questions Cadillac concerning the price and ...
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... furs sell better with the English , and that they can obtain goods at a lower price , yet they make all their trade with us . There are many reasons for this . One is , that each sav- age , one with another , kills , per year , only ...
... furs sell better with the English , and that they can obtain goods at a lower price , yet they make all their trade with us . There are many reasons for this . One is , that each sav- age , one with another , kills , per year , only ...
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... Furs . expense of his journey . Another reason is , that in fre- quenting the French he receives many caresses ; they are too cunning to allow his furs to escape , especially when they succeed in making him eat and drink with them ...
... Furs . expense of his journey . Another reason is , that in fre- quenting the French he receives many caresses ; they are too cunning to allow his furs to escape , especially when they succeed in making him eat and drink with them ...
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... furs . It is abso- lutely necessary to establish this post . " If the king approves this project , I will give you two hundred chosen men , of different trades , with six companies of soldiers , in order that the place may be in ...
... furs . It is abso- lutely necessary to establish this post . " If the king approves this project , I will give you two hundred chosen men , of different trades , with six companies of soldiers , in order that the place may be in ...
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... the governor - general and intend- ant , in consequence of the express orders which they have this year received from the king , do , by these pres- Exclusive traffic in Furs ceded to the Company - Radisson 94 EARLY HISTORY OF MICHIGAN .
... the governor - general and intend- ant , in consequence of the express orders which they have this year received from the king , do , by these pres- Exclusive traffic in Furs ceded to the Company - Radisson 94 EARLY HISTORY OF MICHIGAN .
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accused Achiganaga affair allies Allouez Arnaud arrived attack beaver Bourmont brandy British Callieres Canada canoes captives cause chiefs colony commandant commenced commissioners council Count Pontchartrain coureurs des bois d'Aigrement death Denoyer Detroit directors enemies English establishment Father Marest Folle-Avoine Fort Frontenac Fort Pontchartrain France French Frenchmen Frontenac furs garrison give Gladwyn governor-general and intendant granted hundred Hurons immediately Indians informed inhabitants Iroquois Jean le Blanc Jesuits killed king Koutaouiliboe Lake Huron Lake Superior land letter Lotbinieres Louvigny mackinac Mantet ment Miamis Michigan Michili Michilimackinac mission missionary Montreal Motte Cadillac murder nations necessary northwest obliged officers Ojibwas Onaské Onontio orders Outagamies Outawas peace Péré Pesant Pierre Pontiac possession present prisoners Quebec received Recollet remain replied river Saut Sauteurs savages sent settle Sioux soldiers soon tion Tonti town trade tribes troit troops Vaudreuil village Vincelot wish
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Seite 36 - 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, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Seite 41 - Salle, who had brought him thither to make him perish in a nasty lake, and lose the glory he had acquired by his long and happy navigations on the ocean.
Seite 30 - ... superstitious, they esteem them as divinities, or as presents given to them to promote their happiness by the gods who dwell beneath the water. For this reason they preserve these pieces of copper wrapped up with their most precious articles. In some families they have been kept for more than fifty years; in others, they have descended from time out of mind — being cherished as domestic gods.
Seite 29 - ... them as divinities, or as presents given to them to promote their happiness, by the gods who dwell beneath the water. For this reason, they preserve these pieces of copper, wrapped up with their most precious articles. In some families they have been kept for more than fifty Eock of Copper— Chaquamagon Bay. years ; in others, they have descended from time out of mind, being cherished as domestic gods.
Seite 341 - 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...
Seite 376 - ... by the preceding section, shall be disposed of by the governor and judges aforesaid, at their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorized to make deeds to purchasers thereof, and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, shall be applied, by the governor and judges aforesaid, toward building a courthouse and jail in the town of Detroit ; and the said governor and judges are required to make report to Congress, in writing, of their proceedings under this act.
Seite 338 - Indian treachery and of the white man's duplicity. Today, chanting Te Deums beneath the ample folds of the fleur-de-lis, tomorrow yielding to the power of the British lion, and, a few years later, listening to the exultant screams of the American eagle, as the stars and stripes float over the battlements on the 'isle of the dancing spirits...
Seite 330 - IGNACE de Michilimackinac, and the people are partly baptized and partly not. The Missionary resides on a farm attached to the Mission and situated between the village and the fort, both of which are under his care.
Seite 341 - This lovely and cheerful region attracted settlers, alike white men and savages; and the French had so occupied the two banks of the river, that their numbers were rated even so high as twenty-five hundred souls, of whom were five hundred men able to bear arms ; three or four hundred French families.
Seite 341 - The English fort, of which Gladwin was the commander, was a large stockade, about twenty feet high and twelve hundred yards in circumference, enclosing, perhaps, eighty houses. It stood within the limits of the present city, on the river bank, commanding a wide prospect for nine miles above and below. The garrison was composed of the eightieth regiment, reduced to about one hundred and twenty men and eight officers.