The Early History of Michigan: From the First Settlement to 1815A.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 409 páginas |
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... brandy to the Indians — General account of the country , its condition , and inhabitants .. 60 CHAPTER IV . The peace of Ryswick - France retains her possessions in America— Commercial rivalry between the French and English - Cadillac's ...
... brandy to the Indians — General account of the country , its condition , and inhabitants .. 60 CHAPTER IV . The peace of Ryswick - France retains her possessions in America— Commercial rivalry between the French and English - Cadillac's ...
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... brandy to the Indians - General account of the country , its condition , and inhabitants . A MAN of Count Frontenac's abilities could not long occupy an exalted position without making enemies ; and so successful were his enemies in ...
... brandy to the Indians - General account of the country , its condition , and inhabitants . A MAN of Count Frontenac's abilities could not long occupy an exalted position without making enemies ; and so successful were his enemies in ...
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... bad effects produced up Indians by the sale of intoxicating drinks had be peatedly made to Louis XIV . In 1694 the king bishops began seriously to question the propri Decision of the Sorbonne - Cadillac's Remonstrance . allowing brandy.
... bad effects produced up Indians by the sale of intoxicating drinks had be peatedly made to Louis XIV . In 1694 the king bishops began seriously to question the propri Decision of the Sorbonne - Cadillac's Remonstrance . allowing brandy.
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... brandy and other intoxicating drinks to be transported to Michilimackinac as an article of traffic . After much discussion , the subject was finally referred to the Sorbonne for decision . Upon mature deliberation , this august body ...
... brandy and other intoxicating drinks to be transported to Michilimackinac as an article of traffic . After much discussion , the subject was finally referred to the Sorbonne for decision . Upon mature deliberation , this august body ...
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... brandy , after the repast , seems necessary to cook the bilious meats , and the crudities which they leave in the stomach . The air is penetrating and corrosive , and without the brandy that they use in the morning , sick- ness would be ...
... brandy , after the repast , seems necessary to cook the bilious meats , and the crudities which they leave in the stomach . The air is penetrating and corrosive , and without the brandy that they use in the morning , sick- ness would be ...
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The Early History of Michigan, from the First Settlement to 1815 Electa Maria Sheldon Vista completa - 1856 |
The Early History of Michigan, from the First Settlement to 1815 Electa Maria Sheldon Vista completa - 1856 |
The Early History of Michigan: From the First Settlement to 1815 Electa Maria Sheldon Vista completa - 1856 |
Términos y frases comunes
accused affair allies Allouez Arnaud arrived attack beaver believe Bourmont brandy Callieres Canada canoes cause chiefs colony commandant commenced commissioners council Count Frontenac Count Pontchartrain coureurs des bois d'Aigrement death Denoyer Detroit directors EARLY HISTORY enemies English establishment Father Marest fear Fort Frontenac Fort Pontchartrain France French Frenchmen furs garrison give Gladwyn governor governor-general and intendant granted HISTORY OF MICHIGAN hundred Hurons Indians informed inhabitants Iroquois Jean le Blanc Jesuits killed king Kiskakons Koutaouiliboe Lake Lake Huron Lake Superior land letter Lotbinieres Louvigny Mantet ment Messrs Miamis Michilimackinac mission missionary Montreal Motte Cadillac murder nations necessary obliged officers Onaské Onontio orders Outawas peace Péré permitted Pesant 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 wish
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Página 40 - 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.
Página 45 - 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.
Página 336 - Indian tribes. At either extremity of the ground, a tall post was planted, marking the stations of the rival parties. The object of each was to defend its own post, and drive the ball to that of its adversary. Hundreds of lithe and agile figures were leaping and bounding upon the plain. Each was nearly naked, his loose black hair flying in the wind, and each bore in his hand a bat of a form peculiar to this game. At one moment the whole were crowded together, a dense throng of combatants, all struggling...
Página 40 - Mackinaw, he entered a little river in Michigan. Erecting an altar, he said mass after the rites of the Catholic church ; then, begging the men who conducted his canoe to leave him alone for a half hour, ' in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 378 - ... disposed of by the governor and judges aforesaid, at their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorized to...
Página 28 - ... 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.
Página 27 - ... 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 • Bock of Copper— Chaquamagon Bay. years ; in others, they have descended from time out of mind, being cherished as domestic gods.
Página 343 - 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.
Página 216 - Commandant desired by the Savages. " As affairs are at present, I do not think the removal of the Fathers is advisable, for that is the most important post in all this region except Michilimackinac ; and if the Outawas were relieved from the restraint imposed upon them by the existence of the mission, they would unite so many tribes against the Miamis, that in a short time they would drive them from this fine country. " All the old men of this village who are friendly to the French, among whom is...
Página 48 - Father Albanet informed me that the French at the Saut, being only twelve in number, had not arrested him, believing themselves too weak to contend with such numbers, especially as the Sauteurs had declared that they would not allow the French to redden the land of their fathers with the blood of their brothers. " On receiving this information, I immediately resolved to take with me six Frenchmen, and embark at the dawn of the next day for the Saut Ste. Marie, and, if possible, obtain possession...
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